| November 22nd Webinar 7:30-8:30 |
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 We will continue to work on the development of Phase II of this initiative in November's webinar. Please plan to have at least one person from your team on the call to provide 'a voice' for your team.
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| Data Entry Deadline the 20th of the Month |
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Just a reminder, the data entry deadline is the 20th of each month. This deadline enables us to have timely reports to your team as well as for our monthly webinars.
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Progress in Reaching our Goal!!
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We have reduced the NTSV cesarean rate by 15.5% as of September! Our goal of reducing the cesarean rate by 25% is just around the corner!
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Birth Weight and Failure to Descend
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 Recently a question was asked if infants delivered by cesarean with a failure to descend diagnosis weighed more than infants with other primary reasons for cesarean sections. In looking at the data, infants delivered by cesarean with a FTD diagnosis do, in fact, weigh more (an average of 259 grams or 0.57 lbs) than infants that are not born with a FTD diagnosis. That being said, there are still mothers, of course, who have a vaginal birth with large babies as well as mothers who experience a cesarean for FTD with smaller babies.
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| Estimated Fetal Weight and Macrosomia |
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In looking at the average birth weight for infants with a diagnosis of EFW > 4000 grams, these infants weighed an average 766 grams or 1.7 pounds more than infants who are not suspected of having macrosomia . However, one third of the infants diagnosed with macrosomia prior to delivery had a birth weight LESS than 4000 grams. On the other hand, there were 8% of infants that were NOT diagnosed with macrosomia prior to delivery that had a birth weight greater than 4000 grams.
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Contact
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Amanda French, MSN, RNC-OB, CNS
amanda.french@pqcnc.org
Phone: (336) 675-2787
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