Validação de aparência do bundle para manuseio do cateter central de inserção periférica em neonatos / Bundle appearance validation for peripherally inserted central catheter handling in neonates / Validación de la apariencia del paquete para el manejo del catéter central insertado periféricamente en neonatos

Objetivo: validar a aparência do bundle para manuseio do cateter central de inserção periférica em neonatos pela equipe de enfermagem. Método: estudo metodológico, desenvolvido durante os meses de novembro de 2020 e fevereiro de 2021, em unidades neonatais de um hospital de ensino. A amostra foi composta por 43 membros da equipe de enfermagem e os dados analisados pelo índice de validade de conteúdo acima de 80%. Aplicou-se um instrumento contendo dados de identificação, o bundle e a relevância para prática clínica no Google Formulários. Resultados: todos os itens do bundle apresentaram índice de validade de conteúdo acima de 80% e foram considerados relevantes para prática clínica. Conclusão: este estudo permitiu validar a aparência do bundle junto a equipe de enfermagem e incluiu cuidados relacionados a manutenção do cateter central de inserção periférica em neonatos.

Objective: to validate the appearance of the bundle and ematos of the central insertion catheter by the nursing team. Method:methodological study, developed during the months of November 2020 and February 2021, in neonatal units of a teaching hospital. The sample consisted of 43 members of the nursing team and the data analyzed by the content validity index above 80%. An instrument containing identification data, the bundle and relevance to clinical practice on Google Forms was applied. Results:all bundle items had a content validity index above 80% and were considered relevant for clinical practice. Conclusion: this study allowed us to validate the appearance of the bundle with the nursing team and included care related to the maintenance of peripherally inserted central catheter in neonates.

Objetivo: validar el aspecto del fascículo para manipulación del catéter central de inserción periférica en neonatos por el equipo de enfermería. Método: estudio metodológico, desarrollado durante los meses de noviembre de 2020 y febrero de 2021, en unidades neonatales de un hospital de enseñanza. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 43 miembros del equipo de enfermería y los datos analizados por el índice de validez de contenido superior al 80%. Se aplicó un instrumento que contiene los datos de identificación, el paquete y la relevancia para la práctica clínica en Google Forms. Resultados: todos los ítems del paquete tuvieron un índice de validez de contenido superior al 80% y se consideraron relevantes para la práctica clínica. Conclusión: este estudio permitió validar la apariencia del paquete con el equipo de enfermería e incluyó cuidados relacionados con el mantenimiento del catéter central de inserción periférica en los recién nacidos.

The rise of tele-mental health in perinatal settings.

We discuss the use of tele-mental health in settings serving expectant parents in fetal care centers and parents with children receiving treatment in neonatal intensive care units within a pediatric institution. Our emphasis is on the dramatic rise of tele-mental health service delivery for this population in the wake of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., including relevant practice regulations, challenges and advantages associated with the transition to tele-mental health in these perinatal settings.

The relationship between intermittent hypoxemia events and neural outcomes in neonates.

This brief review examines 1) patterns of intermittent hypoxemia in extremely preterm infants during early postnatal life, 2) the relationship between neonatal intermittent hypoxemia exposure and outcomes in both human and animal models, 3) potential mechanistic pathways, and 4) future alterations in clinical care that may reduce morbidity. Intermittent hypoxemia events are pervasive in extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks gestation at birth) during early postnatal life. An increased frequency of intermittent hypoxemia events has been associated with a range of poor neural outcomes including language and cognitive delays, motor impairment, retinopathy of prematurity, impaired control of breathing, and intraventricular hemorrhage. Neonatal rodent models have shown that exposure to short repetitive cycles of hypoxia induce a pathophysiological cascade. However, not all patterns of intermittent hypoxia are deleterious and some may even improve neurodevelopmental outcomes. Therapeutic interventions include supplemental oxygen, pressure support and pharmacologic drugs but prolonged hyperoxia and pressure exposure have been associated with cardiopulmonary morbidity. Therefore, it becomes imperative to distinguish high risk from neutral and/or even beneficial patterns of intermittent hypoxemia during early postnatal life. Identification of such patterns could improve clinical care with targeted interventions for high-risk patterns and minimal or no exposure to treatment modalities for low-risk patterns.

