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Inter-center variation in autopsy practices among regional neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)

February 3, 2022 admin
ICON - CHNC Executive Committee

Objective: To characterize infants who underwent autopsy in regional neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and examine inter-center variability in autopsy completion.

Study design: Retrospective cohort study of infants who died between...

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Predicting Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension at Discharge in Infants with CDH

November 24, 2021 admin
ICON - CHNC Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Focus Group Committee

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Association of Neonatologist Continuity of Care and Short-Term Patient Outcomes

June 11, 2019 admin
ICON - CHNC Executive Committee

Machut KZ, Datta A, Stoller JZ, Rao R, Mathur A, Grover TR, Billimoria Z, Murthy K.  J Pediatr.  2019 Jun 11. pii: S0022-3476(19)30589-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05.023. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31201026

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Does the initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis matter? Comparative outcomes for laparotomy vs. peritoneal drain as initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants <1000 g birth weight

April 19, 2019 admin
ICON - CHNC Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group Committee

Yanowitz TD, Sullivan KM, Piazza AJ, Brozanski B, Zaniletti I, Sharma J, DiGeronimo R, Nayak SP, Wadhawan R, Reber KM, Murthy K; CHND Surgical NEC Focus Group.

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Transforming Care for Medically Complex Infants: Accomplishments & Future Directions of the CHNC and CHND

May 2, 2017 admin
ICON - CHNC Executive Committee

The Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium is a quality outcome organization for neonatology leaders based in Level IV neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The CHNC formed in 2006 and partnered with the Child Health...

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Improving Care for Medically Complex Infants: Accomplishments and Future Direction of the CHNC Collaborative Initiatives for Quality Improvement

May 1, 2017 admin
ICON - CHNC CIQI Steering Committee and CIQI Committee

The Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) established the CHNC Collaborative Initiatives for Quality Improvement (CIQI) in 2009. The CHNC CIQI was developed for participating hospitals in the Children’s Hospitals...

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Inter-center variation in death or tracheostomy placement in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia

February 9, 2017 admin
ICON - CHNC Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Focus Group Committee

Objective:

To estimate the presence and sources of inter-center variation (ICV) in the risk of death or tracheostomy placement (D/T) among infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD)

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Short-term weight gain velocity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)

February 5, 2017 admin
ICON - CHNC Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Focus Group Committee

Background:
Appropriate post-natal growth remains a mainstay of therapeutic goals for infants with CDH, with the hypothesis that optimizing linear growth will improve survival through functional improvements in...

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Nutritional Practices and Growth in Premature Infants After Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis

December 30, 2016 admin
ICON - CHNC Necrotizing Enterocolitis Focus Group Committee

OBJECTIVE:
The aim of the study was to describe the nutritional provisions received by infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and the associated effects on short-term...

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Intercenter Cost Variation for Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Era of Therapeutic Hypothermia

March 1, 2016 admin
ICON - CHNC Hypoxi-Ischemic Encephalopathy Focus Group Committee

Objective:
To quantify intercenter cost variation for perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia across children's hospitals.

Study design:
Prospectively...

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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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    • Inter-center variation in autopsy practices among regional neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)
    • Predicting Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension at Discharge in Infants with CDH
    • Association of Neonatologist Continuity of Care and Short-Term Patient Outcomes
    • Does the initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis matter? Comparative outcomes for laparotomy vs. peritoneal drain as initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants <1000 g birth weight
    • Transforming Care for Medically Complex Infants: Accomplishments & Future Directions of the CHNC and CHND
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