Sutureless gastroschisis repair at CHOC allows infants to avoid anesthetization and ventilation and produces better cosmetic results.
NICU quality improvement projects yield measurable outcomes
CHOC’s NICU patients benefit from quality improvement initiatives to ensure consistent neonatal care and enable swift response to QI results.
In the Spotlight: Irfan Ahmad, M.D.
An internationally trained neonatologist, Dr. Ahmad also serves as medical director of the surgical neonatal intensive care program at CHOC.
CHOC Surgical NICU Reduces Post-Op Hypothermia in Infants
Consistent, standardized efforts across several disciplines helped CHOC reduce rates of post-operative hypothermia in neonates by nearly 88 percent, results of a quality improvement project show. Staff decreased the number of babies who returned to the Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with body temperatures below 36 degrees Celsius from 10.7 percent to 1.3 percent following […]
