Postpartum triage, services provided, and length of stay for infants born at 35 weeks gestation.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to (1) compare the care setting to which 35-week infants are initially triaged postpartum to the level of services subsequently provided; and (2) identify factors known at delivery or immediately postpartum associated with services received and length of stay during the birth hospitalization.

Study Design: In this multicenter retrospective study of 35-week infants born between 2007 and 2008, service capabilities of the initial postpartum care setting were categorized as level 1 or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using American Academy of Pediatrics definitions. Subsequent services actually provided were categorized as routine care, level 1, or >level 1.

Scrotal abcess mimicking testicular torsion in a premature infant.

The differential diagnosis between testicular torsion and scrotal abscess in the neonate can be extremely difficult. Early surgical exploration in all cases is the intervention of choice in the postnatal acute scrotum.