ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2021
Improving thermoregulation in transported preterm infants: a quality improvement initiative.
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- A regional quality-improvement collaborative to reduce early neonatal hypothermia in critically ill newborns.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- A population-based study of neonatal air transport in the Arctic region of Norway from 1994 to 2023.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of Pre-Warmed Intravenous Fluids on Core Body Temperature in Preterm Neonates: A Before-and-After Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors.BMC pediatrics · 2024Observational
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of neonatal thermoregulation decision support web application.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Improving thermoregulation in transported preterm infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveIncrease the percentage of transported preterm or LBW infants with an admission temperature of 36.5-37.5 °C from 60 to 80% by December 2017. STUDY
designWe used the Model for Improvement with Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. Interventions focused on awareness of temperature control in preterm infants, adequate monitoring, and maintaining normothermia. Interventions consisted of standardizing isolette temperature, use of chemical warming pack and plastic wrap, and feedback. Data were plotted on a p-chart and grouped by month.
resultA total of 381 infants <37 weeks or <2.5 kg were transported from January 2016 to December 2019. At baseline 60% were admitted with a temperature within the range of 36.5-37.5 °C. Special cause variation was noted twice during the study period, initially to 80% in June 2018 and then to 96% in April 2019, without an increase in hyperthermia.
conclusionMultidisciplinary quality improvement efforts improved normothermia in vulnerable transported infants to 96%.
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