National Institutes of HealthEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: UG1HD034216, UG1HD053089, UG1HD087229
The National Institutes of Health and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) provided grant support for the Neonatal Research Network's Generic Database Study and Follow-up Study. Data collected at participating sites of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NRN) were transmitted to RTI International, the data coordinating center (DCC) for the network, which stored, managed and analyzed the data for this study. On behalf of the NRN, Drs Abhik Das (DCC Principal Investigator) and Shampa Saha (DCC Statistician) had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analysis. We are indebted to our medical and nursing colleagues. The following investigators, in addition to those listed as authors, participated in this study. NRN Steering Committee Chairs-Alan H Jobe, MD PhD, University of Cincinnati (2000-2006); Michael S Caplan, MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine (2006-present). Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (U10 HD27904)-Betty R Vohr, MD; Bonnie E Stephens, MD; Angelita M Hensman, RN BSN; Barbara Alksninis, PNP; Bill Cashore, MD; Theresa M Leach, MEd CAES; Martha R Leonard, BA BS; Kalida Mehta; Lucy Noel; Suzy Ventura; Victoria E Watson, MS CAS. Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (U10 HD21364, M01 RR80)-Avroy A Fanaroff, MD; Deanne E Wilson-Costello, MD; Nancy S Newman, RN; Bonnie S Siner, RN. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital (U10 HD27853, M01 RR8084)-Kurt Schibler, MD; Edward F Donovan, MD; Jean J Steichen, MD; Kimberly Yolton, PhD; Kate Bridges, MD; Barbara Alexander, RN; Teresa L Gratton, PA; Cathy Grisby, BSN CCRC; Marcia Worley Mersmann, RN CCRC; Holly L. Mincey, RN BSN; Jody Hessling, RN. Duke University School of Medicine, University Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital (U10 HD40492, M01 RR30)-Ronald N Goldberg, MD; Ricki F Goldstein, MD; C Michael Cotten, MD MHS; Kimberley A Fisher, PhD FNP-BC IBCLC; Kathryn E Gustafson, PhD; Melody B Lohmeyer, RN MSN. Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory Crawford Long Hospital (U10 HD27851, M01 RR39)-David P Carlton, MD; Ira Adams-Chapman, MD; Linda Black; Ann M Blackwelder, RNC BS MS; Sheena Carter, PhD; Elisabeth Dinkins, PNP; Ellen C Hale, RN BS CCRC; Judson Miller, MD; Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, RN; Irma Seabrook, RRT; Gloria V Smikle, PNP MSN. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Linda L Wright, MD; Elizabeth M McClure, MEd; Stephanie Archer, MA. Indiana University, University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children and Wishard Health Services (U10 HD27856, M01 RR750-Brenda B Poindexter, MD MS; James A Lemons, MD; Ann B Cook, MS; Anna M Dusick, MD FAAP; Dianne E Herron, RN; Lucy C Miller, RN BSN CCRC; Heike M Minnich, PsyD HSPP; Leslie Richard, RN; Leslie Dawn Wilson, BSN CCRC; Faithe Hamer, BS. RTI International (U10 HD36790)-W Kenneth Poole, PhD; Betty K Hastings; Elizabeth M McClure, MEd; Margaret Cunningham, BS; Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, BS; Jamie E Newman, PhD MPH; Carolyn Petrie Huitema, MS; Kristin M Zaterka-Baxter, RN BSN.Stanford University, El Camino Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (U10 HD27880, M01 RR70)-Krisa P Van Meurs, MD; David K Stevenson, MD; Marian M Adams, MD; M Bethany Ball, BS CCRC, Joan M Baran, PhD; Ginger K Brudos, PhD; Anne M DeBattista, RN PNP; Dharshi Sivakumar, MD MRCP; Nicholas H St. John, PhD. University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Children's Hospital of Alabama (U10 HD34216, M01 RR32)-Waldemar A Carlo, MD; Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD; Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, MD