The minimum dataset collects observational baseline data on both mothers and infants, and the therapies used and outcomes of the infants. The data collected include information on:~Demographics of mother and infant~Mother's health, labor and delivery~Infant's health, medical interventions, and clinical outcomes~These data are used to: provide participating hospitals with reporting for use in quality improvement; evaluate associations between baseline characteristics, treatments, and outcomes; and track trends in disease and therapy.
The goal of the Tiny Baby Collaborative Multicenter Inventory of Neonatal-Perinatal Interventions (MINI) minimum dataset is to serve as a registry detailing the outcomes and practices for all deliveries and infants admitted to intensive care at 22-23 weeks' gestation at participating hospitals.