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  1. Fitzgibbons SC, Ching Y, Yu D, Carpenter J, Kenny M, Weldon C, Lillehei C, Valim C, Horbar JD, Jaksic T. Mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis expressed by birth weight categories. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jun;44(6):1072-5; discussion 1075-6.
  2. Reynolds, RD, Pilcher J, Ring A, Johnson R, McKinley P, The Golden Hour: Care of the LBW Infant During the First Hour of Life One Unit's Experience. PDF (586.2 KB) The Journal of Neonatal Nursing 2009 Jul/Aug;28(4).
  3. Valentine CJ, Fernandez S, Rogers LK, Gulati P, Hayes J, Lore P, Puthoff T, Dumm M, Jones A, Collins K, Curtiss J, Hutson K, Clark K, Welty SE. Early amino-acid administration improves preterm infant weight. Journal of Perinatology 2009 Jun;29(6):428-32.
  4. Kaempf JW, Campbell B, Brown A, Bowers K, Gallegos R, Goldmsmith JP. PC02 and Room Air Saturation Values in Premature Infants at Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of Perinatology 2008 28:48-54.
  5. Schouten LM, Hulscher ME, van Everdingen JJ, Huijsman R, Grol RP. Evidence for the impact of quality improvement collaboratives: systematic review. BMJ 2008 Jun 28;336(7659):1491-4. Epub 2008 Jun 24. Review.
  6. Tucker, AL, Nembhard IM, Edmondson AC. Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units. Management Science 2007 53:894:907.
  7. Zupancic JAF, Richardson DK, Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Lee SK, Escobar GJ, and the Vermont Oxford Network SNAP Pilot Project Participants Revalidation of the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the Vermont Oxford Network. Pediatrics 2007 119: e156 - e163.
  8. Atwater A, Hartmann E, Brown B, Carteaux P, Freeman M, Hegwood P, Michael L, Rikli J, Secrest J, Bauman B, Plsek P Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Staffing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S134-140.
  9. Dunbar A, Sharek P, Mickas N, Coker K, Duncan J, McLendon D, Pagano C, Puthoff T, Reynolds N, Powers R, Johnston C. Implementation and Case Study Results of Potentially Better Practices to Improve Pain Management of Neonates. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S87-94.
  10. Dunn M, Reilly M, Johnston A, Hoopes R, Abraham M. Development and Dissemination of Potentially Better Practices for the Provision of Family-Centered Care in Neonatalogy The Family-Centered Care Map. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S95-107.
  11. Ford S. Leick-Rude MK, Meinert K, Anderson B, Sheehan M, Haney B, Leeks S, Simon S, Jackson J. Overcoming Barriers to Oxygen Saturation Targeting. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S177-186.
  12. Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Leahy K, Schriefer J. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine: The NIC/Q 2002 Experience. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S57-202.
  13. Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Schriefer J, Leahy K. Introduction to Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine: The NIC/Q 2002 Experience. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S57-64.
  14. Jackson J, Ford S, Meinert K, Leick-Rude MK, Anderson B, Sheehan M, Haney B, Leeks S, Simon S. Standardizing Nasal Cannula Oxygen Administration in the Intensive Care Nursery. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S187-196.
  15. Johnston A, Bullock C, Graham J, Reilly M, Rocha C, Hoopes R, Van Der Meid V, Gutierrez S, Abraham M. Implementation and Case Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Family-Centered Care: The Family-Centered Care Map. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S108-114.
  16. Kantak A, Grow J, Ohlinger J, Adams H, Knupp A, Lavin J. Management of High Order Multiple Births: Application of Lessons Learned Because of Participation in Vermont Oxford Network Collaboratives. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S159-169.
  17. Lavin J, Kantak A, Ohlinger J, Kaempf J, Tomlinson M, Campbell B, Fofah O, Edwards W, Allbright K, Hagen E, Suresh G, Schriefer J. Attitudes of Obstetric and Pediatric Health Care Providers Toward Resuscitation of Infants Born at the Margins of Viability. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S169-176.
  18. Lefrak L, Burch K, Caravantes R, Knoerlein K, DeNolf N, Duncan J, Hampton F, Johnston C, Lockey D, Martin-Walters C, McLendon D, Porter M, Richardson C, Robinson C, Toczylowski K. Sucrose Analgesia: Identifying Potentially Better Practice Strategies. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S197-202.
