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Review
. 2022 Feb;42(2):277-280.
doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01247-8. Epub 2022 Jan 1.

Creating a small baby program: a single center's experience

Anamika I Banerji  1 , Andrew Hopper  2 , Munaf Kadri  2 , Benjamin Harding  2 , Raylene Phillips  2
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Review

Creating a small baby program: a single center's experience

Anamika I Banerji et al. J Perinatol. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Creation of a small baby program requires special resources and multidisciplinary engagement. Such a program has the potential to improve patient care, parent and staff satisfaction, collaboration and communication. We have described benefits, challenges, and practical approaches to creating and maintaining a small baby program that could be a model for the development of special programs for other sub-populations within in the NICU.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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