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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2024

Multidisciplinary evidence-based tools for improving consistency of care and neonatal nutrition.

Mindy Morris, Stacie Bennett, Liz Drake, Maria C Hetherton, Robin Clifton-Koeppel, Holly Schroeder, Courtney Breault, Kimberly Larson

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A quality improvement approach to growth in moderate and late preterm infants in small NICUs.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Mindy MorrisCalifornia Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), Stanford, CA, USA. mindymorrisdnp@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0174-2041
Stacie BennettJohn Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6661-226X
Liz DrakeChildren's Hospital Orange County Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA, USA.
Maria C HethertonUCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-5141-5475
Robin Clifton-KoeppelUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5497-7261
Holly SchroederSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, San Diego, CA, USA.
Courtney BreaultCalifornia Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), Stanford, CA, USA.
Kimberly LarsonJohn Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
John Muir Medical Center · USCalifornia Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative · GBMission Health · USSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns · USStanford University · USUCSF Benioff Children's Hospital · USUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExtrauterine growth restriction from inadequate nutrition remains a significant morbidity in very low birth weight infants. Participants in the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative Quality Improvement Collaborative, Grow, Babies, Grow! developed or refined tools to improve nutrition and reduce practice variation.

methodFive Neonatal Intensive Care Units describe the development and implementation of nutrition tools. Tools include Parenteral Nutrition Guidelines, Automated Feeding Protocol, electronic medical record Order Set, Nutrition Time-Out Rounding Tool, and a Discharge Nutrition Recommendations. 15 of 22 participant sites completed a survey regarding tool value and implementation.

resultsReduced growth failure at discharge was observed in four of five NICUs, 11-32% improvement. Tools assisted with earlier TPN initiation (8 h) and reaching full feeds (2-5 days). TPN support decreased by 5 days. 80% of survey respondents rated the tools as valuable.

conclusionEvidence and consensus-based nutrition tools help promote standardization, leading to improved and sustainable outcomes.

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Intensive Care Units, NeonatalQuality ImprovementCaliforniaEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaInfant, Very Low Birth WeightParenteral NutritionPractice Guidelines as Topic

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PMID38615125
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