Janet M. Simsic, Kirby-Rose Carpenito, Kristin Kirchner, Stephanie Peters, PNP-AC, Holly Miller-Tate, Brian Joy, Mark Galantowicz
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 275-281, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12435
Abstract Objective: Enteral feeding is associated with decreased infection rates, decreased mechanical ventilation, decreased hospital length of stay, and improved wound healing. Enteral feeding difficulties
are common in congenital heart disease. Our objective was to develop experience-based newborn
feeding guidelines for the initiation and advancement of enteral feeding in the cardiothoracic
intensive care unit.
Design: This is a retrospective analysis of a quality improvement project.
Setting: This quality improvement project was performed in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit.
Patients: Newborns admitted to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit for cardiac surgery from
January 2011 to May 2015 were retrospectively reviewed.
Intervention: Newborn… More >
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