This issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Drs. Alan Spitzer and Dan Ellsbury, examines Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. The first part of the issue addresses Tools of Quality Improvement and includes articles on The Quality Chasm in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Evaluating the Medical Evidence; The Vermont Oxford Network Database; The Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse; Role of Regional Collaboratives: The California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative Model; A Primer on Quality Improvement Methodology; Using Statistical Process Control Methodology; Human Factors in Quality Improvement, Random Safety Audits, Root Cause Analysis, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis; Collaboration Between Obstetricians and Neonatologists: Perinatal Safety Programs and Improved Clinical Outcomes; and Pay for Performance: A Business Strategy for Quality Improvement in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. The second part of this issue addresses Specific Applications of Documented Quality Improvement Methodology in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine and includes articles on Delivery Room Intervention-Improving the Outcome, Reducing Retinopathy of Prematurity, Improving Breast Milk Use During and After the NICU Stay, Decreasing Catheter Related Bloodstream Infection, and Decreasing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Hameed AB, Morton CH, Moore A. Improving health care response to cardiovascular disease in pregnancy and ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/ nvsr68_09-508.pdf.
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article discusses the role of food intolerance and malabsorption as causes of feeding intolerance in the NICU. DEFINITIONS The terminology describing an abnormal response to food intake can be quite confusing and is often used ...
... use of TH for term and near-term infants with moderate or severe HIE moved from experimental to routine, both the challenges and the potential of this treatment emerged as hot topics of debate and exploration among neonatologists.
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The Term Newborn: Congenital Infections 485 Amaran Moodley and Kurlen S.E. Payton Maternal pathogens can be ... and to focus attention on controversial issues and concepts with the potential to effect change in clinical approach.
Developed by one of the most authoritative associations in neonatal intensive nursing care, AWHONN, this renowned guide provides in-depth coverage of the most common neonatal disorders and their management — focusing on the latest ...
AWHONN's Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, 6th Edition, the definitive resource for nurses taking certification examinations, provides the most up-to-date, accurate information available on today's maternal-newborn nursing practice. Its...
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