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Sustained Evidence-Based Better Care Practice Implementation and Outcomes Among Very Preterm Infants: A Quality-Improvement Study in a Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Southern China

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge all of the members of quality improvement cooperative group in NCIU in Guangdong Women and Children Hospital- Dr. Yan Huiheng, Dr. Yang Liu, Dr. Zheng Xuaner, Dr. Yang Haoming, Dr. Liang Runqiang, Dr. Wang Zhu, Dr. Zhang Xiaoling, Dr. Nie Chuan, Dr. Gao Weiwei and Dr. Huang Yongzhi.

Funding

This study is funded by National Key R&D Program of China (NO.2021YFC2701700), Guangdong Medical Technology Program (A2022065, A2021332). The funder of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.

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  1. Ren Zhuxiao, Yang Shumei and Zhang Qi have equivalent contribution in the study.

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China

    Ren Zhuxiao, Yang Shumei & Xu Fang

  2. Guangdong Neonatal ICU Medical Quality Control Center, Guangzhou, China

    Ren Zhuxiao, Yang Shumei & Xu Fang

  3. Department of Clinical Genetic Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China

    Zhang Qi

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  • Yan Huiheng
  • , Yang Liu
  • , Zheng Xuaner
  • , Yang Haoming
  • , Liang Runqiang
  • , Wang Zhu
  • , Zhang Xiaoling
  • , Nie Chuan
  • , Gao Weiwei
  •  & Huang Yongzhi

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Zhuxiao, R., Shumei, Y., Qi, Z. et al. Sustained Evidence-Based Better Care Practice Implementation and Outcomes Among Very Preterm Infants: A Quality-Improvement Study in a Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Southern China. Indian J Pediatr 91, 210–211 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-023-04828-x

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