Below is a selection of publications that CPQCC has produced as a result of our quality improvement initiatives and research projects.
2013
Gould JB, Danielsen BH, Bollman L, Hackel A, Murphy B. "Estimating the quality of neonatal transport in California." J Perinatol. 2013;33(12):964-70.PubMed
Billett AL, Colletti RB, Mandel KE, et al. "Exemplar pediatric collaborative improvement networks: achieving results." Pediatrics. 2013;131 Suppl 4:S196-203.PubMed
Lee HC, Bennett MV, Schulman J, Gould JB. "Accounting for variation in length of NICU stay for extremely low birth weight infants." J Perinatol. 2013;33(11):872-6.PubMed
Sherenian M, Profit J, Schmidt B, et al. "Nurse-to-patient ratios and neonatal outcomes: a brief systematic review." Neonatology. 2013;104(3):179-83.PubMed
Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Shaw GM, Currier RJ, et al. "Association of early-preterm birth with abnormal levels of routinely collected first- and second-trimester biomarkers." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 2013;208(6):492.e1-11.PubMed
Acosta CD, Knight M, Lee HC, Kurinczuk JJ, Gould JB, Lyndon A. "The continuum of maternal sepsis severity: incidence and risk factors in a population-based cohort study." PLoS ONE. 2013;8(7):e67175.PubMed
2012
Colby CE, Carey WA, Blumenfeld YJ, Hintz SR. "Infants with prenatally diagnosed anomalies: special approaches to preparation and resuscitation." Clin Perinatol. 2012;39(4):871-87.PubMed
Lyndon A, Lee HC, Gilbert WM, Gould JB, Lee KA. "Maternal morbidity during childbirth hospitalization in California." J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med.. 2012;25(12):2529-35.PubMed
Vaucher YE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Finer NN, et al. "Neurodevelopmental outcomes in the early CPAP and pulse oximetry trial." N Engl J Med. 2012;367(26):2495-504.PubMed
Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Shaw GM, Stevenson DK, et al. "Risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by second-trimester maternal serum levels of α-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, and unconjugated estriol." Pediatr. Res.. 2012;71(4 Pt 1):399-406.PubMed
Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care unit quality measures?
Kowalkowski M, Gould JB, Bose C, Petersen LA, Profit J. "Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care unit quality measures?" J Perinatol. 2012;32(4):247-52.PubMed
Bain LCharo, R Dudley A, Gould JB, Lee HC. "Factors associated with failure to screen newborns for retinopathy of prematurity." J. Pediatr.. 2012;161(5):819-23.PubMed
Akula VPriya, Davis AS, Gould JB, Van Meurs K. "Therapeutic hypothermia during neonatal transport: current practices in California." Am J Perinatol. 2012;29(5):319-26.PubMed
Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, et al. "Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely." Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed.. 2012;97(2):F120-6.PubMed
Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, et al. "The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU." Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed.. 2012;97(2):F127-32.PubMed
Tang BG, Feldman HM, Huffman LC, Kagawa KJ, Gould JB. "Missed opportunities in the referral of high-risk infants to early intervention." Pediatrics. 2012;129(6):1027-34.PubMed
Profit J, Woodard LCD. "Perils and opportunities of comparative performance measurement." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(2):191-4.PubMed
Main EK, Morton CH, Melsop K, Hopkins D, Giuliani G, Gould JB. "Creating a public agenda for maternity safety and quality in cesarean delivery." Obstet Gynecol. 2012;120(5):1194-8.PubMed
Vohr BR, Stephens BE, Higgins RD, et al. "Are outcomes of extremely preterm infants improving? Impact of Bayley assessment on outcomes." J Pediatr. 2012;161(2):222-8.e3.PubMed
Shankaran S, Pappas A, McDonald SA, et al. "Childhood outcomes after hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy." N Engl J Med. 2012;366(22):2085-92.PubMed
Tian AG, Hintz SR, Cohen RS, Edwards MSB. "Ventricular access devices are safe and effective in the treatment of posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation prior to shunt placement." Pediatr Neurosurg. 2012;48(1):13-20.PubMed
Lee HC, Kurtin PS, Wight NE, et al. "A quality improvement project to increase breast milk use in very low birth weight infants." Pediatrics. 2012;130(6):e1679-87.PubMed
Moore T, Hennessy EM, Myles J, et al. "Neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm children born in England in 1995 and 2006: the EPICure studies." BMJ. 2012;345:e7961.PubMed