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on breastfeeding rates in a neonatal intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVES: To find out if the expressed breast milk delivery rate to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for babies who were hospitalized for any reason other than COVID-19, and exclusive breastfeeding (EB) rates between discharge date and 30th day of life of those babies were affected by COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Babies who were hospitalized before the date first coronavirus case was detected in our country were included as control group (CG). The study group was divided into two groups; study group 1 (SG1): the mothers whose babies were hospitalized in the period when mother were asked not to bring breast milk to NICU, study group 2 (SG2): the mothers whose babies were hospitalized after the date we started to use the informed consent form for feeding options. The breast milk delivery rates to NICU during hospitalization and EB rates between discharge and 30th day of life were compared between groups. RESULTS: Among 154 mother-baby dyads (CG, n=50; SG1, n=46; SG2, n=58), the percentage of breast milk delivery to NICU was 100%, 79% for CG, SG2, respectively (p<0.001). The EB rate between discharge and 30th day of life did not change between groups (CG:90%, SG1:89%, SG2:75.9; p=0.075). CONCLUSIONS: If the mothers are informed about the importance of breast milk, the EB rates are not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in short term, even if the mothers are obligatorily separated from their babies. The breast milk intake rate of the babies was lowest while our NICU protocol was uncertain, and after we prepared a protocol this rate increased.

Prevenção e controle de infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde em unidades / Prevention and control of infections related with health care in neonatal units / Prevención y control de infecciones relacionadas a la asistencia de la salud en unidades neonatales

Objetivo: Realizar uma busca sistemática na literatura sobre a assistência de enfermagem no desenvolvimento das estratégias para prevenção e controle das infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde nas Unidades Neonatais. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura, que seguiu os procedimentos metodológicos descritos na literatura, a qual utiliza uma metodologia sistemática e explícita para identificar, selecionar e avaliar criticamente as pesquisas já publicadas acerca da temática, entre os anos de 2008 a 2018, nos idiomas português e inglês. Resultados: A amostra final da revisão foi composta por 07 artigos. Os principais resultados encontrados foram classificados em fatores extrínsecos que contribuem e dificultam a redução das infecções relacionadas a assistência à saúde. Conclusão: As infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde que acometem os recém-nascidos em Unidades Neonatais, podem ser prevenidas e controladas através de estratégias simples, relacionadas a medidas administrativas, assistenciais e educativas

Objective: To carry out a systematic search in the literature on nursing care in the development of strategies to prevent and control the Infections Related to Health Care at Neonatal Units. Methods: It is about a systematic literature review using original articles published between 2008 and 2018, in Portuguese and in English, available at BVC. This review covered the following data bases: LILACS, BDENF and MEDLINE. Results: the final sample of the review was composed of seven articles. The studies aimed to cover newborn babies who are in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, nurses and the nursing team. The main results found were classified in extrinsic factors which contribute and make it difficult to reduce IRAS. Conclusion: the infections related to health care, which affected the newborn babies in Neonatal Units, can be prevented and controlled through simple strategies related to administrative, caring and educational measures

Objetivo: Realizar una búsqueda sistemática en la literatura sobre cuidados de enfermería en el desarrollo de estrategias para la prevención y el control de infecciones relacionadas con la salud en unidades neonatales. Métodos: Esta es una revisión sistemática de la literatura, que siguió los procedimientos metodológicos descritos en la literatura, que utiliza una metodología sistemática y explícita para identificar, seleccionar y evaluar críticamente la investigación publicada sobre el tema, desde 2008 hasta 2018, en los idiomas portugués e inglés. Resultados: La muestra de revisión final consistió en 07 artículos. Los principales resultados encontrados se clasificaron en factores extrínsecos que contribuyen y dificultan la reducción de las infecciones relacionadas con la atención médica. Conclusión: Las infecciones relacionadas con la atención médica que afectan a los recién nacidos en las unidades neonatales se pueden prevenir y controlar mediante estrategias simples relacionadas con medidas administrativas, de atención y educativas

The Development of Data Collection Tools to Measure Parent-Infant Closeness and Family-Centered Care in NICUs.

