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Table 4 Process outcomes and balancing outcomes included in the golden hour QI

From: Quality improvement in the golden hour for premature infants: a scoping review

References

Process Outcomes

 

Balancing Outcomes

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

 

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Croop et al. [32]

 

#

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

 

NR

   

#

Peleg et al. [17]

           

#

 

Harriman et al. [33]

     

#

#

      

Ashmeade et al. [18]

 

↓

#

   

↓

     

#

Lambeth et al. [34]

 

NR

   

NR

NR

 

NR

NR

NR

  

Vergales et al. [21]

  

#

         

↓

Reuter et al. [19]

#

#

↑

 

↓

      

#

#

Castrodale et al. [20]

     

↓

       

Wallingford et al. [31]

 

NR

 

NR

         

Reynolds et al. [35]

 

NR

           
  1. The process outcomes: (1) time to intubation, (2) time to surfactant, (3) time to NICU admission, (4) time to admission temperature, (5) time to umbilical line placement(confirmation), (6) time to initiation of IV fluids, (7) time to initiation of antibiotics;
  2. The balancing outcomes: (8) hyperthermia, (9) insertion-related catheter-associated bloodstream infections, (10) irrational use of antibiotics, (11) mechanical ventilation duration, (12) PMA on the day of discharge home
  3. ↓: Decrease; ↑: increase; #: no statistical significance; NR: not report;
  4. NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; PMA: postmenstrual age; IV: intravenous