Scholars@Duke
Sophie Kay Shaikh

Sophie Kay Shaikh

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health

Selected Publications

Infant Feeding and Weight Trajectories in the Eat, Sleep, Console Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Pediatr · October 1, 2024 IMPORTANCE: Infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) cared for with the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) care approach receive less pharmacologic treatment and have shorter hospital stays compared to usual care with the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of Eat, Sleep, and Console on Infants Pharmacologically Treated for Opioid Withdrawal: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the ESC-NOW Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Pediatr · June 1, 2024 IMPORTANCE: The function-based eat, sleep, console (ESC) care approach substantially reduces the proportion of infants who receive pharmacologic treatment for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). This reduction has led to concerns for increased post ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing utilisation of a rebound hyperbilirubinaemia calculator in two newborn nurseries.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · July 2023 Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia requiring phototherapy treatment is a common problem impacting the length of hospital stay and rates of hospital readmission. Previous guidelines included guidance for initiating phototherapy treatment but not for discontinuing ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · June 22, 2023 BACKGROUND: Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach - the Eat, Sleep, Console care approach - is increasing in use. Whet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation of a Novel Tool to Collect Milk Feeding Data on Infants in Primary Care Clinics.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · November 2022 We aimed to capture milk feeding type in real time in a racially and socioeconomically diverse population. An electronic tool to assess milk feeding type at every medical visit for children aged 0 to 2 years was designed and incorporated into nursing workf ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Quality improvement initiative to improve infant safe sleep practices in the newborn nursery.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · August 2022 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that healthcare professionals model their safe infant sleeping environment recommendations, yet adherence to safe sleep practices within our community hospital mother-baby unit was low. We used quality improvem ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Comparison of short-term outcomes of 35-weeks' gestation infants cared for in a level II NICU vs mother-baby, a retrospective study.

Journal Article J Neonatal Perinatal Med · 2022 BACKGROUND: Late preterm infants are at high risk for medical complications and represent a growing NICU population. While 34-weeks' gestation infants are generally admitted to the NICU and 36-weeks'gestation infants stay in mother-baby, there is wide prac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving adherence to hepatitis B vaccine administration recommendations in two newborn nurseries.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · October 2021 Administration of the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine is an important step in reducing perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection, yet the USA is below the Healthy People 2020 goal for rate of administration.In response to updated Advisory Committee on I ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Influence of Early Lactation Assistance on Inpatient Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates.

Journal Article J Hum Lact · August 2021 BACKGROUND: Human milk feeding reduces the incidence and costs of several maternal and childhood illnesses. Initiation and success of human milk feeding are influenced by race, socioeconomic status, and family support. The influence of early in-hospital la ... Full text Link to item Cite

Disclosure of Medical Errors.

Journal Article Pediatr Rev · January 2020 Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Success of a Resident-Led Safety Council: A Model for Satisfying CLER Pathways to Excellence Patient Safety Goals.

Journal Article J Grad Med Educ · April 2019 BACKGROUND: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program focuses on aspects of the graduate medical education learning environment, such as patient safety. Data from CLER site visits r ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Project CAPE: a high-fidelity, in situ simulation program to increase Critical Access Hospital Emergency Department provider comfort with seriously ill pediatric patients.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · June 2014 OBJECTIVES: Variation exists between the qualities of emergency department (ED) care provided to urban versus rural pediatric patients. We implemented a pediatric simulation program in the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) ED setting and evaluated whether thi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inability of Simian Virus 40 To Establish Productive Infection of Lymphoblastic Cell Lines

Journal Article Journal of Virology · May 2004 ABSTRACTLymphoblastic cell lines were infected with simian virus 40 (SV40) and then monitored for evidence of a productive infection. No evidence of early gene expression was found 2 days following infection, as ... Full text Cite