BACKGROUND: Preterm and sick infants benefit from parent-infant closeness and family-centered care (FCC) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Prospective and feasible tools are needed to measure these care practices to facilitate their implementation. AIMS: To describe the development process of three prospective data collection tools that measure parent-infant closeness and the quality of FCC. METHODS: Data collection tools were developed in an iterative process consisting of three development cycles. Feedback was gathered from parents, staff, and researchers. The first stages of development focused on the content validity, appropriate scaling, and optimization of the response rate of these tools. RESULTS: The study included parents of 490 infants and the nurses working at bedside in 15 NICUs in six countries. The Parent-Infant Closeness Diary was developed to measure the daily duration of parental presence, holding, and skin-to-skin contact. The optimal duration for daily diaries was 14 consecutive days to maintain a good response rate. Parents provided reliable documentation of parent-infant closeness. Digital FCC tools covering the nine aspects of FCC for parents and nurses were developed to measure the quality of FCC. Participants provided answers on a 7-point Likert scale. Parents' response rates remained >50% for approximately 1 month, and the nurses' mean response rate was 55% (39%-87%) for the 3-month study period. LINKING EVIDENCE TO ACTION: These new tools provide prospective daily information to aid the implementation of parent-infant closeness and the quality of FCC in NICU in different countries. They can be used to study and evaluate the implementation of these clinical practices NICUs in an international context.

Tool to Enhance Relationships Between Staff and Parents in the Neonatal Unit.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of neonatal nurses in the implementation of a tool to enhance relationships between staff and parents in the neonatal unit: the You and Your Baby Nursery Guide. DESIGN: Qualitative descriptive design with focus groups. SETTING: The study took place in a Level 4, 20-bed neonatal unit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Purposive sample of seven registered nurses who worked day or afternoon shifts. METHODS: We conducted two semistructured focus groups after a 4-week implementation period of the You and Your Baby Nursery Guide. Participants completed a weekly reflective journal throughout the implementation period. We audiotaped and transcribed the focus groups and qualitatively analyzed the interview data with the use of thematic analysis. RESULTS: Use of the guide helped transform the relationships between parents and staff. The use of the guide enhanced communication, promoted participants' personal reflection on their clinical skills and style/approach to parent engagement, and directly affected the care participants provided to infants and families. CONCLUSION: The You and Your Baby Nursery Guide was a useful resource to facilitate the delivery of family-centered, developmentally supportive care.

The burden of traditional neonatal uvulectomy among admissions to neonatal intensive care units, North Central Ethiopia, 2019: A triangulated crossectional study.

