Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce the Necrotizing Enterocolitis Rate in Premature Infants

To reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very low birth weight (VLBW) infants admitted to 8 intensive care nurseries from a 2010 baseline of 8.0% to

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2016-05, Vol.137 (5), p.1-1
Main Authors: Talavera, Maria M, Bixler, Gary, Cozzi, Corin, Dail, James, Miller, Randy R, McClead, Jr, Richard, Reber, Kristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use
Birth weight
Blood Transfusion
Breastfeeding & lactation
Care and treatment
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - epidemiology
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - mortality
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - prevention & control
Enterocolitis, Neonatal necrotizing
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Health aspects
Humans
Incidence
Indomethacin - therapeutic use
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases - epidemiology
Infant, Premature, Diseases - mortality
Infant, Premature, Diseases - prevention & control
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Infants (Premature)
Inflammatory bowel disease
Medical care
Medical care quality
Milk, Human
Mortality
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Pediatrics
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Premature birth
Premature infants
Prevention
Quality Improvement
Quality management
Ranitidine - therapeutic use
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Summary:To reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very low birth weight (VLBW) infants admitted to 8 intensive care nurseries from a 2010 baseline of 8.0% to
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2015-1119