Below is a selection of publications that CPQCC has produced as a result of our quality improvement initiatives and research projects.
2017
Main EK, Cape V, Abreo A, et al. "Reduction of severe maternal morbidity from hemorrhage using a state perinatal quality collaborative." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;216(3):298.e1-298.e11.PubMed
Dhurjati R, Salas E, Profit J. "If Health Care Teams Had to Win Championships: Insights From High-Performance Sports." Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(3):336-337.PubMed
2016
Rogers EE, Hintz SR. "Early neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants." Semin Perinatol. 2016;40(8):497-509.PubMed
Hintz SR. "Defining outcomes for high-risk infants: Problems and possibilities." Semin Perinatol. 2016;40(8):495-496.PubMed
Akula VP, Gould JB, Kan P, Bollman L, Profit J, Lee HC. "Characteristics of neonatal transports in California." J Perinatol. 2016;36(12):1122-1127.PubMed
Handley SC, Steinhorn RH, Hopper AO, et al. "Inhaled nitric oxide use in preterm infants in California neonatal intensive care units." J Perinatol. 2016;36(8):635-9.PubMed
Murphy DP, Lee HC, Payton KSE, Powers RJ. "Platelet count and associated morbidities in VLBW infants with pharmacologically treated patent ductus arteriosus." J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med.. 2016;29(13):2045-8.PubMed
Kantorowska A, Wei JC, Cohen RS, Lawrence RA, Gould JB, Lee HC. "Impact of Donor Milk Availability on Breast Milk Use and Necrotizing Enterocolitis Rates." Pediatrics. 2016;137(3):e20153123.PubMed
Lee HC, Bennett MV, Schulman J, Gould JB, Profit J. "Estimating Length of Stay by Patient Type in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Am J Perinatol. 2016;33(8):751-7.PubMed
Riley KL, Carmichael SL, Mayo JA, et al. "Body Mass Index Change between Pregnancies and Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth." Am J Perinatol. 2016;33(10):1017-22.PubMed
Profit J, Gould JB, Bennett M, et al. "The Association of Level of Care With NICU Quality." Pediatrics. 2016;137(3):e20144210.PubMed
Bhutani VK, Meng NF, Knauer Y, et al. "Extreme hyperbilirubinemia and rescue exchange transfusion in California from 2007 to 2012." J Perinatol. 2016;36(10):853-7.PubMed
Osmundson SS, Gould JB, Butwick AJ, Yeaton-Massey A, El-Sayed YY. "Labor outcome at extremely advanced maternal age." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 2016;214(3):362.e1-7.PubMed
Girsen AI, Wallenstein MB, Davis AS, et al. "Effect of antepartum meconium staining on perinatal and neonatal outcomes among pregnancies with gastroschisis." J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(15):2500-4.PubMed
Rose J, Vassar R, Cahill-Rowley K, Hintz SR, Stevenson DK. "Neonatal Biomarkers of Inflammation: Correlates of Early Neurodevelopment and Gait in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Children." Am J Perinatol. 2016;33(1):71-8.PubMed
Wei JC, Catalano R, Profit J, Gould JB, Lee HC. "Impact of antenatal steroids on intraventricular hemorrhage in very-low-birth weight infants." J Perinatol. 2016;36(5):352-6.PubMed
Girsen AI, Mayo JA, Carmichael SL, et al. "Women's prepregnancy underweight as a risk factor for preterm birth: a retrospective study." BJOG. 2016;123(12):2001-2007.PubMed
Eneriz-Wiemer M, Saynina O, Sundaram V, Lee HC, Bhattacharya J, Sanders LM. "Parent Language: A Predictor for Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Care Among Infants With Very Low Birth Weight." Acad Pediatr. 2016;16(7):645-52.PubMed
Blumenfeld YJ, Milan KE, Rubesova E, et al. "HDlive imaging of a giant omphalocele." Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016;48(3):407-8.PubMed
Blumenfeld YJ, Davis AS, Hintz SR, et al. "Prenatally Diagnosed Cases of Binder Phenotype Complicated by Respiratory Distress in the Immediate Postnatal Period." J Ultrasound Med. 2016;35(6):1353-8.PubMed
Main EK, Abreo A, McNulty J, et al. "Measuring severe maternal morbidity: validation of potential measures." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016;214(5):643.e1-643.e10.PubMed
Slaughter LA, Bonfante-Mejia E, Hintz SR, Dvorchik I, Parikh NA. "Early Conventional MRI for Prediction of Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants." Neonatology. 2016;110(1):47-54.PubMed
Profit J, Lee HC, Sharek PJ, et al. "Comparing NICU teamwork and safety climate across two commonly used survey instruments." BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25(12):954-961.PubMed
Brown T, Tu J, Profit J, Gupta A, Lee HC. "Optimal Criteria Survey for Preresuscitation Delivery Room Checklists." Am J Perinatol. 2016;33(2):203-7.PubMed
Stone S, Lee HC, Sharek PJ. "Perceived Factors Associated with Sustained Improvement Following Participation in a Multicenter Quality Improvement Collaborative." Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(7):309-15.PubMed