BACKGROUND: Traditional neonatal uvulectomy is unsupervised, unscientific and potentially dangerous cultural malpractice. It is often accompanied with life threatening neonatal morbidities such as infection, septicemia, anemia, aspiration and oropharyngeal injury. However, there is no current regional and even national data of its public health importance in the health care system. Therefore, this study was aimed at assessing the burden, associated factors and reasons of traditional uvulectomy among neonatal admissions at Debre Tabor General Hospital, North Central Ethiopia, from September 2018 to August 2019. METHODS: A quantitative cross sectional study supplemented with phenomenological study was employed on 422 mother-neonate pairs. Eight mothers who were not included in the quantitative part were involved as key informants of the qualitative study. Systematic and purposive sampling techniques were used to select study participants for the quantitative and qualitative parts of the study respectively. Multivariable logistic regressions were fitted to investigate significant predictors of traditional neonatal uvulectomy at p-value ≤ 0.05 and 95% CI. Moreover, the qualitative data were carefully transcribed, coded, screened, thematized, synthesized and then triangulated with the quantitative results. RESULTS: The burden of postuvulectomy admission was 67 (15.88%). Most of these admissions had post uvulectomy sepsis [59 (88.1%)] followed by anemia (55.23%). From multivariable analysis, factors that had significant odds of association with traditional neonatal uvulectomy include: having male neonate [AOR = 4.87; 95% CI: 1.10, 21.59], antenatal couple counseling about traditional neonatal uvulectomy [AOR = 0.053; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.35], home delivery [AOR = 6.02; 95% CI: 1.15, 31.61], postnatal couple counseling about traditional neonatal uvulectomy [AOR = 0.101; 95% CI: 0.02, 0.65], prior history of traditional neonatal uvulectomy [AOR = 7.15; 95% CI: 1.18, 43.21] and knowing at least one adverse effect of traditional neonatal uvulectomy [AOR = 0.068; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.44]. Furthermore, maternal perception of "there is no modern medicine to treat elongated and swollen neonatal uvula' was the most explained reason to practice traditional neonatal uvulectomy. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The burden of traditional neonatal uvulectomy was high. Fortunately, its predictors are modifiable. Therefore, several advocacy teams of neonatal health consisting of mainly women health development armies, elders, religious fathers, health professionals and criminal prosecutors should be actively mobilized against traditional neonatal uvulectomy. Besides, parental couple counseling about the adverse effects of traditional neonatal uvulectomy should be properly implemented in the routine antenatal and postnatal continuum of care in South Gondar Zone, North Central Ethiopia.

Trends in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Utilization in a Large Integrated Health Care System.

Importance: There are few population-based studies addressing trends in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and NICU patient-days, especially in the subpopulation that, by gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW), might otherwise be able to stay in the room with their mothers. Objective: To describe population-based trends in NICU admissions, NICU patient-days, readmissions, and mortality in the birth population of a large integrated health care system. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study was conducted using data extracted from electronic medical records at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) health care system. Participants included all women who gave birth at KPSC hospitals and their newborns from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2018. Data extraction was limited to data entry fields whose contents were either numbers or fixed categorical choices. Rates of NICU admission, NICU patient-days, readmission rates, and mortality rates were measured in the total population, in newborns with GA 35 weeks or greater and BW 2000 g or more (high GA and BW group), and in the remaining newborns (low GA and BW group). Admissions to the NICU and NICU patient-days were risk adjusted with a machine learning model based on demographic and clinical characteristics before NICU admission. Changes in the trends were assessed with 2-sided correlated seasonal Mann-Kendall test. Data analysis was performed in August 2019. Exposures: Admission to the NICU and NICU patient-days among the birth cohort. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcomes were NICU admission and NICU patient-days in the total neonatal population and GA and BW subgroups. The secondary outcomes were readmission and mortality rates. Results: Over the study period there were 320 340 births (mean [SD] age of mothers, 30.1 [5.7] years; mean [SD] gestational age, 38.6 [1.97] weeks; mean [SD] birth weight, 3302 [573] g). The risk-adjusted NICU admission rate decreased from a mean of 14.5% (95% CI, 14.2%-14.7%) to 10.9% (95% CI, 10.7%-11.7%) (P for trend = .002); 92% of the change was associated with changes in the care of newborns in the high GA and BW group. The number of risk-adjusted NICU patient-days per birth decreased from a mean of 1.50 patient-days (95% CI, 1.43-1.54 patient-days) to 1.40 patient-days (95% CI, 1.36-1.48 patient-days) (P for trend = .03); 70% of the change was associated with newborns in the high GA and BW group. The unadjusted 30-day readmission rates and mortality rates did not change. Conclusions and Relevance: Admission rates to the NICU and numbers of NICU patient-days decreased over the study period without an increase in readmissions or mortality. The observed decrease was associated with the high GA and BW newborn population. How much of this decrease is attributable to intercurrent health care systemwide quality improvement initiatives would require further investigation. The remaining unexplained variation suggests that further changes are also possible.

