INDEED 2.0
I serve as a research intern for Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, whose research focuses on decision-making surrounding periviable delivery. In the event of periviable birth, babies who are born between 22 and 24 weeks’ gestation are not developed enough to live outside of the womb. As such, families face the difficult decision to choose life-saving measures for their child or avoid painful procedures to allow for a natural death (i.e. resuscitation vs. comfort care measures). During my time in LHSI, I have been tasked to assist with data collection for a multi-institutional collaborative project called, “Investigating Neonatal Decisions for Extremely Early Deliveries” (INDEED), led by Drs. Tucker Edmonds (IU) and Dr. Dalia Feltman (NorthShore University). This medical record chart review study was originally piloted using data from 2011-2015 from six institutions and is now undergoing a second initiative, referred to as “INDEED 2.0”, to include 2016-2020 data from a total of 15 institutions. This study seeks to examine maternal interventions and institutional practice guidelines that increase neonatal survival rates and outcomes for periviable deliveries at centers with higher resuscitation (HR) and lower resuscitation (LR) rates in the delivery room.
Supervisor: Dr. Brownsyne Tucker EdmondsDepartment: Obstetrics and Gynecology