  19. Mills M, Sims D, Jacob J. Implementation and Case Study Results of Potentially Better Practices to Improve the Discharge Process in the NICU. Pediatrics 2006 Suppl 2:S124-133.
  20. Ohlinger J, Kantak A, Lavin J, Fofah O, Hagen E, Suresh G, Halamek L, Schriefer J. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Perinatal and Neonatal Communication and Collaboration. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S147-152.
  21. Payne NR, Lacorte M, Sun S, Karna P, Lewis-Hunstiger M, Goldsmith J. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) in Very Low Birth Weigh Infants. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S65-72.
  22. Payne NR, Lacorte M, Karna P, Chen S. Finkelstein M, Goldsmith J, Carpenter J. Reduction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) After Participation in the Breathsavers Group of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative (NIC/Q 2002). Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S73-77.
  23. Rikli J, Hegwood P, Atwater A, Bauman B, Brown B, Carteaux P, Hartmann E, Hilton S, Michael L, Norton L, Secrest J, Sprague P, Plsek P. Implementation and Case Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Staffing in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S141-146.
  24. Sharek P, Powers R. Koehn A, Anand S. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Improve Pain Management of Neonates. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S78-86.
  25. Sharek PJ, Horbar JD, Mason W, et al. Adverse Events in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Development, Testing, and Findings of a NICU-focused Trigger Tool to Identify Harm in North American NICUs. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S87-94.
  26. Sims D, Jacob J, Mill M, Fett P, Novack G. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Improve the Discharge Process in the NICU. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S115-123.
  27. Walsh, MC, Qing Yao, Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Shoo Lee, and Ohlsson A. for the NICHD Neonatal Network; Vermont Oxford Network (VON) and Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN)Changes in the Use of Postnatal Steroids In Three Large Neonatal Networks. Pediatrics 2006; 118:e1328-1335.
  28. Zabari M, Suresh G, Tomlinson M, Lavin J, Larison K, Halamek L, Schriefer J, Implementation and Case Study Results of Potentially Better Practices for Collaboration Between Obstetrics and Neonatology to Achieve Improved Perinatal Outcomes. Pediatrics 2006 118 Suppl 2:S153-158.
  29. Leviton, L C. and Horbar, JD. Cluster Randomized Trials for the Evaluation of Strategies Designed to Promote Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 2005; 599: 94-114.
  30. Morales LS, Staiger DO, Horbar JD, Carpenter J, Kenny M, Geppert J, Rogowski J. Mortality Among Very Low Birthweight Infants in Hospitals Serving Minority Population. Am J Pub Health 2005 95(12):2206-2212.
  31. Edwards WH, Conner JM, Soll RF for the Vermont Oxford Network Neonatal Skin Care Study Group. The Effect of Prophylactic Ointment Therapy on Nosocomial Sepsis Rates and Skin Integrity in Infants with Birth Weights of 501 to 1000 g. Pediatrics 2004; 113:1195-1203.
  32. Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, Leviton LC, Plsek PP, Sinclair JC. Collaborative Quality Improvement to Promote Evidence-Based Surfactant for Preterm Infants: A Cluster Randomized Trial. BMJ 2004;329:1004.
  33. Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, Leviton LC,Plsek PE, Sinclair JC, for the members of the Vermont Oxford Network. Timing of Initial Surfactant Treatment for Infants 23 to 29 Weeks Gestation: Is routine practice evidence-based? Pediatrics 2004;113: 1593-1602.
  34. Lucey JF, Rowan CA, Shiono P, Wilkinson AR, Kilpatrick S, Payne NR, Horbar JD, Carpenter J, Rogowski J, Soll RF. Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Infants With Birth Weights of 401 to 500 Grams-The Vermont Oxford Network Experience (1996-2000). Pediatrics 2004; 113:1559-1566.
  35. Payne NR, Carpenter JH, Badger GJ, Horbar JD, Rogowski J. The Marginal Increase in Cost and Excess Length of Stay Associated With Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Surviving Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics 2004;114:348-355.
