NICU practices and outcomes associated with 9 years of quality improvement collaboratives

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-446

  Payne, Nathaniel R ^a,b   Finkelstein, Marsha J ^a   Liu, Meixia ^a   Kaempf, Joseph W ^c   Sharek, Paul J ^d   Olsen, Sam ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Chronic lung disease; Collaborative; Neonatal intensive care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649149281     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1272     Document Type: Article

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