Vermont oxford network
Comparison of neonatal intensive care: Trento area versus Vermont Oxford Network
... VLBWI vary substantially in terms of mortality and response to therapy, according to birth weight (BW) and to gestational age (GA) [7]. Moreover, clinical outcomes may vary between different areas as a result of specific ...
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: The Vermont Oxford Network Experience
... The Vermont Oxford Network Database provides a very large and current database, which allowed us to report outcomes from as late as ...the Network which includes community and regional ...
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Antecedents of Neonatal Encephalopathy in the Vermont Oxford Network Encephalopathy Registry
... METHODS: This was a maternal and infant record review of 4165 singleton neonates, gestational age of $ 36 weeks, meeting criteria for inclusion in the Vermont Oxford Network Neonatal Encephalopathy ...
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Revalidation of the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the Vermont Oxford Network
... Revalidation has assumed more importance now that large organizations are launching aggressive benchmark- ing and quality-improvement efforts. We investigated the current performance and feasibility of SNAP-II and ...
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Reduction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia After Participation in the Breathsavers Group of the Vermont Oxford Network Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative
... METHODS. Hospitals that participated in the Breathsavers Group contributed clinical data on the outcomes of their very low birth weight infants to the Vermont Oxford Network using standardized ...
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Management of High-Order Multiple Births: Application of Lessons Learned Because of Participation in Vermont Oxford Network Collaboratives
... PBP 62: Medical and nursing models of care that promote continuity of care across the continuum of care will be developed for medically fragile infants who are discharged with home nursing visits and/or technology ...
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Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Infants With Birth Weights of 401 to 500 Grams—The Vermont Oxford Network Experience (1996–2000)
... P.C.M.H., Greenville, NC; Parkview Hospital, Ft Wayne, IN; Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Pin- nacle/Harrisburg Campus, Harrisburg, PA[r] ...
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Resuscitation Opportunities for Fellows of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Vermont Oxford Network
... METHODS: The number of VLBW ( # 1500 g) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) ( , 1000 g) deliveries, uses of continuous positive airway pressure, intubation, chest compressions, and epi[r] ...
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Hospital and Patient Characteristics Associated With Variation in 28-Day Mortality Rates for Very Low Birth Weight Infants
... the Vermont Oxford Network, a vol- untary collaboration of health professionals whose goal is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of neonatal intensive ...the Network are ...
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Racial and Ethnic Differences Over Time in Outcomes of Infants Born Less Than 30 Weeks’ Gestation
... the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) between 2006 and 2017, we examined changes in newborn care practices by maternal race and/or ethnicity and whether the decrease in newborn mortality and several ...
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NIC/Q 2000: Establishing Habits for Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
... In October 2000, the Vermont Oxford Network launched a new Internet site, NICQ.org, to support the activities of participants in the collaborative. The site includes a resource section with ...
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Marginal Increase in Cost and Excess Length of Stay Associated With Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Surviving Very Low Birth Weight Infants
... VON, Vermont Oxford Network; BW, birth weight; NIC/Q 2000, Neonatal Inten- sive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative 2000; UB, uniform bill; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; CONS, ...
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Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
... VON—Vermont Oxford Network NIC/Q 2002—Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative 2002 VLBW—very low birth weight PBP—potentially better practice BPD— bronchopulmonary dysp[r] ...
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Implementation and Case-Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Collaboration Between Obstetrics and Neonatology to Achieve Improved Perinatal Outcomes
... the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative 2002, teams from 5 hospitals joined together to form an exploratory group called Wee ...
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Weight Growth Velocity and Postnatal Growth Failure in Infants 501 to 1500 Grams: 2000–2013
... METHODS: We studied 362 833 infants weighing 501 to 1500 g without major birth defects born from 2000 to 2013 and who were hospitalized for 15 to 175 days at 736 North American hospitals in the Vermont ...
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Implementation and Case-Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Staffing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
... the Vermont Oxford Network’s Neona- tal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collabora- tive 2002 (Baylor University Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Illinois, DeVos Children’s Hospital, Jackson- ...
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Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Perinatal and Neonatal Communication and Collaboration
... HE VERMONT OXFORD Network established the Neo- natal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collabo- ratives with the goal of improving neonatal outcomes and ...
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Stridor in Asphyxiated Neonates Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia
... No cases of respiratory stridor have been reported to the UK TOBY Cooling Register or the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Neonatal Encephalopathy Registry (D. Azzopardi, FRCHPCH and B. Strohm, RN on ...
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A Collaborative Multicenter QI Initiative to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Newborns
... the Vermont Oxford Network consisting of interactive Web sessions, a series of 4 point- prevalence audits, and expert coaching designed to help teams test and implement the CDC core elements of ...
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Implementing Potentially Better Practices to Improve Neonatal Outcomes After Reducing Postnatal Dexamethasone Use in Infants Born Between 501 and 1250 Grams
... the Vermont Oxford Network NIC/Q 2000 collaborative process has enabled the NICU to apply several evidence-based PBPs to clin- ical practice regimen specifically aimed at the reduc- tion of ...
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