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Short-term outcomes after perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: a report from the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium HIE focus group

April 1, 2015 admin
ICON - CHNC Hypoxi-Ischemic Encephalopathy Focus Group Committee

Objective:
To characterize infants affected with perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) who were referred to regional neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and their related short-term...

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Short-Term Outcomes and Medical and Surgical Interventions in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

March 1, 2015 admin
ICON - CHNC Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Focus Group Committee

Objective:

The aim of this study is to characterize medical and surgical therapies and short-term outcomes in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

Study Design: 

Retrospective...

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Short-term outcomes for preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis

October 1, 2014 admin
ICON - CHNC Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group Committee

Objective:
To characterize the population and short-term outcomes in preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Study Design:
Preterm infants with surgical NEC were identified...

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High surgical burden for infants with severe chronic lung disease (sCLD)

August 1, 2014 admin
ICON - CHNC Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Focus Group Committee

Background/purpose:
Infants with severe chronic lung disease (sCLD) may require surgical procedures to manage their medical problems; however, the scope of these interventions is undefined. The purpose of this study...

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The Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Database: an overview of patient complexity, outcomes and variation in care

August 1, 2014 admin
ICON - Data Coordinators and Data Advisory Committee

The Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium is a multicenter collaboration of leaders from 27 regional neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) who partnered with the Children's Hospital Association to develop the Children's Hospitals...

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Predicting death or tracheostomy placement in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia

July 1, 2014 admin
ICON - CHNC Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Focus Group Committee

Objective:
To estimate the risk of death or tracheostomy placement (D/T) in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) born <32 weeks' gestation referred to regional neonatal intensive care...

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The association of type of surgical closure on length of stay among infants with gastroschisis born ≥ 34 weeks’ gestation

December 1, 2013 admin
ICON - CHNC Data Use Committee

Background/Purpose:
The optimal surgical approach in infants with gastroschisis (GS) is unknown. The purpose of this study was to estimate the association between staged closure and length of stay (LOS) in infants with...

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Postnatal Weight Gain in Preterm Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

May 1, 2013 admin
ICON - CHNC Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Focus Group Committee

Objectives:

To characterize postnatal growth failure (PGF), defined as weight < 10th percentile for postmenstrual age (PMA) in preterm (≤ 27 weeks' gestation) infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia...

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Therapeutic interventions and short-term outcomes for infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia born at <32 weeks’ gestation

May 1, 2013 admin
ICON - CHNC Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Focus Group Committee

Objective:
To characterize the treatments and short-term outcomes in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) referred to regional neonatal intensive care units.

Study Design:
Infants...

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Topics in Neonatal Informatics: Infants and Data in the Electronic Health Record Era

January 1, 2013 admin
ICON - Data Coordinators and Data Advisory Committee

Adoption of electronic health records continues to proceed rapidly. Neonatology offers unique barriers that must be addressed within the continued development of the electronic health record. Reducing these barriers can lead to...

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Since 2006, the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium has improved intensive care for high risk infants by providing a platform for comparing quality and outcome measures across Level IV neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

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  • Transforming Care for Medically Complex Infants: Accomplishments & Future Directions of the CHNC and CHND
  • Improving Care for Medically Complex Infants: Accomplishments and Future Direction of the CHNC Collaborative Initiatives for Quality Improvement
  • Inter-center variation in death or tracheostomy placement in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  • Short-term weight gain velocity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
  • Nutritional Practices and Growth in Premature Infants After Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis
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