Published in PEDIATRICS
To define a quantitative stratification algorithm for the risk of early-onset sepsis (EOS) in newborns ≥ 34 weeks' gestation. We conducted a retrospective nested case-control study that used split validation. Data collected on each infant included sepsis risk at birth based on objective maternal factors, demographics, specific clinical milestones, ...
Published in PEDIATRICS
The objective of this study was to determine whether either hyperbilirubinemia or inpatient phototherapy is associated with increased subsequent outpatient visit rates, a possible effect of the "vulnerable child syndrome." We compared 3 groups of otherwise well term and late-preterm infants who were born between 1995 and 2004 in Northern California...
Published in The Journal of Pediatrics
To estimate the effect of phototherapy and other predictors on the risk of total serum bilirubin (TSB) >or= 25 mg/dL in infants with a TSB of 17 to 22.9 mg/dL at age >or= 48 hours. From a cohort of 285295 infants >or= 34 weeks gestation and >or= 2000 g born between 1995 and 2004 in northern California Kaiser hospitals, we identified 17986 with a TS...
Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
To examine the relationship between high (≥5%) weight loss during the first 24 h after birth and eventual excess weight loss (EWL) of ≥10% of birth weight. Retrospective cohort study. Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals. 63 096 infants born at ≥36 weeks in 2009-2010, of whom 59 761 (94.5%) had a weight subsequent to birth weight measure...
Published in Journal of Child Neurology
Published in Psychological Reports
This study assessed differences in response rates to a series of three-wave mail surveys when amiable or insistently worded postcards were the third wave of the mailing. Three studies were conducted; one with a sample of 600 health commissioners, one with a sample of 680 vascular nurses, and one with 600 elementary school secretaries. The combined ...
Published in PEDIATRICS
Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
To examine the relationship between high (≥5%) weight loss during the first 24 h after birth and eventual excess weight loss (EWL) of ≥10% of birth weight. Retrospective cohort study. Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals. 63 096 infants born at ≥36 weeks in 2009-2010, of whom 59 761 (94.5%) had a weight subsequent to birth weight measur...