MPH; Amanda Soong, MD; Monica V Collins, RN BSN MaEd; Shirley S Cosby, RN BSN; Kirstin J Bailey, PhD; Fred J Biasini, PhD; Stephanie A Chopko, PhD; Mary Beth Moses, PT MS PCS; Kathleen G Nelson, MD; Vivien A Phillips, RN BSN; Julie Preskitt, MSOT MPH; Richard V Rector, PhD; Sally Whitley, MA OTR-L FAOTA. University of California-San Diego Medical Center and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns (U10 HD40461)-Neil N Finer, MD; Paul R Wozniak, MD; Maynard R Rasmussen, MD; Yvonne E Vaucher, MD MPH; Kathy Arnell, RNC; Clarence Demetrio, RN; Chris Henderson, RCP CRTT; Wade Rich, BSHS RRT; Rene Barbieri-Welge; Ayala Ben-Tall; Martha G Fuller, RN MSN; Elaine Ito; Meghan Lukasik; Deborah Pontillo; Donna Posin, OTR/L MPA; Cheryl Runyan; James Wilkes. University of Miami Holtz Children's Hospital (U10 HD21397, M01 RR16587)-Shahnaz Duara, MD; Charles R Bauer, MD; Ruth Everett-Thomas, RN MSN; Mary Allison, RN; Maria Calejo, MS; Alexis N Diaz, BA; Silvia M Frade Eguaras, MA; Yamiley C Gideon, BA; Kasey Hamlin-Smith, PhD; Sylvia Hiriart-Fajardo, MD; Lisa Jean-Gilles, BA; Ann Londono, MD; Elaine O Mathews, RN. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (U10 HD53089, M01 RR997)-Kristi L Watterberg, MD; Lu-Ann Papile, MD; Janell Fuller, MD Conra Backstrom Lacy, RN; Debra V Long, BSN; Jean Lowe, PhD; Rebecca Montman, BSN; Julie Rohr, MSN RNC CNS. University of Rochester Medical Center, Golisano Children's Hospital (U10 HD40521, M01 RR44)-Dale L Phelps, MD; Gary J Myers, MD; Linda J Reubens, RN CCRC; Erica Burnell, RN; Julie Babish Johnson, MSW; Diane Hust, MS RN CS; Rosemary L Jensen; Emily Kushner, MA; Joan Merzbach, LMSW; Kelley Yost, PhD. University of Tennessee (U10 HD21415)-Sheldon B Korones, MD; Henrietta S Bada, MD; Tina Hudson, RN BSN; Marilyn Williams, LCSW; Kimberly Yolton, PhD. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Parkland Health & Hospital System and Children's Medical Center Dallas (U10 HD40689, M01 RR633)-Pablo J Sanchez, MD; Charles R Rosenfeld, MD; Walid A Salhab, MD; R Sue Broyles, MD; Roy J Heyne, MD; Sally S Adams, MS RN CPNP; Cristin Dooley, MS LSSP; Gaynelle Hensley, RN; Elizabeth Heyne, PA-C; Jackie F Hickman, RN; Linda A Madden, BSN RN CPNP; Susie Madison, RN; Nancy A Miller, RN; Janet S Morgan, RN; Alicia Guzman; Catherine Twell Boatman, MS. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital/Harris County Hospital District (U10 HD21373)-Kathleen A Kennedy, MD MPH; Jon E Tyson, MD MPH; Pamela J Bradt, MD MPH; Patricia W Evans, MD; Esther G Akpa, RN BSN; Nora Alaniz, BS; Patty A Cluff, RN; Susan Dieterich, PhD; Claudia I Franco, RNC MSN; Anna E Lis, RN BSN; Terri Major-Kincade, MD MPH; Georgia E McDavid, RN; Brenda H Morris, MD; Maegan C Simmons, RN; Patti Pierce Tate, RCP; Stacey Reddoch, BA; Laura L Whitely, MD; Sharon Wright, MT.Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Forsyth Medical Center, and Brenner Children's Hospital (GCRC M01 RR7122, U10 HD40498)-T Michael O'Shea, MD MPH; Robert G Dillard, MD; Nancy J Peters, RN CCRP; Korinne Chiu, MA; Deborah Evans Allred, MA LPA; Donald J Goldstein, PhD; Raquel Halfond, MA; Barbara G Jackson, RN BSN; Carroll Peterson, MA; Ellen L Waldrep, MS; Melissa Whalen Morris, MA; Gail Wiley Hounshell, PhD. Wayne State University, Hutzel Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Michigan (U10 HD21385)-Virginia Delaney-Black, MD MPH; Yvette R Johnson, MD MPH; Rebecca Bara, RN BSN; Geraldine Muran, RN BSN; Deborah Kennedy, RN BSN; Laura Goldston, MA. Yale University Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital (U10 HD27871, M01 RR125, M01 RR6022, UL1 RR24139)-Richard A Ehrenkranz, MD; Patricia Gettner, RN; Monica Konstantino, RN BSN; JoAnn Poulsen, RN; Janet Taft, RN BSN; Nancy Close, PhD; Elaine Romano, MSN; Joanne Poulsen, RN.