  36. Rogowski JA, Staiger DO, Horbar JD, Variations in the quality of care for very low birth weight infants: Implications for policy. Health Affairs 2004;23:88-97.
  37. Rogowski JA, Horbar JD, Staiger DO, Kenny M, Carpenter J, Geppert J. Indirect Versus Direct Hospital Quality Indicators for Very Low Birth Weight Infants. JAMA 2004; 291:202-209.
  38. Baker GR, King K, MacDonald JL, Horbar JD. Using Organizational Assessment Surveys for Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatrics 2003;111:e419 (Suppl E)
  39. Brown MS, Ohlinger J, Rusk C, Delmore P, Ittmann P, on Behalf of the CARE Group. Implementing Potentially Better Practices for Multidisciplinary Teambuilding: Creating an Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Culture of Collaboration. Pediatrics 2003;111:e482 (Suppl E)
  40. Burch K, Rhine W, Baker R, Litman F, Kaempf JW, Schwarz E, Sun S, Payne NR, Sharek PJ. Implementing Potentially Better Practices to Reduce Lung Injury in Neonates. Pediatrics 2003;111:e432 (Suppl E)
  41. Carteaux P, Cohen H, Check J, George J, McKinley P, Lewis W, Hegwood P, Whitfield JM, McLendon D, Okuno-Jones S, Klein S, Moehring J, McConnell C. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for the Prevention of Brain Hemorrhage and Ischemic Brain Injury in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics 2003;111:e489 (Suppl E)
  42. Conner JM, Soll RF, Edwards WH. Topical ointment for preventing infection in preterm infants. [Systematic Review]. Cochrane Neonatal Group. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003
  43. Girish SV, Leaf AA. International benchmarking in neonatal intensive care: the Vermont-Oxford Network. Clinical Governance Bulletin 2003;3:8-10
  44. Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Leahy K, Schriefer J. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine: The NIC/Q 2000 Experience. Pediatrics 2003:111:e395-e547 (Suppl E)
  45. Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Leahy K, Schriefer J. Introduction to Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine: The NIC/Q 2000 Experience. Pediatrics 2003;111:e395 (Suppl E)
  46. Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Leahy K. NIC/Q 2000: Establishing Habits for Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics 2003;111:e397 (Suppl E)
  47. Jackson JK, Vellucci J, Johnson P, Kilbride HW. Evidence-Based Approach to Change in Clinical Practice: Introduction of Expanded Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use in an Intensive Care Nursery. Pediatrics 2003;111:e542 (Suppl E)
  48. Kaempf JW, Campbell B, Sklar RS, Arduza C, Gallegos R, Zabari M, Brown A, McDonald JV. Implementing Potentially Better Practices to Improve Neonatal Outcomes After Reducing Postnatal Dexamethasone Use in Infants Born Between 501 and 1250 Grams. Pediatrics 2003;111:e534 (Suppl E)
  49. Kilbride HW, Powers R, Wirtschafter DD, Sheehan MB, Charsha DS, LaCorte M, Finer N, Goldmann DA. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Prevent Neonatal Nosocomial Bacteremia. Pediatrics 2003;111:e504 (Suppl E)
  50. Kilbride HW, Wirtschafter DD, Powers RJ, Sheehan MB. Implementation of Evidence-Based Potentially Better Practices to Decrease Nosocomial Infections. Pediatrics 2003;111:e519 (Suppl E)
  51. Kuzma-O'Reilly B, Duenas M, Greecher C, Kimberlin L, Mujsce D, Miller D, Walker DJ. Evaluation, Development and Implementation of Potentially Better Practices in Neonatal Intensive Care Nutrition. Pediatrics 2003;111:e461 (Suppl E)
  52. McLendon D, Check J, Carteaux P, Boyle D, Buchanan DS, Clark SE, Cohen HS, George JA, Klein SA, McKinley P, Michael L, Moehring J, Okuno-Jones S, Secrest JW, Whitfield JM. Implementation of Potentially Better Practices for the Prevention of Brain Hemorrhage and Ischemic Brain Injury in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics 2003;111:e497 (Suppl E)
  53. Moore K, Coker K, DuBuisson AB, Swett B, Edwards WH. Implementing Potentially Better Practices for Improving Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Successes and Challenges. Pediatrics 2003;111:e450 (Suppl E)
  54. Ohlinger J, Brown MS, Laudert S, Swanson S, Fofah O, on Behalf of the CARE Group. Development of Potentially Better Practices for The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as a Culture of Collaboration: Communication, Accountability, Respect, and Empowerment. Pediatrics 2003;111:e471 (Suppl E)
  55. Rogowski J. Using Economic Information in a Quality Improvement Collaborative. Pediatrics 2003;111:e411 (Suppl E)
  56. Saunders RP, Abraham MR, Crosby MJ, Thomas K, Edwards WH. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Improving Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics 2003;111:e437 (Suppl E)
  57. Sharek PJ, Baker R, Litman F, Kaempf JW, Burch K, Schwarz E, Sun S, Payne NR. Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Prevent Chronic Lung Disease and Reduce Lung Injury in Neonates. Pediatrics 2003;111:e426 (Suppl E)
