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Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Fleiss N, Morrison C, Nascimento A, Stone D, Myers E. Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 260: 113421. PMID: 37076038, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel 3 neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitOral immune therapyQuality improvement initiativesCare unitVLBW infantsOutcome measuresHuman milkLow birth weight infantsMultidisciplinary quality improvement initiativeBirth weight infantsSecondary outcome measuresElectronic health record usePrimary outcome measureLow birthweight infantsImprovement initiativesHealthcare Improvement's ModelWeight infantsOIT protocolImmune therapyBirthweight infantsColostrum administrationSignificant improvementBaseline mean
2022
Etonogestrel Implant in the Postpartum Period and its Impact on Biochemical Markers in Secretory Activation: A Pilot Study
Nilsson W, Myers E, Buta E, Li F, Laifer J. Etonogestrel Implant in the Postpartum Period and its Impact on Biochemical Markers in Secretory Activation: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Human Lactation 2022, 39: 325-332. PMID: 35466776, DOI: 10.1177/08903344221088554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum periodImplant groupBiochemical markersSecretory activationSodium levelsPotassium levelsObservational cohort studyHuman milk samplesCopious milk secretionHormonal birth controlBirth controlCohort studySingleton pregnanciesHuman milkUnadjusted modelsDay 2Day 4Potassium ratioDays postpartumEarly insertionEtonogestrelPilot studyMilk secretionMean ratioSodium concentration