Decreasing Percentage of Infants With Very Low 5-Minute Apgar Scores at a Safety-Net Level III NICU OBJECTIVES Low 5-minute Apgar scores predict mortality and may be associated with poor neurologic…
Discharge Best Practices of High-Risk Infants From Regional Children’s Hospital NICUs OBJECTIVES Lack of discharge preparedness after NICU hospitalization is associated with risk of readmission and parental stress. Complex infants…
A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Hospital-to-Home Transitions Using Discharge Televisits BACKGROUND Resident-led discharge “televisits” can improve the safety of hospital-to-home transitions by increasing completed follow-up and providing patients access…
A Multicenter Collaborative to Improve Postoperative Pain Management in the NICU OBJECTIVES This quality improvement initiative aimed to decrease unrelieved postoperative pain and improve family satisfaction with pain management. METHODS…
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NOWS or Never: Questioning the Premise of Inpatient NOWS Care…
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Transfer Timing and the Length of Medication Weaning for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome OBJECTIVE Many infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) from prenatal exposure to opioids require transfer to…
Implementation of ESC QI Initiative in Neonatal Unit Setting and Adaptation During the Pandemic OBJECTIVES To improve outcomes in infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) admitted to NICU by…
AAP sets national standards for levels of neonatal care | AAP News | American Academy of Pediatrics A new AAP document defines the care hospitals provide for newborns by establishing…
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NICU Versus Mother/Baby Unit Admission for Low-Acuity Infants Born at 35 Weeks’ Gestation OBJECTIVES To estimate the effect of NICU admission of low-acuity infants born at 35 weeks’ gestation versus…
Rethinking Admission Location for Low Acuity Infants of 35 Weeks’ Gestation…
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Increasing Disparities in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Reflect Societal Failures…
Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths: 2015–2020 OBJECTIVE Although the US infant mortality rate reached a record low in 2020, the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) rate increased from 2019. To understand…
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Admission and Care Practices in United States Well Newborn Nurseries OBJECTIVES Late preterm and term infants comprise 97.3% of annual births in the United States. Admission criteria and the availability…
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Embracing Change: A Quality Improvement Project to Introduce Deferred Cord Clamping OBJECTIVES: The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to increase deferred cord clamping (DCC) rates in preterm…
Recommended Guideline for Uniform Reporting of Neonatal Resuscitation: The Neonatal Utstein Style Clinical research on neonatal resuscitation has accelerated over recent decades. However, an important methodologic limitation is that there…
Standardizing the Evaluation and Management of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Level IV NICU…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Data on COVID-19 infections in neonates are limited. We aimed to identify and describe the incidence, presentation, and clinical outcomes of neonatal COVID-19. METHODS Over 1 million neonatal…
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Source: Kemper et al., (2022). Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation. Pediatrics 2022; e2022058859. 10.1542/peds.2022-058859 Click here to view to the…
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Description & Learning Objectives There is much at stake when parents in early opiate recovery welcome a new baby into their home. Parents are often strongly motivated to maintain recovery…
Over a century of research has focused on improving our understanding of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), yet it remains the most common congenital infection in the United States, affecting 3 to…
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Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition. The short- and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding make breastfeeding, or the provision of human…
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Each year in the United States, ∼3500 infants die of sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision [ICD-10] R95), ill-defined deaths (ICD-10…
What is new in this update? The first AAP neonatal guidance was provided on April 2, 2020, shortly after the onset of the global pandemic, when it was apparent that…
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Infant mortality, death in the first year of life, is a generally accepted barometer of the overall health and well-being of a population. In the United States, the infant mortality…
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–specific antibodies have been detected in human milk up to 6 weeks post–coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. We evaluated SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, neutralization…
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The AAP released the 8th edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program in June 2021. There were only minor changes to the NRP algorithm and recommended practices. Most changes are related…
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ARTICLE: Pantell, et al., Evaluation and Management of Well-Appearing Febrile Infants 8 to 60 Days Old. Pediatrics, Jul 2021, e2021052228; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-052228 ABSTRACT: This guideline addresses the evaluation and management of well-appearing, term infants,…
The course titled, Plans of Safe Care for Infants Exposed to Opioids, educates pediatricians about best practices in caring for, and supporting families affected by prenatal opioid exposure. Advancing the…
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The American Heart Association has published the 2020 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Care and Emergency Cardiac Care: Part 5: Neonatal Resuscitation. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program will base revisions on these guidelines….
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From AAP News – A new AAP clinical report gives pediatric providers the information and tools to improve care of infants born with NOWS and serves as a companion to…
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