OBJECTIVE. This qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of fathers of very
ill neonates in the NICU. METHODS. Sixteen fathers of very ill and/or very preterm infants …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Available data on survival rates and outcomes of
extremely low gestational age (GA) infants (22–25 weeks’ gestation) display wide variation by …

Background Surgical interventions are common in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU). Despite our awareness of the broad impact of surgical site infection (SSI), …

OBJECTIVES: To assess Internet use and perceptions of formation reliability by parents in a
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY DESIGN: A standardized questionnaire study. …

Moral distress is a well-recognized and ubiquitous aspect of health care professional
practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) context. We used interpretive description …

In this 3-year prospective grounded theory study in three pediatric settings, we aimed to
develop a conceptualization of best practice health care providers (BPHCPs) in interaction with …

A retrospective study of all infants weighing 701 to 1,500 g born at 11 neonatal intensive
care centers during 1983 and 1984 was performed to determine whether two specific 28-day …

OBJECTIVES: This study compares two versus one blood culture in the diagnosis and treatment
of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CONS) in babies with suspected sepsis. STUDY …

We compared the effect of salbutamol and placebo in a double-blind study of preterm infants
with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, using a randomized, cross-over design with several …

Background/Purpose Neonates with intestinal pathology may require staged surgery with
creation of an enterostomy and mucous fistula (MF). Refeeding (MFR) of ostomy output may …