Meta-analysis highlights health benefits of probiotics and prebiotics in premature infants
1. Overall mortality, NEC morbidity, sepsis morbidity, time to enteral feeding, and length of hospital stay were decreased in premature ...
Tag: neonatology
Apgar scores provide prognostic information for survival of preterm infants
1. Apgar scores at five and ten minutes after birth provided prognostic information for preterm infants regarding neonatal survival. 2. ...
Increased survival without major morbidity noted among very low birthweight infants in California
1. In a retrospective cohort study of almost 50 000 very low birth weight infants (VLBW), overall survival without major ...
Policy statement outlines recommendations on management of infants born to mothers with COVID-19
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that newborns born to mothers affected by or being tested for COVID-19 ...
#VisualAbstract: A Randomized Trial of Prenatal n−3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and Preterm Delivery
1. A multicenter randomized control trial concluded that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy did not change the risk ...
The ORIP trial: n-3 polyunsaturated long chain fatty acid supplementation has no effect on preterm delivery rate
1. A multicenter randomized control trial concluded that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy did not change the risk ...
Association of early postnatal transfer and birth outside a tertiary hospital with mortality and severe brain injury in extremely preterm infants
1. Extremely preterm infants born in non-tertiary hospitals in England had an increased risk of death, and transfer in the ...
Wide variability in rate of antibiotic exposure among infants in NICU
1. Across the state of California, there was greater than 100-fold variability in the number of infants treated with antibiotics ...
#VisualAbstract: Randomized Trial of Platelet-Transfusion Thresholds in Neonates
1. Preterm infants given prophylactic platelet transfusions at thresholds below 50,000 platelets per cubic millimeter had higher risks of death ...
Quick Take: Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants With Birth Weight Less Than 400 g
Little is known about the survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants with low birth weight. More data is ...