Guralnick MJ. "Preventive interventions for preterm children: effectiveness and developmental mechanisms." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012;33(4):352-64.PubMed
Stephens BE, Bann CM, Watson VE, et al. "Screening for autism spectrum disorders in extremely preterm infants." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012;33(7):535-41.PubMed
Lee HChong, Martin-Anderson S, R Dudley A. "Clinician perspectives on barriers to and opportunities for skin-to-skin contact for premature infants in neonatal intensive care units." Breastfeed Med. 2012;7(2):79-84.PubMed
Sellier E, Horber V, Krägeloh-Mann I, De La Cruz J, Cans C. "Interrater reliability study of cerebral palsy diagnosis, neurological subtype, and gross motor function." Dev Med Child Neurol. 2012;54(9):815-21.PubMed
Shankaran S, Laptook AR, McDonald SA, et al. "Temperature profile and outcomes of neonates undergoing whole body hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012;13(1):53-9.PubMed
Shankaran S, Barnes PD, Hintz SR, et al. "Brain injury following trial of hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy." Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012;97(6):F398-404.PubMed
2011
Hintz SR, Kendrick DE, Wilson-Costello DE, et al. "Early-childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes are not improving for infants born at
Profit J, Gould JB, Zupancic JAF, et al. "Formal selection of measures for a composite index of NICU quality of care: Baby-MONITOR." J Perinatol. 2011;31(11):702-10.PubMed
Miller SS, Lee HC, Gould JB. "Hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: distribution, risk factors and outcomes." J Perinatol. 2011;31 Suppl 1:S49-56.PubMed
Lee HC, R Dudley A, Gonzalez R. Translating evidence into practice, policy, and public health in perinatal medicine.; 2011.
Lee HC, Chien AT, Bardach NS, Clay T, Gould JB, R Dudley A. "The impact of statistical choices on neonatal intensive care unit quality ratings based on nosocomial infection rates." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165(5):429-34.PubMed
Hintz SR, Stevenson DK, Yao Q, et al. "Is phototherapy exposure associated with better or worse outcomes in 501- to 1000-g-birth-weight infants?" Acta Paediatr. 2011;100(7):960-5.PubMed
Guralnick MJ. "Why Early Intervention Works: A Systems Perspective." Infants Young Child. 2011;24(1):6-28.PubMed
Gould JB. "Portrait of an exceptional colleague." J Perinatol. 2011;31 Suppl 1:S8.PubMed
Chitkara R, Rajani A, Bernstein J, et al. "Newborn with prenatally diagnosed choroidal fissure cyst and panhypopituitarism and review of the literature." AJP Rep. 2011;1(2):111-4.PubMed
Lee HC, Lyndon A, Blumenfeld YJ, R Dudley A, Gould JB. "Antenatal steroid administration for premature neonates in California." Obstet Gynecol. 2011;117(3):603-9.PubMed
Wirtschafter DD, Powers RJ, Pettit JS, et al. "Nosocomial infection reduction in VLBW infants with a statewide quality-improvement model." Pediatrics. 2011;127(3):419-26.PubMed
2010
Powers RJ, Wirtschafter D. "Prevention of Group B Streptococcus early-onset disease: a toolkit by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative." J Perinatol. 2010;30(2):77-87.PubMed
Blumenfeld YJ, Lee HC, Gould JB, Langen ES, Jafari A, El-Sayed YY. "The effect of preterm premature rupture of membranes on neonatal mortality rates." Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116(6):1381-6.PubMed
Lee HChong, Green C, Hintz SR, et al. "Prediction of death for extremely premature infants in a population-based cohort." Pediatrics. 2010;126(3):e644-50.PubMed
Qin C, Gould JB. "Maternal nativity status and birth outcomes in Asian immigrants." J Immigr Minor Health. 2010;12(5):798-805.PubMed
Hintz SR, Bann CM, Ambalavanan N, C Cotten M, Das A, Higgins RD. "Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infants." Pediatrics. 2010;125(1):e146-54.PubMed
Gould JB. "The role of regional collaboratives: the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative model." Clin Perinatol. 2010;37(1):71-86.PubMed
Suchy FJ, Brannon PM, Carpenter TO, et al. "NIH consensus development conference statement: Lactose intolerance and health." NIH Consens State Sci Statements. 2010;27(2):1-27.PubMed
Poole RL, Schiff L, Hintz SR, Wong A, Mackenzie N, Kerner JA. "Aluminum content of parenteral nutrition in neonates: measured versus calculated levels." J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010;50(2):208-11.PubMed
Profit J, Petersen LA, McCormick MC, et al. "Patient-to-nurse ratios and outcomes of moderately preterm infants." Pediatrics. 2010;125(2):320-6.PubMed
Suchy FJ, Brannon PM, Carpenter TO, et al. "National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference: lactose intolerance and health." Ann Intern Med. 2010;152(12):792-6.PubMed