Introducing Less-Invasive Surfactant Administration into a Level IV NICU: A Quality Improvement Initiative

• Main Authors: Steven M. Conlon (Author), Allison Osborne (Author), Julie Bodie (Author), Jaime Marasch (Author), Rita M. Ryan (Author), Tara Glenn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Less-invasive surfactant administration (LISA), a newer technique of delivering surfactant via a thin catheter, avoids mechanical ventilation. LISA has been widely adopted in Europe but less so in the US. Our goal was to increase the percentage of surfactant delivered via LISA from 0% to 51% by 12/2...