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neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
NICU is an acronym for neonatal intensive care unit.
Management:
- avoid empiric vancomycin or carbapenem in NICU patients unless the infant is at risk for antibiotic resistance [3]
Notes:
- NICUs encouraging more parental involvement in caregiving observe greater weight gain in very premature infants [1]
General
intensive care unit (ICU)
References
- O'Brien K, Robson K, Bracht M et al
Effectiveness of Family Integrated Care in neonatal intensive
care units on infant and parent outcomes: a multicentre,
multinational, cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Feb 7, 2018
Not indexed in PubMed
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(18)30039-7/fulltext
- Gayle C
Family Integrated Care for very preterm infants: evidence for
a practice that seems self-evident?
Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Feb 7, 2018
Not indexed in PubMed
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352464218300385
- O'Brien K, Bracht M, Robson K et al
Evaluation of the Family Integrated Care model of neonatal
intensive care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Canada
and Australia.
BMC Pediatr. 2015 Dec 15;15:210.
PMID: 26671340 Free PMC Article
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Committee on Infectious Diseases
and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Choosing Wisely. November 12, 2018
http://www.choosingwisely.org/societies/american-academy-of-pediatrics-committee-on-infectious-diseases-and-the-pediatric-infectious-diseases-society/