Improving intensive care for infants with complex conditions.
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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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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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...
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...
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)
Study...
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...
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...
Objective:
To quantify intercenter cost variation for perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia across children's hospitals.
Study design:
Prospectively...
Objective:
To predict mortality or length of stay (LOS) >109 days (90th percentile) among infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
Study Design:
We conducted a retrospective analysis...
Objective:
Reduce central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates 15% over 12 months in children’s hospital NICUs. Use orchestrated testing as an approach to identify important CLABSI prevention...