Reducing Unplanned Extubations Across a Children’s Hospital Using Quality Improvement Methods
Kandil SB, Emerson BL, Hooper M, Ciaburri R, Bruno CJ, Cummins N, DeFilippo V, Blazevich B, Loth A, Grossman M. Reducing Unplanned Extubations Across a Children’s Hospital Using Quality Improvement Methods. Pediatric Quality And Safety 2018, 3: e114. PMID: 31334446, PMCID: PMC6581473, DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of UEIntensive care unitUnplanned extubationVentilator daysQuality improvement methodologyNational benchmarksPediatric intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitStudy-Act cyclesSignificant patient harmUnintended dislodgementsCritical illnessCare unitChildren's HospitalEndotracheal tubeHigh-risk situationsPatient harmQuality improvement methodsImprovement methodologyET tubeStudy periodExtubationHospitalDaysSafety cultureA Novel Approach to Assessing Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Grossman MR, Lipshaw MJ, Osborn RR, Berkwitt AK. A Novel Approach to Assessing Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Hospital Pediatrics 2018, 8: 1-6. PMID: 29263121, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2017-0128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal abstinence syndromeManagement of infantsTreatment decisionsAbstinence syndromeYale-New Haven Children's HospitalOpioid-exposed infantsLength of stayActual treatment decisionsHealth care systemOpioid treatmentAdverse eventsPharmacologic treatmentPrimary outcomeChildren's HospitalPostnatal treatmentInpatient unitSignificant burdenMorphineInfantsCare systemSyndromeHospitalTreatmentScoresDays