Construction and validation of an educational technology for mother-child bond in the neonatal intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVES: to describe the process of construction and validation of an educational booklet to promote bonding between mothers and newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. METHODS: methodological study developed through data collection in the literature and with the target audience; construction of the booklet; qualification of the material through validation by judges (health and communication experts/designer) and assessment by the target audience (mothers of at-risk newborns). Data were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS: booklet content was validated, obtaining an overall Content Validity Index of 0.92. Appearance was rated "Superior" with 80% percentage. Mothers performed an assessment with 100% agreement between the items. CONCLUSIONS: the booklet was validated in all domains assessed and can be used by mothers with children hospitalized in the Neonatal Unit.

Effects of motion and audio-visual redundancy on upright and inverted face and feature preferences in 4-13-month old pre- and full-term NICU graduates.

NICU infants are reported to have diminished social orientation and increased risk of socio-communicative disorders. In this eye tracking study, we used a preference for upright compared to inverted faces as a gauge of social interest in high medical risk full- and pre-term NICU infants. We examined the effects of facial motion and audio-visual redundancy on face and eye/mouth preferences across the first year. Upright and inverted baby faces were simultaneously presented in a paired-preference paradigm with motion and synchronized vocalization varied. NICU risk factors including birth weight, sex, and degree of CNS injury were examined. Overall, infants preferred the more socially salient upright faces, making this the first report, to our knowledge, of an upright compared to inverted face preference among high medical risk NICU infants. Infants with abnormalities on cranial ultrasound displayed lower social interest, i.e. less of a preferential interest in upright faces, when viewing static faces. However, motion selectively increased their upright face looking time to a level equal that of infants in other CNS injury groups. We also observed an age-related sex effect suggesting higher risk in NICU males. Females increased their attention to the mouth in upright faces across the first year, especially between 7-10 months, but males did not. Although vocalization increased diffuse attention toward the screen, contrary to our predictions, there was no evidence that the audio-visual redundancy embodied in a vocalizing face focused additional attention on upright faces or mouths. This unexpected result may suggest a vulnerability in response to talking faces among NICU infants that could potentially affect later verbal and socio-communicative development.

Emotional Work of Neonatal Nurses in a Single-Family Room NICU.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the emotional work of neonatal nurses in a single-family room NICU. DESIGN: Qualitative interpretive description. SETTING: A single-family room NICU in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen nurses who worked in the single-family room NICU. METHODS: Data were collected from 110 hours of direct observation and 11 interviews over a 6-month period. We focused on emotional demands using triangulation between interviews and observations to identify themes. Conceptualization of emotional work informed interpretation. RESULTS: Four themes emerged: Parents Living on the Unit, Isolation of Infants in Rooms, Nurses' Ability to Form Bonds and Establish Trust With Parents, and Sheltering Nurses and Parents From Stressful Events on the Unit. Parents living on the unit and the isolation of infants in private rooms increased the emotional work of nurses. Forming trust and bonds with parents and sheltering parents and themselves from stressful events on the unit decreased nurses' emotional work. CONCLUSION: Care should be taken in NICU design because unit layout can affect the emotional work of nurses. Understanding how neonatal nursing practice is affected by unit layout can help nurses and those who design NICUs to create and promote optimal practice environments.

The trends in the usage of breast milk in neonatal intensive care setting.

BACKGROUND: Many interventions have been designed to increase breast milk (BM) consumption among preterm and critical-term infants in neonatal units. The aim of this study was to determine the trends in the usage of BM in a neonatal unit and the risk factors for insufficient breast-milk feeding at discharge. METHODS: This retrospective study included newborn infants who hospitalized in the neonatal unit during two periods in different years, a 15-month period in 2012-2013 and in 2017-2018. The primary outcomes were the availability of BM within 24 h after delivery and the status of infant feeding at discharge. RESULTS: During two periods of the study, a total of 3,018 infants were included in the study. The rate of BM expression within the first 24 h after delivery was 92.9%, and it was found that the first period of the study, caesarean section delivery, very low birth weight, being first-time mother, and young maternal age were each independently associated with the delayed initiation of BM expression (P < 0.05). At discharge, 87.6% of the infants had been feeding with BM. Multiple births, the delayed initiation of BM expression, and the length of hospital stay were associated with inadequate BM feeding at discharge (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This study showed that interventions supporting BM feeding, which have recently been carried out, made improvements to the initiation of BM expression among mothers whose babies were admitted to the neonatal unit, and in the rate of BM feeding among infants at discharge.

