Best Outcomes at 22 Weeks: Practice Styles of High Performing NICUs
Best Outcomes at 22 Weeks: Practice Styles of High Performing NICUs is organized by The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety (CREQS).
Release Date: 09/30/2021
Expiration Date for Credit: 09/29/2024
Overview
In the United States, 22- and 23-week gestation infants make up 1 in 1000 live births and 1 in 7 infant deaths. For infants born at 22-23 weeks gestation, outcomes and practices vary substantially over time and between centers. Some international centers have demonstrated prolonged (>5 year) rates of survival at 22 weeks of >50% of liveborn infants. Others have few or no survivors at 22 weeks, even when intensive care is offered. This presentation will address the changing clinical landscape for the care and outcomes of infants born at 22-23 weeks gestation.
ACCME Objectives
• Describe the changing clinical landscape for the care and outcomes of infants born at 22-23 weeks gestation.
• List important areas of uncertainty in the care of infants born =23 weeks gestation that require further research.
ANCC Learning Outcomes
• Describe the changing clinical landscape for the care and outcomes of infants born at 22-23 weeks gestation.
• List important areas of uncertainty in the care of infants born =23 weeks gestation that require further research.