Extremely low gestational age infants: Developing a multidisciplinary care bundle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical experience in managing extremely low gestational age infants, particularly those born <24 weeks' gestation, is limited in Canada. Our goal was to develop a bedside care bundle for infants born <26 weeks' gestation, with special considerations for infants of <24 weeks, to harmonize and improve quality of care.

Methods

We created a multidisciplinary working group with experience in caring for preterm infants, searched the literature from 2000 to 2019 to identify best practices for the care of extremely preterm infants and consulted colleagues across Canada and internationally. Iterative improvements were made following the Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology.

Results

A care bundle, created in October 2015, was divided into three time periods: initial resus

SUBMITTER: Ferretti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature