Study highlights poor outcomes in very preterm infants with early-onset sepsis
1. Very preterm infants with early-onset sepsis had longer hospital stays, lower rates of survival, and a significantly increased risk ...
Tag: NICU
Discontinuing Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in infants ≤32 weeks gestational age
1. Among infants born ≤ 32 weeks gestational age requiring nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP), a gradual pressure wean ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 10, 2020
Robotic Approach to Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Results in Low Long-Term Recurrence Rate and Beneficial Patient-Centered Outcomes 1. The use of ...
Breastfeeding recommended as primary neonatal analgesic in low resource settings
1. Breastfeeding was recommended as a first-line neonatal analgesic for procedures done in non-tertiary care in Kenya. 2. When breastfeeding ...
#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 ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 21, 2019
Gender differences in Twitter use and influence among health policy and health services researchers 1. Women’s voices on common social ...
Racial and ethnic differences in NICU care delivery
1. Differences in scores for quality of care in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) were most pronounced when stratifying for ...
Stochastic resonance stimulation may decrease apnea of prematurity
1. Stochastic resonance (SR) stimulation is a novel, noninvasive, nonpharmacologic method of delivering subarousal vibration to infants via specialized mattresses. ...
