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Traditional Open-Bay Versus Single-Family Room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Comparison Of Selected Nutrition Outcomes, Christina Erickson, Kendra Kattelmann, Jessica Remington, Cuirong Ren, Carol C. Helseth, Dennis C. Stevens
Traditional Open-Bay Versus Single-Family Room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Comparison Of Selected Nutrition Outcomes, Christina Erickson, Kendra Kattelmann, Jessica Remington, Cuirong Ren, Carol C. Helseth, Dennis C. Stevens
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Background: In contrast to the traditional open-bay–type design of the neonatal intensive care unit (tNICU), infants in developmentally appropriate NICU (dNICU) are housed in individual rooms with greater control of light and noise. Previous reports have documented positive influence of the dNICU in cardiorespiratory status, physiologic stability, and weight gain of the infants. The objective of this study was to explore selected nutrition outcomes of infants in the dNICU versus tNICU. Method: A prospective cohort study was conducted on infants with birth weight of 1500 g or less cared for in dNICU (n = 42) or tNICU (n = 31). …