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Reducing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Using Quality Improvement Methods

OBJECTIVE: Due to a rise in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC, stage ≥2) among very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight <1500g) infants from 4% in 2005-6 to 10% in 2007-8, we developed and implemented quality improvement (QI) initiatives. The objective was to evaluate the impact of QI initiatives o...

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Autores principales: Patel, Aloka L., Trivedi, Shamik, Bhandari, Niyati P., Ruf, Angela, Scala, Celina M., Witowitch, Gretchen, Chen, Yimin, Renschen, Carrie, Meier, Paula P., Silvestri, Jean M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25010221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.123