Acute kidney injury in sick neonates: a comparative study of diagnostic criteria, assessment of risk factors and outcomes.

Introduction: Neonatal acute kidney injury (nAKI) poses unique challenges with diagnostic criteria specific to neonates evolving over time. Urine output (UOP) criterion has a special place in the diagnosis of nAKI although significant clarity on the ideal diagnostic threshold for UOP is not established. Risk factors peculiar to the tropical region for acute kidney injury (AKI) in neonates needs attention.

Onsite mentoring of special newborn care unit to improve the quality of newborn care.

Background: It has been possible to set up special newborn care units (SNCUs) and to improve the survival of newborns in India. However, several challenges remain affecting their effective functioning. Different approaches have been attempted and several policies have also been implemented to address this issue.

Decreasing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections Through Quality Improvement Initiative.

Objective: To study the impact of a quality improvement (QI) initiative using care bundle approach on Central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) rates.

Methods: A QI team for infection control in NICU was formed in a tertiary-care neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from June 2015 to August 2016. Baseline data were collected over first 3 months followed by the intervention period of 1 year.

Therapeutic hypothermia for moderate and severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborns using low-cost devices - ice packs and phase changing material.

: Different methods have been used for therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with moderate-to-severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). As standard cooling devices are expensive, there is a need to establish the safety and efficacy of low-cost devices such as ice packs (IP) and phase changing material (PCM). : To assess the efficacy and safety of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) and the clinico-laboratory profile of neonates who underwent cooling with IP or PCM.