Bennett SC, Finer N, Halamek LP, et al. "Implementing Delivery Room Checklists and Communication Standards in a Multi-Neonatal ICU Quality Improvement Collaborative." Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(8):369-76.PubMed
Hintz SR, Newman JE, Vohr BR. "Changing definitions of long-term follow-up: Should "long term" be even longer?" Semin Perinatol. 2016;40(6):398-409.PubMed
Griffin IJ, Tancredi DJ, Bertino E, Lee HC, Profit J. "Postnatal growth failure in very low birthweight infants born between 2005 and 2012." Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed.. 2016;101(1):F50-5.PubMed
2015
Rysavy MA, Li L, Bell EF, et al. "Between-hospital variation in treatment and outcomes in extremely preterm infants." N Engl J Med. 2015;372(19):1801-11.PubMed
Hintz SR, Gould JB, Bennett MV, et al. "Referral of very low birth weight infants to high-risk follow-up at neonatal intensive care unit discharge varies widely across California." J. Pediatr.. 2015;166(2):289-95.PubMed
Lyndon A, Lee HC, Gay C, Gilbert WM, Gould JB, Lee KA. "Effect of time of birth on maternal morbidity during childbirth hospitalization in California." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 2015;213(5):705.e1-11.PubMed
Girsen AI, Do S, Davis AS, et al. "Peripartum and neonatal outcomes of small-for-gestational-age infants with gastroschisis." Prenat Diagn. 2015;35(5):477-82.PubMed
Schulman J, Dimand RJ, Lee HC, Duenas GV, Bennett MV, Gould JB. "Neonatal intensive care unit antibiotic use." Pediatrics. 2015;135(5):826-33.PubMed
Davis AS, Gantz MG, Do B, et al. "Serial aEEG recordings in a cohort of extremely preterm infants: feasibility and safety." J Perinatol. 2015;35(5):373-8.PubMed
Lapcharoensap W, Gage SC, Kan P, et al. "Hospital variation and risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a population-based cohort." JAMA Pediatr. 2015;169(2):e143676.PubMed
Profit J, Soll RF. "Neonatal networks: clinical research and quality improvement." Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015;20(6):410-5.PubMed
Duncan AF, Bann C, Boatman C, et al. "Do currently recommended Bayley-III cutoffs overestimate motor impairment in infants born
Profit J, Goldstein BA, Tamaresis J, Kan P, Lee HC. "Regional variation in antenatal corticosteroid use: a network-level quality improvement study." Pediatrics. 2015;135(2):e397-404.PubMed
Rose J, Cahill-Rowley K, Vassar R, et al. "Neonatal brain microstructure correlates of neurodevelopment and gait in preterm children 18-22 mo of age: an MRI and DTI study." Pediatr Res. 2015;78(6):700-8.PubMed
Griffin IJ, Lee HC, Profit J, Tancedi DJ. "The smallest of the small: short-term outcomes of profoundly growth restricted and profoundly low birth weight preterm infants." J Perinatol. 2015;35(7):503-10.PubMed
Chock VY, Milan KE, Folkins AK, Hazard FK, Bernstein JA, Hintz SR. "Prenatal hydrops foetalis associated with infantile free sialic acid storage disease." J Obstet Gynaecol. 2015;35(8):850-2.PubMed
Handley SC, Sun Y, Wyckoff MH, Lee HC. "Outcomes of extremely preterm infants after delivery room cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a population-based cohort." J Perinatol. 2015;35(5):379-83.PubMed
Shankaran S, McDonald SA, Laptook AR, et al. "Neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pattern of Brain Injury as a Biomarker of Childhood Outcomes following a Trial of Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy." J Pediatr. 2015;167(5):987-93.e3.PubMed
Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Baer RJ, Blumenfeld YJ, et al. "Maternal characteristics and mid-pregnancy serum biomarkers as risk factors for subtypes of preterm birth." BJOG. 2015;122(11):1484-93.PubMed
Lee HC, Durand DJ, Danielsen B, Dueñas GVillarin, Powers RJ. "Hospital variation in medical and surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus." Am J Perinatol. 2015;32(4):379-86.PubMed
Blumenfeld YJ, Shamshirsaz AA, Belfort MA, et al. "Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome in Monochorionic-Triamniotic Triplets Treated with Fetoscopic Laser Ablation: Report of Two Cases and A Systematic Review." AJP Rep. 2015;5(2):e153-60.PubMed
Li J, Yu K-H, Oehlert J, et al. "Exome Sequencing of Neonatal Blood Spots and the Identification of Genes Implicated in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2015;192(5):589-96.PubMed
Greenberg RG, Cochran KM, P Smith B, et al. "Effect of Catheter Dwell Time on Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Infants." Pediatrics. 2015;136(6):1080-6.PubMed
Byrnes J, Mahoney R, Quaintance C, et al. "Spatial and temporal patterns in preterm birth in the United States." Pediatr Res. 2015;77(6):836-44.PubMed
Carmichael SL, Blumenfeld YJ, Mayo J, et al. "Prepregnancy Obesity and Risks of Stillbirth." PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0138549.PubMed