Associations in Electronic Data Warehouse Elements of Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy and Length of Stay

Background: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is often accompanied by physiologic derangements and organ dysfunction; however, the natural history of these perturbations and their relationship with length of stay (LOS) remains uncertain. Objective: To describe daily markers of physiologic and organ dysfunction in infants with HIE and test their association with LOS in the neonatal intensive care unit. Methods: Eligible subjects were infants with HIE born ≥36 weeks' gestation from 2010-16 and received therapeutic hypothermia. Those with major congenital anomalies were excluded. From our institution’s electronic data warehouse (EDW), we …