A multifaceted approach to improving outcomes in the NICU: The pediatrix 100 000 babies campaign

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Ellsbury, Dan L ^a   Clark, Reese H ^a   Ursprung, Robert ^a   Handler, Darren L ^a   Dodd, Elizabeth D ^a   Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER INFECTION; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962520985     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0389     Document Type: Article

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