A quality improvement project to increase breast milk use in very low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Henry C ^a,b   Kurtin, Paul S ^c   Wight, Nancy E ^d   Chance, Kathy ^e   Cucinotta Fobes, Tracey ^f   Hanson Timpson, Tara A ^d   Nisbet, Courtney C ^b   Rhine, William D ^g   Risingsun, Kate ^f   Wood, Matthew ^h   Danielsen, Beate H ⁱ   Sharek, Paul J ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e California Department of Health Care Services   (United States)

^f Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Health Information Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Quality improvement; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84870516056     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0547     Document Type: Article

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