National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Improving Goal Feeding and Discharge Time in Pediatrics After G-Tube Placement: A QI Project

BACKGROUND: Gastrostomy tube (GT) placement is a common pediatric surgical procedure. Prior to implementation of a standardized clinical practice guideline (CPG), there was considerable practitioner variability in postoperative care and discharge preparation of this patient popul...

Patterns of sleep duration, quality, and midpoint across pregnancy in a longitudinal cohort study

Abstract Background Sleep health is a critical component of maternal well-being, and poor sleep during pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal-fetal and cardiometabolic outcomes. Although sleep across pregnancy has been examined in several longitudinal studies, fewer studie...