2023
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
2021
Evaluation of the Neonatal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Mortality Risk in Preterm Infants With Late-Onset Infection
Fleiss N, Coggins SA, Lewis AN, Zeigler A, Cooksey KE, Walker LA, Husain AN, de Jong BS, Wallman-Stokes A, Alrifai MW, Visser DH, Good M, Sullivan B, Polin RA, Martin CR, Wynn JL. Evaluation of the Neonatal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Mortality Risk in Preterm Infants With Late-Onset Infection. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2036518. PMID: 33538825, PMCID: PMC7862993, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacteremiaCatheter-Related InfectionsFemaleFungemiaGestational AgeGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHospital MortalityHumansInfant, Extremely Low Birth WeightInfant, Extremely PrematureInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Very Low Birth WeightIntensive Care Units, NeonatalIntestinal PerforationMaleNeonatal SepsisOrgan Dysfunction ScoresPeritonitisPrognosisRisk AssessmentConceptsSequential Organ Failure AssessmentInfection-related mortalityLate-onset infectionOrgan Failure AssessmentPreterm infantsMortality riskConsensus definitionAcademic neonatal intensive care unitMulticenter retrospective cohort studyNeonatal intensive care unitMedian birth weightRetrospective cohort studyMedian gestational ageIntensive care unitCharacteristic curveFailure AssessmentTime of evaluationWeight infantsCohort studyOnset infectionPrimary outcomeTotal cohortCare unitGestational ageBirth weight