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NEONATOLOGY Peer Reviewed Research, News and Information TODAY in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Volume 13 / Issue 7 | July 2018 Many Hospitals Still Employ Non-Evidence Based Awards and Abstracts from the Perinatal Advisory Practices, Including Auscultation, Creating Serious Council, Leadership, Advocacy, and Consultation Patient Safety Risk in Nasogastric Tube Placement (PAC-LAC) Annual Meeting and Verification Aida Simonian, MSN, RNC-NIC, SCM, SRN Beth Lyman MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, Christine Peyton MS, Brian .............................................................................................................Page 38 Lane, MD. Perinatal/Neonatal Medicolegal Forum ..............................................................................................................Page 3 Gilbert Martin, MD and Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JD The Story of a Nasogastric Tube Gone Wrong .............................................................................................................Page 42 Deahna Visscher, Patient Advocate Feeding Options Exist: So Why Aren’t We .............................................................................................................Page 12 Discussing Them at Bedside? National Black Nurses Association Announces Deb Discenza Human Donor Milk Resolution .............................................................................................................Page 43 National Black Nurses Association The Genetics Corner: A Consultation for Orofacial .............................................................................................................Page 16 Cleft: Van der Woude Syndrome National Black Nurses Association Resolution: Subhadra (Subha) Ramanathan, MSc, MS, Ruben Marchosky and Creating a Culture of Safety with Human Milk Banks Robin Clark, MD National Black Nurses Association .............................................................................................................Page 46 .............................................................................................................Page 17 Fish Consumption for Pregnant Women The Morgan Leary Vaughan Fund and Mitchell Goldstein, MD NEC Unplugged: Meeting Overview .............................................................................................................Page 49 Jennifer Degl Monthly Clinical Pearls: “Theophylline is Safe for Apnea .............................................................................................................Page 20 of Prematurity: Drs. Carl Hunt and Jerold Lucey” National Perinatal Association Statement June 2018: Joseph R. Hageman, MD NPA Advocates for the Health and Wellbeing of Migrant .............................................................................................................Page 53 Families Letters to the Editor Jerasimos (Jerry) Ballas, MD, MPH, Cris Glick, MD, IBCLC, MaryAnne Raylene Philips, MD with response from Mitchell Goldstein, MD Laffin, RN, MS, CNM, FACNM, Erika Goyer, Cheryl A. Milford, Ed.S. .............................................................................................................Page 55 .............................................................................................................Page 24 Upcoming Meetings How Congress Can Help with Coverage Parity for .............................................................................................................Page 57 Editorial Board Medically Necessary Foods and Treatment for .............................................................................................................Page 59 Infants and Children Alliance for Patient Access (AfPA) Government Affairs Team Neonatology and the Arts .............................................................................................................Page 27 Herbert Vasquez, MD .............................................................................................................Page 60 Medical News, Products & Information Mitchell Goldstein, MD Manuscript Submission: Instructions to Authors .............................................................................................................Page 29 .............................................................................................................Page 60 FROM THE NATIONAL PERINATAL INFORMATION Neonatology and the Arts: The Spectrum of Vio- CENTER:Special Report: Maternal Substance Use lence in Perinatal & Neonatal Care: Reducing the Disorder and Neonatal Substance Use Exposure Risks (two of three in a series) Sandra A. Boyle, BS and Janet H. Muri, MBA Herbert Vasquez, MD .............................................................................................................Page 35 .............................................................................................................Page 61 NEONATOLOGY TODAY Loma Linda Publishing Company © 2006-2018 by Neonatology Today A Delaware “not for profit” 501(c) 3 Corporation. Published monthly. All rights reserved. c/o Mitchell Goldstein, MD ISSN: 1932-7137 (Online), 1932-7129 (Print) 11175 Campus Street, Suite #11121 All editions of the Journal and associated Loma Linda, CA 92354 manuscripts are available on-line: Tel: +1 (302) 313-9984 www.NeonatologyToday.net [email protected] www.Twitter.com/NeoToday NT ENFit® isn’t the future. It’s now. 17 million feeds and medication doses delivered. 240 NeoConnect® hospital users. Not a single reported misconnection. Share our customers’ confidence in NeoConnect - your ENFit solution for dose accuracy and patient safety. with ENFit® www.neomedinc.com Connectors Peer Reviewed Many Hospitals Still Employ Non-Evidence Based Practices, Including Auscultation, Creating Serious Patient Safety Risk in Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification Beth Lyman MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, Christine Peyton MS, Brian research and best practices for nasogastric tube placement and Lane, MD verification with attention to the NICU population. Neonatologists, in particular, must understand the most appropriate methods of NGT verification given the risks, of both harm and litigation, for Case Study: such a routine procedure. A 10-day old male infant s/p Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA) repair was fed breastmilk with minimal intake. The patient required Complications from misplaced NGTs can range from pneumothorax, nasogastric tube (NGT) placement for supplemental intake to requiring chest tube placement, to profound chemical pneumonitis meet caloric and protein needs. The infant’s RN inserted a new and respiratory distress syndrome.9-10 In some patients, this can NGT with assistance from charge nurse at 8:30 pm with moderate be a terminal event, as was reported in a Patient Safety Alert resistance noted during insertion. The patient demonstrated issued by the United Kingdom National Health Service in 2013,11- increased work of breathing and oxygen saturation decreased 12 Even an experienced clinician may have difficulty recognizing from 98% to 90%. Gastric aspirate was obtained, and the pH pulmonary intubation when placing a temporary NGT. Although was 6.0. The RN obtained abdominal X-Ray order to confirm considered the “gold standard,” radiographs are not commonly placement. The attending physician notified the RN at 9:30 pm obtained before initial or repeated use of the tube due to concerns that the NGT was not in the stomach. The physician requested of radiation exposure.13-15 A 2009 study found that there is a need nasogastric tube (NGT) be removed. The RN removed NGT at for both (1) better methods to measure the distance between nose 2145 with minimal resistance at which time the patient’s oxygen (lips) and the body of the stomach and (2) improved methods to saturation decreased from 90% to 86%. Auscultated breath confirm correct tube position in neonates.16 sounds and assessment showed diminished breath sounds in the right lower lobe. The RN notified MD who ordered oxygen In most developed countries, correct placement of orogastric 1 LPM via nasal cannula and another chest X-Ray. Chest X-ray (OG) or nasogastric (NG) feeding tubes is confirmed using pH was read at 2200 and showed a tension pneumothorax. The MD measurement. While this has been slow to be accepted in the arrived at the bedside at 2205 and performed emergent needle United States, there is much work being done to make this a decompression for tension pneumothorax. global patient safety initiative. The United States needs to “catch- up” and “join-in” this initiative by using a consistent, evidence- based approach to NG and OG tube placement verification. 1. What’s the problem? The use of nasogastric tubes (NGT) in patients provide a means 2. What actions can be taken to improve the process? to administer much-needed nutrition, fluids, and medications to children and adults unable to orally consume adequate nutrition. a. Eliminate the Use of Non-Evidence Based Practices A recent study with 63 participating institutions showcased just how common the use of nasogastric feeding tubes are. It found Despite the risks associated with this common procedure, no approximately 24% of all pediatric patients require a nasogastric universal standard of practice exists for bedside verification feeding tube and of this 24%, more than 60% were neonates. because each method has limitations. There are risks associated with the placement of temporary NGTs because it is a blind placement procedure. The same risks that “Radiographs are currently the exist with blind placement of a