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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/ statistics & numerical data

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• 1.   A survey of neonatal nutrition policies and practices in the UK and Eire

  This study aimed to assess the prevalence of nutrition policies in neonatal units in the UK and Eire

  

  Abstract:

  Optimal nutrition is one of the fundamental components for infants to reach their full growth and neurodevelopmental potential. Best practice is facilitated by a contemporaneous, multidisciplinary, evidence-based nutrition policy. Such evidence has recently been reviewed. We have assessed: the prevalence of nutrition policies in neonatal units in the UK and Eire; their application to more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - neonatal nutrition policies

  Categories:

  neonatal nutrition policies

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Matern Child Nutr, Vol: 3 Page: 120-8 April 2007
  D. P. Tuthill

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• 2.   Modes of death in neonatal intensive care units

  This study aimed to explore deaths in neonatal intensive care units

  

  Abstract:

  With the ever-increasing availability of aggressive medical treatment and technical support, neonatologists are offered an increasing ability to prolong life. While "end-of-life" decisions within NICUs have been studied internationally, there is limited data available for Ireland. Through the auspices of the Irish Faculty of Paediatrics 2002 Neonatal Mortality Ouestionnaire, more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - intensive care neonatal deaths

  Categories:

  intensive care neonatal deaths

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 99 Page: 106-8 April 2006
  E. Finan; T. Bolger; S. M. Gormally

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• 3.   Workload and short-term outcome of babies weighing 2,500 grams or more at birth admitted to the paediatric unit of the Rotunda Hospital

  The aim of this study was to audit characteristics of all infants admitted to the neonatal department regarding mode of delivery, level of care, duration of stay, diagnosis and short-term outcome

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Audit is important in ensuring adequate use of resources and maintaining optimum standards of care. Most of the emphasis in neonatal audit is focused on very low birth weight infants. However, term and near-term infants account for a significant proportion of the workload in neonatal units and warrant regular audit. In addition, audit of these infants may be useful as a more...

  International Classification:

  Factors influencing health status and contact with health services - persons encountering health services for examination and investigation - neonatal admissions

  Categories:

  neonatal admissions

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, Vol: 17 Page: 139-43 February 2005
  T. Rohininath; L. A. O'Connell; K. Sheehan; D. Corcoran; T. G. Matthews; T. A. Clarke

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