Improving and Sustaining VLBW Infant Growth Through a Quality Collaborative in California
Quality improvement collaborative NICUs improved nutrition processes and VLBW growth. Improvement was sustained for 24 months after the collaborative. Nonparticipant NICUs did not show similar improvement. Implementing NICU nutrition processes may lead to sustained improvements in VLBW infant growth.
Authors
- Kurlen S.E. Payton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2790-5849)
- Mindy Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0174-2041)
- Maria C. Hetherton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5141-5475)
- Jenny Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7538-860X)
- Xin Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-7972)
- Jochen Profit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-9248)
- Jae Hong Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6321-2594)
- Courtney C. Breault
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Fairfield Medical Center (US)
- Perinatal Institute (GB)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (GB)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-069320
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00