Systematic use of the RAM nasal cannula in the Yale–New Haven Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a quality improvement project
Nzegwu NI, Mack T, DellaVentura R, Dunphy L, Koval N, Levit O, Bhandari V. Systematic use of the RAM nasal cannula in the Yale–New Haven Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a quality improvement project. The Journal Of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2014, 28: 718-721. PMID: 24874561, DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.929659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitNon-invasive ventilationNasal continuous positive airway pressure ventilationNasal intermittent positive pressure ventilationHospital Neonatal Intensive Care UnitNasal cannulaIntensive care unitCare unitPressure ventilationChildren's Hospital neonatal intensive care unitContinuous positive airway pressure ventilationPositive airway pressure ventilationIntermittent positive pressure ventilationPositive pressure ventilationQuality improvement projectOverall success rateNIPPV groupRespiratory supportNeonatal populationSingle centerClinical efficacySmall trialsObservational studyStatement recommendationsInfantsClinical and Laboratory Factors That Predict Death in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Presenting With Late-onset Sepsis
Levit O, Bhandari V, Li FY, Shabanova V, Gallagher PG, Bizzarro MJ. Clinical and Laboratory Factors That Predict Death in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Presenting With Late-onset Sepsis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2014, 33: 143-146. PMID: 24418836, PMCID: PMC3917323, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000000024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComorbidityConnecticutFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Very Low Birth WeightIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMaleMultivariate AnalysisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSepsisConceptsLate-onset sepsisLow birth weight infantsBirth weight infantsIndependent risk factorLaboratory factorsWeight infantsVLBW infantsRisk factorsCases of LOSEpisodes of LOSRisk of LOSFungal LOSNeonatal intensive care unitMultivariate logistic regression analysisSepsis-related deathsIntensive care unitOnset of illnessSepsis-associated mortalityGram-positive infectionsLogistic regression analysisOnset of diseasePresentation of illnessComposite risk profileLaboratory signsNecrotizing enterocolitis