Implementation of a guideline in babies on postnatal wards

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsISRCTN registry
Year 2015
INTERVENTION: Participating hospitals will be randomised: 1. Intervention group will have a medical or midwifery leader to implement a guideline on oral dextrose gel to treat neonatal hypoglycaemia 2. Control group will deliver standard care CONDITION: Neonatal hypoglycaemia ; Pregnancy and Childbirth ; Other neonatal hypoglycaemia PRIMARY OUTCOME: The change in the proportion of eligible hypoglycaemic babies treated with dextrose gel before implementation of the dextrose gel guideline to three months after implementation. SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Proportion of eligible babies admitted to NICU for at least four hours; 2. Proportion of eligible babies given formula as a treatment for hypoglycaemia during hospital admission; 3. Amount of dextrose gel used in the hospital; 4. Initial uptake of dextrose gel (change in proportion of eligible babies treated with dextrose gel before implementation of the guideline to one month after implementation); 5. Sustained use of dextrose gel (change in proportion of eligible babies treated with dextrose gel from one month after implementation to three months after implementation); 6. Successful treatment with oral dextrose gel on the blood test taken immediately following dextrose gel treatment; 7. Adherence to the 'oral dextrose gel to treat neonatal hypoglycaemia guideline'; 8. Breastfeeding at discharge INCLUSION CRITERIA: Doctors and midwives attached to New Zealand maternity hospitals with >50 births/year where babies are at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia (infant of a diabetic, late preterm, small or large for gestational age) are delivered, including hospitals where oral dextrose gel is currently in use.
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First added on: Aug 23, 2024