  58. Suresh G. Don't Believe Everything You Read in the Patient's Chart. Pediatrics, May 2003; 111: 1108 - 1109.
  59. Horbar JD, Badger GJ, Carpenter JH, Fanaroff AA, Kilpatrick S, LaCorte M, Phibbs R, Soll RF. Trends in Mortality and Morbidity for Very Low Birth Weight Infants, 1991-1999. Pediatrics 2002;110:143-151
  60. Horbar JD., Rogowski J, Plsek PE., Delmore P, Edwards WH., Hocker J, Kantak AD., Lewallen P, Lewis W, Lewit E, McCarroll CJ., Mujsce D, Payne NR., Shiono P, Soll RF, Leahy K, Carpenter JH., for the NIC/Q Project Investigators of the Vermont Oxford Network Collaborative Quality Improvement for Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatrics 2001;107:14-22
  61. Plsek PE, Greenhalgh T. Complexity Science: The Challenge of Complexity in Health Care. BMJ 2001;323:635-628
  62. Plsek PE, Wilson T. Complexity Science: Complexity, Leadership, and Management in Healthcare Organizations. BMJ 2001;323:746-749
  63. Rogowski JA, Horbar JD, Plsek PE, Schuurmann Baker L, Deterding J, Edwards WH, Hocker J , Kantak AD, Lewallen P, Lewis W, Lewit E, McCarroll CJ., Mujsce D, Payne NR., Shiono P, Soll RF., and Leahy K. Economic Implications of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Collaborative Quality Improvement. Pediatrics 2001;107:23-29
  64. Sharek PJ, Benitz WE, Abel NJ, Freeburn MJ, Mayer M, Bergman DA. Effect of an Evidence-Based Hand Washing Policy on Hand Washing Rates and False-Positive Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture Rates in a Level III NICU. Journal of Perinatology 2001;21
  65. Soll RF, for the Vermont Oxford Network Steroid Study Group. Early Postnatal Dexamethasone Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease. Pediatrics 2001;108:741-748
  66. Suresh GK, Horbar JD, Kenny M, Carpenter JH for the Vermont Oxford Network. Major Birth Defects in Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Vermont Oxford Network. Journal of Pediatrics 2001;139:366-373
  67. Whitfield J, Charsha D, Sprague P. In search of excellence - the Neonatal Intensive Quality Improvement Collaborative. BUMC Proceedings 2001;14:94-97
  68. Bernstein IM, Horbar JD, Badger G, Ohlsson A, Golan A for the Vermont Oxford Network. Morbidity and mortality in growth restricted very low birth weight newborns. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2000;182:198-206
  69. Soll RF and Edwards WH. Emollient ointment for preventing infection in preterm infants. [Systematic Review]. Cochrane Neonatal Group. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2000
  70. Finer NN, Horbar JD, Carpenter JH for the Vermont Oxford Network. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the very low birth weight infant: The Vermont Oxford Network experience. Pediatrics 1999;104:428-434
  71. Horbar JD, The Vermont Oxford Network: Evidence-Based Quality Improvement for Neonatology. Pediatrics 1999;103:350-359
  72. Horbar, JD, Gould JB editors. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. Pediatrics 1999; 103 January 1999. Supplement. Appears on-line in Pediatrics electronic pages.
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  73. Plsek PE. Quality Improvement Methods in Clinical Medicine. Pediatrics 1999;103:203
  74. Finer Neil N, Horbar JD for the Vermont Oxford Network: Delivery Room CPR in Premature Infants: The Vermont Oxford Network Experience. Pediatr Res 1998;43:173A (Poster Session)
  75. Horbar JD, for the Vermont Oxford Network. Increasing Use of Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy Between 1990 and 1993 in the Vermont Oxford Network. Journal of Perinatology 1997;17:309-313
  76. Horbar JD,Badger GJ, Lewit EM, Rogowski J, Shiono P for the Vermont Oxford Network. Hospital and Patient Characteristics Associated With Variation in 28-Day Mortality Rates for Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics 1997;99:149
  77. Vermont-Oxford Network. A multicenter, randomized trial comparing synthetic surfactant with modified bovine surfactant extract in the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Pediatrics 1996; 97(1): 1-6
  78. Horbar JD. The Vermont-Oxford Neonatal Network: Integrating Research and Clinical Practice to Improve the Quality of Medical Care. Seminars in Perinatology 1995;19:124-131
  79. Horbar JD for the Investigators of the Vermont-Oxford Neonatal Network. Antenatal Corticosteroid Treatment and Neonatal Outcomes for Infants 501 to 1500 grams in the Vermont-Oxford Neonatal Network. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1995;173:275-281
  80. Horbar JD, Leahy K for the investigators of the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network. An Assessment of Data Quality in the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network Database. Controlled Clinical Trials 1995;16:51-61
  81. Wright LL, Horbar JD, et al. Evidence from Multicenter Networks on the Current Use of Antenatal Corticosteroids in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1995:173:263-269
  82. The Vermont-Oxford Trials Network Database Project: The Vermont-Oxford Trials Network. Very Low Birthweight Outcomes for 1990. Pediatrics 1993;91:540-545

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    Articles and Abstracts from the Center for Patient Safety in Neonatal Intensive Care (Sponsored by the Vermont Oxford Network)

  83. Yeager SB, Horbar JD, Greco KM, Duff J, Thiagarajan RR, and Laussen PC. Pretransport and Posttransport Characteristics and Outcomes of Neonates Who Were Admitted to a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics 2006; 118:1070-1077.
  84. Zupancic JAF et al. Systematic review of the evidence base for devices and pharmaceuticals in neonatology. Pediatric Academic Societies 2006 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Poster Presentation. May 1, 2006.
  85. Gray JE, Ursprung R, Edwards WH, Horbar JD, Nickerson J, Plsek P, Shiono PH, Suresh G, and Goldman DA. Patient Mis-identification in the NICU: Quantification of Risk. Pediatrics, 2005 (in press).
  86. Ursprung R, Gray JE, Edwards WH, Horbar JD, Nickerson J, Plsek P, Shiono PH, Suresh G, and Goldman DA. Real Time Patient Safety Audits: Improving Safety Every Day. Qual Saf Health Care, 2005; 14: 284-289.
  87. Ursprung R, Gray J, Edwards W, Horbar J, Nickerson J, Plsek P, Shiono P, Suresh G, Goldmann D. Random Patient Safety Audits: Introduction of a Novel Safety Tool to a Large NICU Collaborative. Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Poster presentation May 16, 2005.
  88. Edwards W, Nickerson J, Gray J, Goldmann D, Plsek P, Shiono P, Suresh G, Ursprung R, Horbar JD. Parents’ Perspectives on Errors in Neonatal Intensive Care. (Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA Platform Presentation by W Edwards May 1, 2004). Pediatr Res 2004;55:435 A.
  89. Gray JE, Goldmann DA. Medication errors in the NICU: Special Patients, Unique Issues. Arch Dis Child November 2004; 89 (11) 472-473
  90. Gray J, Ursprung R, Goldmann D, Suresh G, Edwards W, Plsek P, Shiono P, Nickerson J, Horbar JD. Patient Mis-Identification in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Qualification of Risk. (Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA Poster Presentation May 4, 2004). Pediatr Res 2004;55:519 A.
  91. Suresh G, Horbar JD, Plsek P, Gray J, Edwards WH, Shiono PH, Ursprung R, Nickerson J, Lucey JF, Goldmann D. Voluntary Anonymous Reporting of Medical Errors. Pediatrics 2004;113:1619-1627.
  92. Ursprung R, Gray J, Hughes K, Nickerson J, Plsek P, Shiono P, Edwards W, Suresh G, Horbar JD, Goldmann D. Random Audits for Patient Safety in the NICU. (Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA Platform Presentation by R Ursprung May 1, 2004). Pediatr Res 2004;55:435 A.
  93. Gray J, Goldmann D, Ursprung R, Edwards W, Plsek P, Shiono P, Suresh G, Horbar J. NICU Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS): The Need for Population- Specific Critical Lab Result (CLR) Definitions. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 4, 2003. (poster presentation). Pediatr Res 2003;53:381A
  94. Suresh G, Horbar J, Plsek P, Edwards W, Goldmann D, Gray J, Lucey J, Shiono P, Ursprung R. Voluntary Anonymous Reporting of Medical Errors in Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 5, 2003. (poster presentation). Pediatr Res 2003;53:426A

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    Abstracts

  95. Lake E, Patrick T, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Cheung MR. The Three Es: How Neonatal Staff Nurses' Education, Experience and Environments Impact Infant Outcomes Poster. Association of Women’s Health Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses 2010 Annual Meeting: Poster. Nashville, TN, June 2010.
  96. Archer JM, Yeager S, Kenny M, Soll R, Horbar JD. Distribution and Mortality of Life-Threatening Congenital Heart Disease in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Presented at Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Young Investigator Presentations, Washington, DC. October 16, 2009. (Abstract appears in Congenital Heart Disease 2009;4:398-420.)
  97. Lake E, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Patrick T, Cheung MR. Acuity-adjusted Staffing, Nurse Practice Environments, and NICU Outcomes. Paper. Vermont Oxford Network Quality Congress, Washington, DC, December 2009.
  98. Lake E, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Patrick T, Cheung MR. Better VLBW Infant Outcomes in Nursing Magnet Hospitals Paper. 2009 International Nursing Administration Research Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 2009.
  99. Lake E, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Patrick T, Cheung MR. Nursing Unit Organization & Very Low Birth Weight Infant Outcomes in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Poster. AcademyHealth 2009 Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009.
  100. Lake E, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Patrick T, Cheung MR. Better VLBW Infant Outcomes in Nursing Magnet Hospitals. Poster. 2009 Child Health Services Research Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009.
  101. Patrick T, Lake E, , Horbar J, Staiger D, Rogowski J. A Five-Level Measure Of Infant Acuity Explains A Substantial Amount Of The Variation In Staffing Across NICUs. (T Patrick, E Lake, J Horbar, D Staiger, J Rogowski). Poster. 2009 National Association of Neonatal Nurses Meeting, Houston, TX, September 2009.
  102. Lake E, Rogowski J, Horbar J, Staiger D, Kenny M, Patrick T, Cheung MR.Nurse Staffing, Environments, and NICU Outcomes. Vermont Oxford Network Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 2008.
  103. Nembhard, I. M., Tucker, A. L., Bohmer, R. M. J., Horbar, J., & Carpenter, J. (2008). Improving patient mortality rates: The impact of front-line staff collaboration on quality of care. Paper presented at the Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC (June 8-10, 2008).
  104. Nembhard, I. M., Tucker, A. L., Bohmer, R. M. J., Horbar, J., & Carpenter, J. (2008). Improving patient mortality rates: The impact of front-line staff collaboration on quality of care. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA (August 8-13, 2008).
  105. Mercier C, Ferrelli K, Howard D, Soll R, the Vermont Oxford Network Follow Up Study Group. Determining the Incidence of Severe Disability for Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants Using a Parental Questionnaire Pediatric Academic Societies 2007 Annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, May 5, 2007. Poster Symposium.
  106. Mercier C, Ferrelli K, Howard D, Soll R, the Vermont Oxford Network Follow Up Study Group. Changes in Postnatal Steroid Use and Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatric Academic Societies 2007 Annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, May 5, 2007. Poster.
