Validating the British Columbia Perinatal Data Registry: a chart re-abstraction study

Table 3 Completion of mandatory and other newborn variables routinely used for surveillance (n = 1,142)

Variable name	Percent complete in reabstraction^a	Percent complete in BCPDR^a	p-value if <0.05
Newborn information
Date of birth^b	100.0	100.0
Sex^b	100.0	100.0
Number of births in pregnancy^b	100.0	100.0
Gestational age from newborn examination	66.8	74.7	<.0001
Gestational age from maternal chart	99.2	99.5
5 min Apgar score	100.0	100.0
Head circumference	98.5	99.0	<.0001
Length	98.7	98.8	<.0001
First temperature	89.5	90.8	<.0001
Stillbirth timing	100.0	100.0
Resuscitative drugs^b	100.0	100.0
Stabilization - Oxygen days^b	100.0	100.0
Stabilization - Ventilator days^b	100.0	100.0
Stabilization - CPAP days^b,c	100.0	100.0
TPN days^b,c	100.0	100.0
Breastfeeding initiation^b	100.0	100.0
Newborn feeding^b	100.0	100.0
Discharge weight	92.3	92.1	<.0001
Discharge to^b	100.0	100.0

^aProportions based on weighted data
^bMandatory fields
^cCPAP refers to continuous positive airway pressure and TPN denotes total parenteral nutrition

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