Reducing necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants using quality-improvement methods

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 850-857

  Patel, A L ^a   Trivedi, S ^b   Bhandari, N P ^a   Ruf, A ^c   Scala, C M ^a   Witowitch, G ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Renschen, C ^a   Meier, P P ^a   Silvestri, J M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84903870063     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.123     Document Type: Article

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