Risk for Cerebral Palsy in Infants With Total Serum Bilirubin Levels at or Above the Exchange Transfusion Threshold
Published in JAMA Pediatrics
Risk Factors for Severe Hyperbilirubinemia among Infants with Borderline Bilirubin Levels: A Nested Case-Control Study
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...
First-day weight loss predicts eventual weight nadir for breastfeeding newborns
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...
Lower Incidence of Seizure Among Neonates Treated With Therapeutic Hypothermia
Published in Journal of Child Neurology
TONE OF POSTCARDS IN INCREASING SURVEY RESPONSE RATES 1
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 ...
Early Weight Loss Nomograms for Exclusively Breastfed Newborns
Published in PEDIATRICS
First-day weight loss predicts eventual weight nadir for breastfeeding newborns
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...
