Reducing intraventricular hemorrhage following the implementation of a prevention bundle for neonatal hypothermia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, hypothermia immediately following birth is common even in countries rich in medical resources. The purpose of this study is to design a standard prevention bundle that decreases the rate of hypothermia among infants after birth and to investigate efficacy of the bundle and short-term outcomes for VLBW infants.

Methods

This quality improvement project was conducted from February 2017 to July 2018 on all VLBW preterm infants admitted at a single referral level III neonatal intensive care unit. The infants were classified into the pre-intervention (February to September 2017) and post-intervention (October 2017 to July 2018) groups according to the time periods when they were recruited. During the pre-intervention period, we

SUBMITTER: Chiu WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439247 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature