OBJECTIVES. The justification of neonatal intensive care for extremely premature infants is
contentious and of considerable importance. The goal of this report is to describe our …

OBJECTIVES. The goal of this report is to describe the collaborative formation of rational,
practical, medical staff guidelines for the counseling and subsequent care of extremely early …

Objective Survival rates of extremely premature infants are rising, but changes in
neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) rates are unclear. Our objective was to perform a …

OBJECTIVE: Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) can improve short-term outcomes,
but few have examined their long-term results. This study evaluated the changes in …

OBJECTIVE: Delayed umbilical cord clamping is reported to increase neonatal blood
volume. We estimated the clinical outcomes in premature neonates who had delayed …

The objective of this study was to change procedures in our medical center regarding
frenotomy for ankyloglossia (tongue-tie). The medical and breastfeeding outcomes of 36 …

Counseling the periviable pregnant woman presenting at the edge of viability can often be
confusing for the patient and frustrating for the clinician. Although neonatal survival rates …

Objective. The purpose of this article is to describe how a neonatal intensive care unit
(NICU) was able to reduce substantially the use of postnatal dexamethasone in infants born …

Background Continuous quality improvement (CQI) collaboration has not eliminated the
morbidity variability seen among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Factors other than …

Objective To study the association between discontinuing predischarge car seat tolerance
screening (CSTS) with 30-day postdischarge adverse outcomes in infants born preterm …