  107. Horbar JD, Carpenter JH. What is comprehensive care for extremely low birth weight infants? Pediatric Academic Societies 2006 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Platform Presentation. April 30, 2006.
  108. Walsh MC, Yao Q, Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Lee S, Ohlsson A. Changes in Postnatal Steroid (PNS) Use in VLBW Neonates in 3 Large Neonatal Networks. Pediatric Academic Societies 2005 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Poster presentation May 16, 2005.
  109. Horbar JD. Carpenter J. Nosocomial Infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: We Can Do Better! Pediatr Res 2004;55:404 A.
  110. Mercier C, Conner J, Howard D, Cohen H, Dunn M, Magoon M, Wilson-Costello D, Soll R, and the Vermont Oxford Network Follow-Up Study Group. More than 1001 Infants Weighing Less Than 1001 Grams (g) at Birth: Health and Developmental Outcome. (Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA Poster Presentation May 4, 2004). Pediatric Research 2004: 55;4 482A.
  111. Morales LS, Staiger D, Horbar JD, Carpenter J, Kenny M, Geppert J, Rogowski J. Mortality among Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Hospitals Serving Minority Populations. Presentation by Leo Morales: Academy Health Research Meeting, San Diego, CA. June, 2004. (Abstract to appear in Health Services Research).
  112. Zupancic JAF, Horbar JD, Richardson DK, Carpenter JH, Lee S, Escobar G, VON SNAP Pilot Project. Performance of the Revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the Vermont Oxford Network. (Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA. Poster Presentation May 4, 2004). Pediatr Res 2004;55:521 A.
  113. Horbar JD, Carpenter J. Nosocomial Bacterial Infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: We Can Do Better! Hot Topics in Neonatology. December 8, 2003. Washington, DC.
  114. Conner JM, Karagas M, Cole B, Edwards WH, and Soll RF. Risk Factors of Nosocomial Gram-negative Sepsis in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, May 2003. Pediatr Res 2003; 53:446A
  115. Horbar JD, Bracken M, Buzas J, Carpenter J, Leviton LL, Plsek PE, Sinclair J, Soll RF, Suresh GK. Cluster Randomized Trial of a Multifaceted Intervention to Promote Evidence-based Surfactant Therapy. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 4, 2003. (platform presentation). Pediatr Res 2003;53:368A
  116. Mercier C, Conner JM, Howard D, Cohen H, Magoon M, and Soll RF for the ELBW Follow-up Centers. Expanded Follow-up of Health and Developmental Outcome of Infants with Birthweight (bw) Less than 1001 Grams. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, May 2003. Pediatr Res 2003; 53:4 494A
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  119. Rowen CA, Lucey JF, Shiono P, Wilkinson A, Kilpatrick S, Payne N, Horbar JD, Carpenter J, Rogowski J, Soll RF. Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Inborn Infants with Birth Weights of 401-500 grams. The Experience of the Vermont Oxford Network (1996-2000). Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 5, 2003 (platform presentation). Pediatr Res 2003;53:397A
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  • Girish LLS, van den Berg E, Leaf A. Random safety audits in the neonatal unit. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2009; 94: F116-F119.
  • Murphy BP, Armstrong K, Ryan CA, Jenkins JG. Benchmarking care for very low birthweight infants in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2009 Aug 31.
  • Puch-Kapst K, Juran R, Stoever B, Wauer RR. Radiation exposure in 212 very low and extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatrics 2009 Dec;124(6):1556-64.
  • Eichenwald, Eric C and Stark, Ann R, Are postnatal steroids ever justified to treat severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007; 92: F334-F337
  • Leaf A, Rose C, and Ramsay L. Strategies for getting preterm infants home earlier. Archives Diseases of Childhood 17 October 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.093039
  • Nelson EC, Bataldan PB, Edwards WH, Godfrey MM, Johnson JK. Developing High Performing Microsystems. In Quality by Design a Clinical Microsystems Approach. Nelson EC, Bataldan PB, Godfrey MM, editors. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA. 2007
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  • Vanhaesebrouck S, Zonnenberg I, Vandervoort P, Bruneel E, Van Hoestenberghe MR, Theyskens C. Conservative treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in the preterm. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Jul;92(4):F244-7. Epub 2007 Jan 9
  • Castro EC, Leite AJ. Hospital mortality rates of infants with birth weight less than or equal to 1,500 g in the northeast of Brazil. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2007 Jan-Feb;83(1):27-32. Epub 2006 Dec 18.
