Current practice of neonatal resuscitation documentation in North America: A multicenter retrospective chart review

Matthew S. Braga, Prakash Kabbur, Pradeep Alur, Michael H. Goodstein, Kari D. Roberts, Katie Satrom, Sandesh Shivananda, Ipsita Goswami, Mariann Pappagallo, Carrie Ellen Briere, Gautham Suresh

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Abstract

Background: To determine the comprehensiveness of neonatal resuscitation documentation and to determine the association of various patient, provider and institutional factors with completeness of neonatal documentation. Methods: Multi-center retrospective chart review of a sequential sample of very low birth weight infants born in 2013. The description of resuscitation in each infant's record was evaluated for the presence of 29 Resuscitation Data Items and assigned a Number of items documented per record. Covariates associated with this Assessment were identified. Results: Charts of 263 infants were reviewed. The mean gestational age was 28.4 weeks, and the mean birth weight 1050 g. Of the infants, 69 % were singletons, and 74 % were delivered by Cesarean section. A mean of 13.2 (SD 3.5) of the 29 Resuscitation Data Items were registered for each birth. Items most frequently present were; review of obstetric history (98 %), Apgar scores (96 %), oxygen use (77 %), suctioning (71 %), and stimulation (62 %). In our model adjusted for measured covariates, the institution was significantly associated with documentation. Conclusions: Neonatal resuscitation documentation is not standardized and has significant variation. Variation in documentation was mostly dependent on institutional factors, not infant or provider characteristics. Understanding this variation may lead to efforts to standardize documentation of neonatal resuscitation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number184
JournalBMC Pediatrics
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 14 2015

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to thank Brenda Sirovich MD, MS and Tracy Onega PhD, MA, MS for their guidance. The only funding for this research was for statistical support that was provided by the Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, under award number UL1TR001086 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Braga et al.

Keywords

  • Code documentation
  • Documentation
  • Neonatal documentation
  • Neonatal resuscitation
  • Neonatal resuscitation program

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