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Improving Premedication for Non-emergent Intubation in the Neonatal Unit: A Quality Improvement Project

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Background: Neonatal intubation is one of the most common painful procedures performed in the unit and is associated with significant physiologic changes. A recent national survey showed only 43.6% of… Click to show full abstract

Background: Neonatal intubation is one of the most common painful procedures performed in the unit and is associated with significant physiologic changes. A recent national survey showed only 43.6% of national fellowship programs use premedication. A review of current premedication rates in our NICU, a 174 bed quaternary care center, showed medications were being given in only 20% of all possible events and practice among choice of …

Keywords: unit; non emergent; intubation; premedication non; improving premedication; premedication

Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018

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