Below is a selection of publications that CPQCC has produced as a result of our quality improvement initiatives and research projects.
2016
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
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
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
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
2015
Bruckner TA, Mayo JA, Gould JB, et al. "Heightened risk of preterm birth and growth restriction after a first-born son." Ann Epidemiol. 2015;25(10):743-7.e1.PubMed
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
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
Weiss KJ, Kowalkowski MA, Treviño R, et al. "Needs assessment to improve neonatal intensive care in Mexico." Paediatr Int Child Health. 2015;35(3):213-9.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
Gage S, Kan P, Lee HC, et al. "Maternal Asthma, Preterm Birth, and Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia." J. Pediatr.. 2015;167(4):875-880.e1.PubMed
Kastenberg ZJ, Lee HC, Profit J, Gould JB, Sylvester KG. "Effect of deregionalized care on mortality in very low-birth-weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis." JAMA Pediatr. 2015;169(1):26-32.PubMed
Duncan AF, Bann C, Boatman C, et al. "Do currently recommended Bayley-III cutoffs overestimate motor impairment in infants born
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
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
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
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
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
Profit J, Soll RF. "Neonatal networks: clinical research and quality improvement." Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015;20(6):410-5.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hintz SR, Barnes PD, Bulas D, et al. "Neuroimaging and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely preterm infants." Pediatrics. 2015;135(1):e32-42.PubMed
Akula VPriya, Joe P, Thusu K, et al. "A randomized clinical trial of therapeutic hypothermia mode during transport for neonatal encephalopathy." J. Pediatr.. 2015;166(4):856-61.e1-2.PubMed
Carmichael SL, Blumenfeld YJ, Mayo J, et al. "Prepregnancy Obesity and Risks of Stillbirth." PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0138549.PubMed
Pappas A, Shankaran S, McDonald SA, et al. "Cognitive outcomes after neonatal encephalopathy." Pediatrics. 2015;135(3):e624-34.PubMed
Gage S, Kan P, Oehlert J, et al. "Determinants of chronic lung disease severity in the first year of life; A population based study." Pediatr. Pulmonol.. 2015;50(9):878-88.PubMed
2014
Lanzieri TM, Bialek SR, Bennett MV, Gould JB. "Cytomegalovirus infection among infants in California neonatal intensive care units, 2005-2010." J Perinat Med. 2014;42(3):393-9.PubMed
Lee HC, Powers RJ, Bennett MV, et al. "Implementation methods for delivery room management: a quality improvement comparison study." Pediatrics. 2014;134(5):e1378-86.PubMed
Profit J, Wise PH, Lee HC. "Consequences of the affordable care act for sick newborns." Pediatrics. 2014;134(5):e1284-6.PubMed
Wadhawan R, Oh W, Hintz SR, et al. "Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation or surgical necrotizing enterocolitis." J Perinatol. 2014;34(1):64-70.PubMed
Kracer B, Hintz SR, Van Meurs KP, Lee HC. "Hypothermia therapy for neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in the state of California." J. Pediatr.. 2014;165(2):267-73.PubMed
Davis AS, Hintz SR, Goldstein RF, et al. "Outcomes of extremely preterm infants following severe intracranial hemorrhage." J Perinatol. 2014;34(3):203-8.PubMed
Profit J, Kowalkowski MA, Zupancic JAF, et al. "Baby-MONITOR: a composite indicator of NICU quality." Pediatrics. 2014;134(1):74-82.PubMed
DeMauro SB, D'Agostino JAnn, Bann C, et al. "Developmental outcomes of very preterm infants with tracheostomies." J Pediatr. 2014;164(6):1303-10.e2.PubMed
J Sexton B, Sharek PJ, Thomas EJ, et al. "Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in neonatal intensive care units is associated with a better patient safety culture and less caregiver burnout." BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(10):814-22.PubMed
Gu W, Koh W, Blumenfeld YJ, et al. "Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis in a fetus at risk for methylmalonic acidemia." Genet Med. 2014;16(7):564-7.PubMed
Carmichael SL, Cullen MR, Mayo JA, et al. "Population-level correlates of preterm delivery among black and white women in the U.S." PLoS One. 2014;9(4):e94153.PubMed
Profit J, Sharek PJ, Amspoker AB, et al. "Burnout in the NICU setting and its relation to safety culture." BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(10):806-13.PubMed
Morriss FH, Saha S, Bell EF, et al. "Surgery and neurodevelopmental outcome of very low-birth-weight infants." JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(8):746-54.PubMed
Gould JB, Mayo J, Shaw GM, Stevenson DK. "Swedish and American studies show that initiatives to decrease maternal obesity could play a key role in reducing preterm birth." Acta Paediatr. 2014;103(6):586-91.PubMed
Moise KJ, Hintz SR. "Fetal diagnosis and interventions." Am J Perinatol. 2014;31(7):547-8.PubMed