Publications by authors named "Deesha D Mago-Shah"
Objective: Unplanned healthcare utilization after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge challenges families and healthcare systems. The impact of social needs on post-NICU healthcare utilization is underexplored. Our objective was to identify social needs among NICU graduates and examine associations between social needs and post-NICU healthcare utilization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify daily pumping frequencies associated with coming to volume (CTV: producing > 500 milliliters of milk per day by postnatal day 14) for mothers of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Study Design: We compared demographics and daily pumping frequencies for mothers who did and did not experience CTV.
Results: Of 427 mothers who produced milk, 201 (50.
Article Synopsis
- This study assessed the feasibility and safety of discharging medically complex infants from a neonatal intensive care unit with supplemental nasogastric tube (NGT) feeds.
- Of the 400 infants studied, 57 were discharged with NGTs, showing a median usage of 12 days, leading to significant hospital day savings and minimal emergency room visits.
- The findings suggest that using NGTs at discharge can reduce hospital stay lengths, costs, and the need for more invasive gastrostomy tubes, while ensuring safety through a structured follow-up program.