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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:849.

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We read with interest the article by Grupp-Phelan et al¹ and have noted a recent trend toward shorter hospital stays for mothers and newborns .^2-3 Infants undergoing a normal 6-hour postnatal transition period are far less likely to have problems requiring hospitalization in the first 3 days of life than those who have maladaptation to extrauterine life because of atypical hospital practices. Readmissions for jaundice mostly occur after 3 days, and they seem to be more frequent in newborns who are discharged from the hospital sooner than 48 hours following delivery.²

We reviewed our readmission rates at Fatih University Medical School Hospital (Emek-Ankara, Turkey), where the discharge policy is to supervise mothers and newborns for 24 hours after a vaginal delivery and 72 hours after a cesarean section. In the course of 1 year, there were 526 women and infants who were discharged earlier than 48 hours following an uncomplicated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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