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Send us Fan Mail Integrated cardiac care models of neonates with congenital heart disease: the evolving role of the neonatologist. Hamrick SEG, Ball MK, Rajgarhia A, Johnson BA, DiGeronimo R, Levy PT; Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Cardiac Focus Group. J Perinatol. 2021 Jul;41(7):1774-1776. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01117-3. Epub 2021 Jun 17.PMID: 34140645 No abstract available. Supp...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna welcome Dr. Malathi Balasundaram and Morgan Kowalski, key members of the Family-Centered Care (FCC) Task Force, to discuss the growing movement towards integrating families as active partners in neonatal care. Dr. Balasundaram, a neonatologist and chair of the FCC Task Force, explains that family-centered care goes...

Send us Fan Mail In this special Tech Tuesday episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna sit down with Anthony Wu, CEO of Capnia, Inc., to explore how end-tidal carbon monoxide (ETCO) monitoring is impacting neonatal jaundice management. Anthony explains how this technology, based on decades of research, provides a real-time, non-invasive biomarker for hemolysis and thus indirectly, bilirub...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Incubator’s Journal Club, hosts Ben and Daphna open with exciting announcements, including details on the upcoming Delphi Neonatal Innovation Conference and new video content for their “Beyond the Beeps” series on YouTube. They also share updates on the Board Review Podcast, geared toward both board preparation and ongoing learning in neonatology. The team’s...

Send us Fan Mail Higher versus lower nasal continuous positive airway pressure for extubation of extremely preterm infants in Australia (ÉCLAT): a multicentre, randomised, superiority trial. Kidman AM, Manley BJ, Boland RA, Malhotra A, Donath SM, Beker F, Davis PG, Bhatia R.Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 Dec;7(12):844-851. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00235-3. Epub 2023 Oct 27.PMID: 38240784 Clin...

Send us Fan Mail Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Survival, Multimorbidity, and Neurodevelopment. Rees P, Gale C, Battersby C, Williams C, Carter B, Sutcliffe A.JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 2;8(1):e2452883. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52883.PMID: 39761048  Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact...

Send us Fan Mail Improvement Initiative: End-Tidal Carbon Monoxide Measurement in Newborns Receiving Phototherapy. Bahr TM, Shakib JH, Stipelman CH, Kawamoto K, Lauer S, Christensen RD.J Pediatr. 2021 Nov;238:168-173.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.008. Epub 2021 Jul 11.PMID: 34260896 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gm...

Send us Fan Mail Early hydrocortisone verses placebo in neonatal shock- a double blind Randomized controlled trial. Dudeja S, Saini SS, Sundaram V, Dutta S, Sachdeva N, Kumar P.J Perinatol. 2025 Feb 13. doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02222-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39948354 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You...

Send us Fan Mail Parental and Medical Classification of Neurodevelopment in Children Born Preterm. Richter LL, Janvier A, Pearce R, Bourque CJ, Church PT, Luu TM, Synnes A.Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 1;155(2):e2024066148. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-066148.PMID: 39786567 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also conta...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of our conversation with Dr. Phyllis Dennery, Ben and Daphna dive into the themes of leadership and gratitude. Dr. Dennery shares her journey from growing up in a hospital environment to becoming a leader in neonatology, reflecting on how mentorship, self-awareness, and courage shaped her path. She discusses the importance of saying “no” when necessary, embracing leade...

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of Neo News , Eli, Ben, and Daphna bring you the mainstream media stories shaping conversations about neonatology. These are the headlines your patients and their families are reading—so we’re here to break them down with insight and clinical perspective. This month, the team takes a deep dive into Dr. Rachel Fleishman’s provocative New England Journal of Me...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Journal Club , Ben and Daphna are back in the studio for a lively discussion on the latest neonatal research. They start by highlighting upcoming conferences, including the BPD Collaborative meeting, before diving into a mix of clinical and policy-driven studies shaping neonatal care. They explore a JAMA Pediatrics study on the risk of apnea following two-month...

