RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Supporting ‘Baby Friendly’: a quality improvement initiative for the management of transitional neonatal hypoglycaemia
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F344
OP F347
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308950
VO 101
IS 4
A1 Stewart, Claire Elizabeth
A1 Sage, Emma Louise Maitland
A1 Reynolds, Peter
YR 2016
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/101/4/F344.abstract
AB We describe a quality improvement initiative conducted in a medium-sized district general hospital with a neonatal intensive care unit, which involved working with the multidisciplinary team to create a ‘Baby Friendly’ neonatal hypoglycaemia pathway with implementation of dextrose gel as a first-line treatment. As a result of the project, formula supplementation rates and admissions for transitional hypoglycaemia were reduced and breastfeeding rates at 3 months improved. This initiative demonstrates that evidence-based guidelines with multidisciplinary team input can improve standards of care.