The International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of very low birth weight, very preterm neonates (iNeo): A protocol for collaborative comparisons of international health services for quality improvement in neonatal care

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shah, Prakesh S ^a   Lee, Shoo K ^a   Lui, Kei ^b   Sjörs, Gunnar ^c   Mori, Rintaro ^d   Reichman, Brian ^e   Håkansson, Stellan ^f   Feliciano, Laura S ^g   Modi, Neena ^h   Adams, Mark ⁱ   Darlow, Brian ^j   Fujimura, Masanori ^k   Kusuda, Satoshi ^l   Haslam, Ross ^m   Mirea, Lucia ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^e GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Unidad Neonatal   (Spain)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^k RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^l TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatal networks; Neonates; Quality improvement; Very low birth weight infants; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREMATURITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VERY PRETERM NEONATE; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MORTALITY; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; NEONATOLOGY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 84899930244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-110     Document Type: Article

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