Abstract:This article examines a quality-improvement project to reduce clinical practice variation and measure growth outcomes by standardizing the process for the provision of protein intake for premature infants weighing 1250 g or less. Eighteen infants with a birth weight of 1250 g or less and gestational age of 32 weeks or less born between June and October 2010 were compared with 15 historical controls of the same birth weight and gestation born between January and May 2010 using a prospective cohort design. The p… Show more
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