Below is a selection of publications that CPQCC has produced as a result of our quality improvement initiatives and research projects.
2019
Hintz SR, Gould JB, Bennett MV, et al. "Factors Associated with Successful First High-Risk Infant Clinic Visit for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in California." J. Pediatr.. 2019.PubMed
Apfeld JC, Kastenberg ZJ, Gibbons AT, Phibbs CS, Lee HC, Sylvester KG. "The disproportionate cost of operation and congenital anomalies in infancy." Surgery. 2019;165(6):1234-1242.PubMed
Goldstein GP, Leonard SA, Kan P, Koo EB, Lee HC, Carmichael SL. "Prenatal and postnatal inflammation-related risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity." J Perinatol. 2019;39(7):964-973.PubMed
Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Nolen TL, et al. "Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Retinopathy of Prematurity by Treatment." Pediatrics. 2019;144(2).PubMed
Tawfik DS, Gould JB, Profit J. "Perinatal Risk Factors and Outcome Coding in Clinical and Administrative Databases." Pediatrics. 2019;143(2).PubMed
Quinn JM, Gephart SM, Davis MP. "External Facilitation as an Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Strategy During an Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative in Neonatal Intensive Care Units." Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2019;16(6):454-461.PubMed
Stevenson DK, Wong RJ, Aghaeepour N, et al. "Understanding health disparities." J Perinatol. 2019;39(3):354-358.PubMed
McGowan EC, Laptook AR, Lowe J, et al. "Developmental Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with a Need for Child Protective Services Supervision." J Pediatr. 2019;215:41-49.e4.PubMed
Sigurdson K, Mitchell B, Liu J, et al. "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Neonatal Intensive Care: A Systematic Review." Pediatrics. 2019;144(2).PubMed
Parker MG, Burnham LA, Melvin P, et al. "Addressing Disparities in Mother's Milk for VLBW Infants Through Statewide Quality Improvement." Pediatrics. 2019;144(1).PubMed
Handley SC, Passarella M, Lorch SA, Lee HC. "Survey of preterm neuro-centric care practices in California neonatal intensive care units." J Perinatol. 2019;39(2):256-262.PubMed
Girsen AI, Davis AS, Hintz SR, et al. "Effects of gestational age at delivery and type of labor on neonatal outcomes among infants with gastroschisis." J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019:1-6.PubMed
Purkey NJ, Axelrod DM, McElhinney DB, et al. "Birth Location of Infants with Critical Congenital Heart Disease in California." Pediatr Cardiol. 2019;40(2):310-318.PubMed
Anderson JN, Girsen AI, Hintz SR, et al. "Obstetric and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by fetal lung masses: does final histology matter?" J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019:1-7.PubMed
Lapcharoensap W, Bennett MV. "Hospitalization costs associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in the first year of life." Journal of Perinatology. 2019.
Phibbs CS, Schmitt SK, Cooper M, et al. "Birth Hospitalization Costs and Days of Care for Mothers and Neonates in California, 2009-2011." J. Pediatr.. 2019;204:118-125.e14.PubMed
Lowe JR, Fuller JF, Do BT, et al. "Behavioral problems are associated with cognitive and language scores in toddlers born extremely preterm." Early Hum Dev. 2019;128:48-54.PubMed
Carmichael SL, Blumenfeld YJ, Mayo JA, et al. "Stillbirth and Live Birth at Periviable Gestational Age: A Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors." Am J Perinatol. 2019;36(5):537-544.PubMed
Schulman J, Benitz WE, Profit J, et al. "Newborn Antibiotic Exposures and Association With Proven Bloodstream Infection." Pediatrics. 2019.PubMed
Lowe JR, Fuller JF, Do BT, et al. "Behavioral problems are associated with cognitive and language scores in toddlers born extremely preterm." Early Hum Dev. 2019;128:48-54.PubMed
Kunz SN, Dukhovny D, Profit J, Mao W, Miedema D, Zupancic JAF. "Predicting Successful Neonatal Retro-Transfer to a Lower Level of Care." J Pediatr. 2019;205:272-276.e1.PubMed
Pai VV, Kan P, Bennett M, Carmichael SL, Lee HC, Hintz SR. "Improved Referral of Very Low Birthweight Infants to High-Risk Infant Follow-Up in California." J. Pediatr.. 2019.PubMed
Lowe JR, Fuller JF, Do BT, et al. "Behavioral problems are associated with cognitive and language scores in toddlers born extremely preterm." Early Hum Dev. 2019;128:48-54.PubMed
Dhurjati R, Sigurdson K, Profit J. "Patient- and Family-Centered Care as a Dimension of Quality." Am J Med Qual. 2019;34(3):307-308.PubMed
Liu J, Sakarovitch C, Sigurdson K, Lee HC, Profit J. "Disparities in Health Care-Associated Infections in the NICU." Am J Perinatol. 2019.PubMed
2018