  • Llanos M, Adolfo y Grupo Hospital Sotero Del Rio. Morbilidad y mortalidad del RN menor de 1.500 g: Experiencia de un hospital regional de la red internacional Vermont Oxford. Rev. chil. pediatr., ago. 2006, vol.77, no.4, p.363-374. ISSN 0370-4106.
  • Pietz J, Achanti B, Lilien L, Stepka EC, Mehta SK. Prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: a 20-year experience. Pediatrics 2007 Jan;119(1):e164-70. Epub 2006 Dec 4.
  • Hentschel J, Berger TM, Tschopp A, Muller M, Adams M, Bucher HU; Swiss Neonatal Network. Population-based study of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants in Switzerland. Eur J Pediatr 2005 May;164(5):292-7. Epub 2005 Feb 15.
  • Horbar JD, Gould JB: Evaluating and Improving the Quality and Safety of Neonatal Care. In Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 8th Edition, Martin RJ , Fanaroff AA, Walsh MC (eds). Mosby, 2005.
  • Kirchner L, Weninger M, Unterasinger L, Birnbacher R, Hayde M, Krepler R, Pollak A. Is the use of early nasal CPAP associated with lower rates of chronic lung disease and retinopathy of prematurity? Nine years of experience with the Vermont Oxford Neonatal Network. J Perinat Med. 2005;33(1):60-6.
  • Owens JD, Temple DM, Darling BK, Robbins KK, White CB. Mississippi's Tiniest Babies Do Well. Journal MSMA. 2005: 46: 269-275
  • Udaeta-Mora E, Martínez-De-Castro GT, Pérez-Marín P, Carmona-Rodríguez M. Enteral nutrition in the preterm and term newborn with low birth weight. Gac Med Mex. 2005 Jul-Aug;141(4):283-90. Article in Spanish.
  • Ellsbury DL, Acarregui MJ, McGuinness GA, Eastman DL, Klein JM. Controversy Surrounding the Use of Home Oxygen for Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of Perinatology 2004; 24:36-40.
  • Chow LC, Wright KW, and Sola A. Can Changes in Clinical Practice Decrease the Incidence of Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity in Very Low Birth Weight Infants? Pediatrics Feb 2003; 111: 339 - 345.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics: Committee on Fetus and Newborn Apnea, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Home Monitoring Pediatrics Apr 2003; 111:914 - 917.
  • Valls i Soler A, Paramo Andrés S, Centerno Monterubio C, Ansó Oliván S, Gortazar Arias P, López de Heredia I, Cotero Lavín A. Morbimortalidad en recién nacidos de muy bajo peso en el control de la calidad de la asistencia perinatal. An Pediatr(Barc) 2003;58(5):464-70. Article in Spanish.
  • Ellsbury DL, Acarregui MJ, McGuinness GA, Klein JM. Variability in the use of supplemental oxygen for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Pediatrics 2002 Feb;140(2):247-9
  • Barrington KJ. Postnatal Steroids and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Problem In the Making. Pediatrics Jun 2001; 107: 1425 - 1426.
  • Blair BM, O'halloran HS, Pauly TH, Stevens JL. Decreased incidence of retinopathy of prematurity, 1995-1997. J AAPOS 2001 Apr;5(2):118-22
  • Bloom, BT. Invited Commentary:"In search of excellence - the Neonatal Intensive Quality Improvement Collaborative". BUMC Proceedings 2001;14:97-98
  • Stewart, DL. Vermont Oxford Network: Effective and Efficient Medical Care for the Neonate. J Ky Med Assoc. 2001 Feb;99(2):65-7.
  • Blayney MP. Postnatal Age-specific survival statistics and parental counseling of VLBW infants. Pediatric and Child Health 1997;2(Suppl A):45S(51)
  • Avorn J. Practice Based Outcomes Research: Crucial, Feasible, and Neglected. Pediatrics 1996;97:113-114

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