2011
Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children*
Faustino EV, Patel S, Thiagarajan RR, Cook DJ, Northrup V, Randolph AG. Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children*. Critical Care Medicine 2011, 39: 1773-1778. PMID: 21423003, PMCID: PMC3118917, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182186ec0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitIll childrenPharmacologic thromboprophylaxisPediatric intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsPresence of hypercoagulabilityDeep venous thrombosisCare unit patientsEvidence-based guidelinesCross-sectional self-administered surveyRigorous randomized trialsMajor bleedingLack of evidenceUnit patientsPatient factorsVenous thrombosisCavopulmonary anastomosisRandomized trialsWeight heparinPediatric intensivistsThromboprophylaxisInfant scenarioInvasive interventions
2010
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Bizzarro MJ, Sabo B, Noonan M, Bonfiglio MP, Northrup V, Diefenbach K. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2010, 31: 241-248. PMID: 20102278, DOI: 10.1086/650448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsNeonatal intensive care unitLate-onset sepsisRate of CLABSINational Healthcare Safety NetworkCentral venous cathetersIntensive care unitCLABSI ratesBloodstream infectionsCare unitLevel III neonatal intensive care unitCentral Line–Associated Bloodstream InfectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsLine–Associated Bloodstream InfectionsEvidence-based guidelinesQuality improvement initiativesQuality improvement committeeCVC placementVenous cathetersNICU patientsInpatient careClinical practicePreintervention dataQuasi-experimental studySepsis