Pappas A, Adams-Chapman I, Shankaran S, et al. "Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Outcomes in Extremely Premature Neonates With Ventriculomegaly in the Absence of Periventricular-Intraventricular Hemorrhage." JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(1):32-42.PubMed
Handley SC, Passarella M, Lee HC, Lorch SA. "Incidence Trends and Risk Factor Variation in Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage across a Population Based Cohort." J. Pediatr.. 2018;200:24-29.e3.PubMed
Pai VV, Lee HC, Profit J. "Improving Uptake of Key Perinatal Interventions Using Statewide Quality Collaboratives." Clin Perinatol. 2018;45(2):165-180.PubMed
Balasundaram M, Chock VY, Wu HYang, Blumenfeld YJ, Hintz SR. "Predictors of poor neonatal outcomes in prenatally diagnosed multicystic dysplastic kidney disease." J Perinatol. 2018;38(6):658-664.PubMed
Eneriz-Wiemer M, Liu S-D, C Y Chu M, et al. "Parents' Knowledge and Education of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Four California Neonatal Intensive Care Units." Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2018;191:7-13.PubMed
Rappoport N, Toung J, Hadley D, et al. "A genome-wide association study identifies only two ancestry specific variants associated with spontaneous preterm birth." Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):226.PubMed
Wilnai Y, Blumenfeld YJ, Cusmano K, et al. "Prenatal treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency." Mol Genet Metab. 2018;123(3):297-300.PubMed
Dhurjati R, Wahid N, Sigurdson K, et al. "Never judge a book by its cover: how NICU evaluators reach conclusions about quality of care." J Perinatol. 2018;38(6):751-758.PubMed
Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Laptook AR, et al. "Association between sedation-analgesia and neurodevelopment outcomes in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy." J Perinatol. 2018;38(8):1060-1067.PubMed
Ariagno RL, Lee HC, Stevenson DK, et al. "A directory for neonatal intensive care: potential for facilitating network-based research in neonatology." J Perinatol. 2018;38(8):954-958.PubMed
Vohr BR, Heyne R, Bann CM, Das A, Higgins RD, Hintz SR. "Extreme Preterm Infant Rates of Overweight and Obesity at School Age in the SUPPORT Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Cohort." J Pediatr. 2018;200:132-139.e3.PubMed
Tang BG, Lee HC, Gray EE, Gould JB, Hintz SR. "Programmatic and Administrative Barriers to High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Care." Am J Perinatol. 2018;35(10):940-945.PubMed
Adams-Chapman I, Heyne RJ, DeMauro SB, et al. "Neurodevelopmental Impairment Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Research Network." Pediatrics. 2018;141(5).PubMed
Schulman J, Braun D, Lee HC, et al. "Association Between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission Rates and Illness Acuity." JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(1):17-23.PubMed
Bennett MV, McLaurin K, Ambrose C, Lee HC. "Population-based trends and underlying risk factors for infant respiratory syncytial virus and bronchiolitis hospitalizations." PLoS ONE. 2018;13(10):e0205399.PubMed
Pai VV, Carmichael SL, Kan P, Leonard SA, Lee HC. "Maternal body mass index and risk of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants." Pediatr Res. 2018;83(6):1146-1151.PubMed
Main EK, Dhurjati R, Cape V, et al. "Improving Maternal Safety at Scale with the Mentor Model of Collaborative Improvement." Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44(5):250-259.PubMed
Schulman J, Profit J, Lee HC, et al. "Variations in Neonatal Antibiotic Use." Pediatrics. 2018;142(3).PubMed
Hintz SR, Vohr BR, Bann CM, et al. "Preterm Neuroimaging and School-Age Cognitive Outcomes." Pediatrics. 2018;142(1).PubMed
Van Otterloo L, Connelly C, Gould J, Abreo A, Main E. "Mothers at Risk: Factors Affecting Maternal Postpartum Length of Stay." J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2018;32(4):303-314.PubMed
Katz JA, Chock VY, Davis AS, et al. "Utility of prenatal MRI in the evaluation and management of fetal ventriculomegaly." J Perinatol. 2018;38(11):1444-1452.PubMed
Bhatt DR, Kristensen-Cabrera AI, Lee HC, et al. "Transcutaneous bilirubinometer use and practices surrounding jaundice in 150 California newborn intensive care units." J Perinatol. 2018;38(11):1532-1535.PubMed
Vohr BR, Heyne R, Bann C, Das A, Higgins RD, Hintz SR. "High Blood Pressure at Early School Age Among Extreme Preterms." Pediatrics. 2018;142(2).PubMed
Sigurdson K, Morton C, Mitchell B, Profit J. "Disparities in NICU quality of care: a qualitative study of family and clinician accounts." J Perinatol. 2018;38(5):600-607.PubMed
Profit J, Sharek PJ, Cui X, et al. "The Correlation Between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Safety Culture and Quality of Care." J Patient Saf. 2018.PubMed