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This is very interesting, because it is of course sensible for administrative AND bilingue purposes, but not for epidemiologists or auditing. e.g. If baby has a diaphragmatic hernia or a transposition of great vessels, undiagnosed antenatally and is born in level II institution, it would be a marker of good care that that baby is transferred to a higher level of care in the 1st 24 hours of his life? Sophie In the US, at least on the east coast, we start Day 1 at midnight, even if baby came at 11:59pm or 23:59 military time. >I guess there has to be a starting point! > > >Janet Brooks >Midwife >Hudson River Health Care >Peekskill NY > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Anna Byrom <[log in to unmask]> >To: MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 6:17 am >Subject: Re: day of birth: postnatal day 1 or 0? > > > >Ooh hello there again! > >Anna Byrom >Midwifery lecturer >UCLan >Sent from my iPhone >(Any spelling or grammatical errors should be blamed on my inventive auto-correct) > > >On 14 Jan 2014, at 11:11, "Laura Iannuzzi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >Hi! >In Italy too it generally depends on the time of the day of birth (e.g. if the child was born before 2 pm that day is already postnatal day 1, if after 2 pm it counts as postnatal day 0). >Practices may vary a lot depending on geographical areas and local protocols. hope this can be helpful >Best wishes >Laura > > >Laura Iannuzzi >RM, BMid, PGCert, MSci , Phd student - Health Studies School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham >Senior midwife, Ds professional University Hospital of Careggi, Florence, Italy > > > > > > > > >2014/1/14 Lisa Common <[log in to unmask]> > >Hi Paula in Nottingham, UK the date of birth is anytime during the 24 hours on a specific date. > >Babies become postnatal day 1, when the date changes. Therefore a baby born at 23:55 on 14 Jan will become postnatal day 1 after midnight on 15 Jan. > >We used to use midday, rather than midnight as the change though, so it hasn't always been like this. I think it is related to our IT system requirements. I hope this helps. > >Lisa > > >> On 14 Jan 2014, at 09:00, "Paula" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> How does each country define the day of birth? As postnatal day 1 or 0? Or does this, for example, depend on the time of the day the child was born? In The Netherlands, day one is defined as the day of birth. Althought I have heard that this may depend on the time of the day (day 0 when born after 7 pm). So for example, if a child has a (postnatal) age 4, how old is this child? Three (i.e. approximately 72 hours) or four days (i.e. approximately 96 hours) old? > >This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > >This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment >may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > > > > > > > >