More and earlier surfactant for preterm infants
- J L Hughes1,
- E McCall1,
- F Alderdice2,
- J Jenkins1,
- for the members of the Neonatal Intensive Care Outcome Research and Evaluation Group
- 1Department of Child Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK
- 2School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
- Correspondence to:
Dr Jenkins
Paediatric Department, Antrim Hospital, Antrim BT41 2RL, North Ireland, UK; j.jenkins{at}qub.ac.uk
- Accepted 13 September 2005
Abstract
Surfactant administration to infants born at less than 32 weeks gestation was compared between two time periods (1 April 1994 to 31 March 1996 and 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2001). Overall administration increased significantly from 41% to 54%, and within one hour of birth from 13% to 60%. Regional data collection and feedback helps promote quality improvement and implementation of published evidence and guidelines.
Footnotes
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Funding: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland.
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Competing interests: none declared
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Ethics approval: confirmation was received from the Queens University Belfast Research Ethics Committee that this project did not require ethics approval.