Best Safety Practices in nursing care in Neonatal Intensive Therapy.

OBJECTIVES: to identify the perception of nursing professionals on human errors in nursing care at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and to assess Best Practices strategies proposed by these professionals for patient safety in nursing care. METHODS: this is a quantitative-qualitative, descriptive study. Setting: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Participants: 22 nursing professionals. Data collection was performed through interviews and sent to the thematic analysis. RESULTS: human errors in nursing care, such as wasted catheters; errors in the medication process; causes for error in nursing care, with a focus on work overload; Best Practices for patient safety in nursing care, such as professional training and improved working conditions. CONCLUSIONS: it is of utmost importance to invest in Best Practices strategies for Patient Safety, aimed at consolidating the culture of organizational safety and encouraging an adequate environment to manage errors.

Malassezia furfur Emergence and Candidemia Trends in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit During 10 Years: The Experience of Fluconazole Prophylaxis in a Single Hospital.

BACKGROUND: Because Candida spp is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants, fluconazole prophylaxis has been suggested by some experts and hospital policy. In our hospital, fluconazole prophylaxis was used in eligible preterm infants and set as the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) practice in 2014. PURPOSE: This study focused on fungal bloodstream infections and aimed to evaluate the benefit and harm of fluconazole prophylaxis. METHODS/SEARCH STRATEGY: This retrospective, descriptive study involved medical record reviews in our hospital from April 2005 to October 2016. NICU patients were included if Candida species, yeast-like organisms, or Malassezia species were cultured from their venous catheter tips or blood cultures. FINDINGS/RESULTS: After fluconazole prophylaxis, cases of Candida spp decreased and those of Malassezia furfur emerged. We reviewed 19 cases of catheter-related M furfur colonization and 1 case of M furfur fungemia. The gestational age was 27.3 ± 2.0 weeks and birth weight was 959.2 ± 229.8 g. Hyperalimentation with lipid infusion was used in all cases. All of the neonates survived with antifungal agent use. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This study highlights that prophylactic fluconazole may be an associated factor of Malassezia colonization; M furfur remains a potential concern for fungemia in the care of premature infants and thus requires our attention. IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH: Future studies should further investigate the incidence and impact of noncandidal fungal infections with fluconazole prophylaxis use in premature infants.

Clinicians' Self-Reported Practices Related to End-of-Life Care for Infants in NICUs in Jordan.

OBJECTIVE: To examine how clinical decisions are made at the end of life for infants born with specific fatal and disabling conditions in NICUs in Jordan from the perspectives of neonatal health care providers. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey of neonatal nurses and physicians. SETTING: Twenty-four NICUs in Jordan. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included 213 nurses and 75 physicians who provided direct care for infants in NICUs. METHODS: Using the EURONIC questionnaire, we asked participants to recall the last experiences of end-of-life decision making in which they were involved. The participants described factors and outcomes related to those experiences, and we used descriptive and inferential statistics to examine these factors. RESULTS: In 83% of the recalled situations, the physicians in charge of the infants' care or who were on duty were the primary decision makers. Parents, nurses, ethics committees, and NICU heads were less involved. The infants' primary diagnoses were significantly associated with the nature of decisions regarding end-of-life care (p < .001). Age, importance of religion, having their own children, and involvement in research activities were factors that significantly predicted nurses' perceived levels of involvement in decision making (χ2[4] = 23.140, p < .001). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest the need to improve clinical approaches to decision making regarding end-of-life care for infants in NICUs in Jordan to be more family focused and team based. This process should include parents, physicians, neonatal nurses, and ethics committees.