Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants.
To develop an index of the quality of nutritional care of premature infants based on the change in weight Z score from birth to discharge and to illustrate the use of this index in comparing the performance of different NICUs.Retrospective data analysis was performed to compare the growth of prematu...
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| author | Zhenlang Lin Robert S Green Shangqin Chen Hui Wu Tiantian Liu Jingyang Li Jia Wei Jing Lin |
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| description | To develop an index of the quality of nutritional care of premature infants based on the change in weight Z score from birth to discharge and to illustrate the use of this index in comparing the performance of different NICUs.Retrospective data analysis was performed to compare the growth of premature infants born in three perinatal centers. Infants with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks who survived to discharge from 2006 to 2010 were included. Weight Z scores at birth and discharge were calculated by the method of Fenton. Using data from one NICU as the reference, a multivariable linear regression model of change in weight Z score from birth to discharge was developed. Employing this model, a benchmark value of change in weight Z score was calculated for each baby. The difference between this calculated benchmark value and the baby's observed change in weight Z score was defined as the performance gap for that infant. The average value of the performance gaps in a NICU serves as its quality care index.1,714 infants were included for analysis. Change in weight Z score is influenced by birth weight Z score and completed weeks of gestation; thus the model for calculating the benchmark change in weight Z score was adjusted for these two variables. We found statistically significant differences in the average performance gaps for the three units.A quality care index was developed based on change in weight Z score from birth to discharge adjusted for two initial risk factors. This objective, easily calculated index may be used as a measurement of the quality of nutritional care to rank the performance of different NICUs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17933837c7a443afbbcd28aaf4d7655b2022-12-21T19:16:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01107e013258410.1371/journal.pone.0132584Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants.Zhenlang LinRobert S GreenShangqin ChenHui WuTiantian LiuJingyang LiJia WeiJing LinTo develop an index of the quality of nutritional care of premature infants based on the change in weight Z score from birth to discharge and to illustrate the use of this index in comparing the performance of different NICUs.Retrospective data analysis was performed to compare the growth of premature infants born in three perinatal centers. Infants with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks who survived to discharge from 2006 to 2010 were included. Weight Z scores at birth and discharge were calculated by the method of Fenton. Using data from one NICU as the reference, a multivariable linear regression model of change in weight Z score from birth to discharge was developed. Employing this model, a benchmark value of change in weight Z score was calculated for each baby. The difference between this calculated benchmark value and the baby's observed change in weight Z score was defined as the performance gap for that infant. The average value of the performance gaps in a NICU serves as its quality care index.1,714 infants were included for analysis. Change in weight Z score is influenced by birth weight Z score and completed weeks of gestation; thus the model for calculating the benchmark change in weight Z score was adjusted for these two variables. We found statistically significant differences in the average performance gaps for the three units.A quality care index was developed based on change in weight Z score from birth to discharge adjusted for two initial risk factors. This objective, easily calculated index may be used as a measurement of the quality of nutritional care to rank the performance of different NICUs.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4508031?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Zhenlang Lin Robert S Green Shangqin Chen Hui Wu Tiantian Liu Jingyang Li Jia Wei Jing Lin Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. PLoS ONE |
| title | Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. |
| title_full | Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. |
| title_fullStr | Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. |
| title_short | Quantification of EUGR as a Measure of the Quality of Nutritional Care of Premature Infants. |
| title_sort | quantification of eugr as a measure of the quality of nutritional care of premature infants |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4508031?pdf=render |
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