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Endocrine & Metabolic

Inpatient Osteopenia Monitoring

Purpose:

An algorithm to screen for and track osteopenia in premature and other high-risk infants in the NICU.  

The criteria was developed with evidence-based principles, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and an individualized approach to caring for the neonate.

 

Population:  NICU infants

Purpose:

An algorithm to screen for and track osteopenia in premature and other high-risk infants in the NICU.  

The criteria was developed with evidence-based principles, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and an individualized approach to caring for the neonate.

Population:  NICU infants

Hospital

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, 190 E Bannock St. Boise, ID 83712

Author

Marie Dabney, RD, dabneym@slhs.org

Inpatient Osteopenia Monitoring

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