This study investigated the incidence and factors related to premature readmission of very low weight in a neonatal unit in a university hospital. This is a descriptive quantitative study of newborns with low weight babies who were discharged until December 2006 and were up to 6 months of life. Data were obtained from sheets of care of premature infants and telephone contact with mothers. Of the 53 babies studied, 30.2% were readmitted, 7.5% were to death, 56.3% of readmissions were for respiratory disorders. From the readmitted, 68.8% stayed more than 60 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 62.5% were weaned on readmission, 37.5% From the readmitted were not in ambulatory monitoring while only 19.8% of those who followed were monitoring readmitted. The incidence of readmission may be related to the city borned.
Patient Readmission; Premature; Risk factors
