Referral of Very Low Birth Weight Infants to High-Risk Follow-Up at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Varies Widely across California

2015 ◽  
Vol 166 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan R. Hintz ◽  
Jeffrey B. Gould ◽  
Mihoko V. Bennett ◽  
Erika E. Gray ◽  
Kimie J. Kagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Discharge ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Unit Discharge

Follow-up of NICU Graduates: Why, What, and by Whom

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 213-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie C. Mccormick ◽  
Jane E. Stewart ◽  
Robyn Cohen ◽  
Marsha Joselaw ◽  
Priscilla S. Osborne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Collection Strategies

Follow-up of the graduates of neonatal intensive care is an important component of the provision of such care. However, the objectives of these programs and their data-collection strategies vary widely. This report describes the potential objectives and different data-collection strategies. It then reviews briefly what is known about the outcomes of very low birth weight infants to guide the development of assessment packets: Finally, we describe the operation of our program and activities of our team to illustrate the follow-up experience in a large multi-institution program.

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