Send us Fan Mail Apnea After 2-Month Vaccinations in Hospitalized Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.   Greenberg RG, Rountree W, Staat MA, Schlaudecker EP, Poindexter B, Trembath A, Laughon M, Poniewierski MS, Spreng RL, Broder KR, Wodi AP, Museru O, Anyalechi EG, Marquez PL, Randolph EA, Aleem S, Kilpatrick R, Walter EB.JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5311. O...

Send us Fan Mail Effects of pregnancy-induced hypertension on early-onset neonatal thrombocytopenia.   Ye M, Zhou C, Li L, Wang L, Zhang M.BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Jan 24;25(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07193-z. PMID: 39856602 Free PMC article. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the...

Send us Fan Mail Outcomes of extremely preterm infants who participated in a randomised trial of dopamine for treatment of hypotension (the HIP trial) at 2 years corrected age.   Marlow N, Barrington KJ, ODonnell CPF, Miletin J, Naulaers G, Cheung PY, Corcoran JD, Khuffash E, Boylan GB, Livingstone V, Pons G, Straňák Z, Van Laere D, Macko J, Wiedermannova H, Dempsey EM; HIP consortium. Arch Dis Ch...

Send us Fan Mail EBNEO Commentary: Parent-Guided Developmental Intervention for Infants With Very Low Birth Weight.   Jayakumar S, Burris H, Duncan A, DeMauro SB.Acta Paediatr. 2025 Jan 30. doi: 10.1111/apa.17608. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39887768 No abstract available. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You...

Send us Fan Mail The Impact of Hospital Delivery Volumes of Newborns Born Very Preterm on Mortality and Morbidity.   Phibbs CS, Passarella M, Schmitt SK, Martin A, Lorch SA.J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114323. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114323. Epub 2024 Sep 18.PMID: 39304118 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can...

Send us Fan Mail Unbound bilirubin and risk of severe neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely low birthweight newborns.   Arnold CC, Maric I, Wong RJ, Tyson JE, Stevenson DK.Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 23. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03872-x. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39849115 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You...

Send us Fan Mail In this special Tech Tuesday episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna sit down with Amanda Williams, a clinical nurse specialist and the creator of Amanda’s NICU Ed , an educational platform designed to support NICU nurses through social media and online courses. Amanda shares her journey from bedside nursing to becoming a key educator in the NICU space, highlighting how...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The Incubator Podcast , done in collaboration with the California Association of Neonatologists for the upcoming Cool Topics in Neonatology conference, Ben and Daphna welcome Dr. Robin Steinhorn, a leader in neonatal medicine, alongside Dr. Denise Suttner. Dr. Steinhorn, the keynote speaker for Cool Topics 2025 , shares insights from her storied career,...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Incubator Podcast , hosts Ben and Daphna welcome Dr. Cami Martin , a renowned expert in neonatal nutrition. Dr. Martin shares her insights on the evolving landscape of neonatal nutritional care, highlighting the critical role of early nutrition in shaping long-term outcomes for preterm infants. With a wealth of experience in clinical research and bedside pra...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Journal Club, Ben and Daphna discuss six impactful studies shaping neonatal care. The conversation opens with a retrospective study exploring the timeline and factors influencing liberation from respiratory support in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), offering valuable insights for parental counseling and care planning. A survey on enteral nutrit...

Send us Fan Mail Liberation from Respiratory Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Kielt MJ, Zaniletti I, Lagatta JM, Padula MA, Grover TR, Porta NFM, Wymore EM, Jensen EA, Leeman KT, Levin JC, Evans JR, Yallapragada S, Nelin LD, Vyas-Read S, Murthy K; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Severe BPD Focus Group. J Pediatr. 2024 Nov 7:114390. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114390. Online ahead of p...

Send us Fan Mail Enteral nutritional practices in extremely preterm infants: a survey of U.S. NICUs. Romero-Lopez M, Naik M, Holzapfel LF, Tyson JE, Pedroza C, Ahmad KA, Rysavy MA, Carlo WA, Zhang Y, Tibe C, Salas AA.J Perinatol. 2024 Dec 9. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02198-6. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39653781 No abstract available. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comm...