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Send us Fan Mail Extended Caffeine for Apnea in Moderately Preterm Infants: The MoCHA Randomized Clinical Trial. Carlo WA, Eichenwald EC, Carper BA, Bell EF, Keszler M, Patel RM, Sánchez PJ, Goldberg RN, D'Angio CT, Van Meurs KP, Hibbs AM, Ambalavanan N, Cosby SS, Newman NS, Vohr BR, Walsh MC, Das A, Ohls RK, Fuller J, Rysavy MA, Ghavam S, Brion LP, Puopolo KM, Moore R, Baack ML, Colaizy TT,...

Send us Fan Mail Perinatal Urinary Tract Dilation: Recommendations on Pre-/Postnatal Imaging, Prophylactic Antibiotics, and Follow-up: Clinical Report. Anthony Herndon CD, Otero HJ, Hains D, Sweeney RM, Lockwood GM; Section on Urology; Section on Nephrology; Section on Radiology; Section on Hospital Medicine. Pediatrics. 2025 Jul 1;156(1):e2025071814. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-071814.PMID: 40518141 R...

Send us Fan Mail Late Permissive Hypercapnia for Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial. Travers CP, Gentle SJ, Shukla VV, Aban I, Yee AJ, Armstead KM, Benz RL, Laney D, Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jun;60(6):e71165. doi: 10.1002/ppul.71165.PMID: 40525736 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, o...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna are joined by Fabiana Bacchini, Dr. Tiffany Gladdis, and Bianka Gallina to discuss the development and launch of Neopedia , a free, multilingual online platform designed to support families navigating the NICU and beyond. The team explains how Neopedia was created by an international group of parent advocates and medical ex...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna sit down with certified birth doula and lactation counselor Latoya Southwell for a wide-ranging conversation about the role doulas play in supporting families before, during, and after birth. LaToya shares her personal and professional path into birth work, and how her experiences shaped a culturally sensitive, trauma-infor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of From the Heart , Dr. Nim Goldshtrom and Dr. Adrianne Bischoff walk through a complex neonatal case involving sudden decompensation shortly after birth. With few early clues and no clear diagnosis, the team discusses how to approach circulatory shock, differentiate pulmonary hypertension from congenital heart disease, and manage critically ill neonates before ima...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Tech Tuesday , Ben and Daphna speak with Dr. Zina Yudina, founder and CEO of BabyLat, a Swiss startup building a novel device to help hospitals create fortifier directly from a mother’s own milk! Zina shares how the idea began as a way to support working mothers with limited maternity leave, but quickly evolved into a system for concentrating and fortifying human milk...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Journal Club, Ben and Daphna unpack a series of recent studies exploring outcomes in neonatology—from long-term mortality after severe neonatal morbidity to short-term feeding strategies in preterm infants. They open with a large population-based Swedish study showing that infants who experience severe neonatal morbidities face elevated mortality risks well into ado...

Send us Fan Mail Severe Neonatal Morbidity and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Through Infancy and Late Adolescence. Graham H, Johansson K, Persson M, Norman M, Razaz N.JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jun 10:e251873. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.1873. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40493844 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@g...

Send us Fan Mail Prone Positioning Was Associated With Less Hypoxemic Events and Improved Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants. Bohnhorst B, Lutz E, Pirr S, Peter C, Böhne C.Acta Paediatr. 2025 May 26. doi: 10.1111/apa.70153. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40418109 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also c...

Send us Fan Mail Prophylactic hydrocortisone and the risk of sepsis in neonates born extremely preterm. Baud O, Lehert P; PREMILOC study group. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Jun 14;184(7):419. doi: 10.1007/s00431-025-06248-9.PMID: 40515786 Clinical Trial. 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail Impact of teleneonatology on time to goal temperature in outborn neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy requiring therapeutic hypothermia. Kaczor M, Hentz R, Youssef PE, Fine A, Fang J.J Perinatol. 2025 May 29. doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02324-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40442292 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our em...

Send us Fan Mail From Warm to Cold: Feeding Cold Milk to Preterm Infants with Uncoordinated Oral Feeding Patterns. Ferrara-Gonzalez L, Kamity R, Htun Z, Dumpa V, Islam S, Hanna N.Nutrients. 2025 Apr 26;17(9):1457. doi: 10.3390/nu17091457.PMID: 40362766 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gm...

Send us Fan Mail Norepinephrine versus Dopamine for Septic Shock in Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Mazhari MYA, Priyadarshi M, Singh P, Chaurasia S, Basu S.J Pediatr. 2025 Jul;282:114599. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114599. Epub 2025 Apr 17.PMID: 40252959 Clinical Trial. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com...

Send us Fan Mail All-cause mortality and infection-related outcomes of hospital-initiated kangaroo care versus conventional neonatal care for low-birthweight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Minotti C, Jost K, Aghlmandi S, Schlaeppi C, Sieswerda E, van Werkhoven CH, Schulzke SM, Bielicki JA.Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Jul;9(7):470-483. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00130-0. Epub...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Neo News , journalist and New York Times critic-at-large Amanda Hess joins host Dr. Eli Cahan to revisit the story behind her viral essay, “My Son Has a Rare Syndrome, So I Turned to the Internet.” Amanda shares the disorienting experience of receiving her son’s diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome during a routine third-trimester ultrasound and the digital...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we speak with neonatal nurse scientists Dr. Marliese Nist and Dr. Kathy Dudding to explore the evolving understanding of neonatal pain and stress in the NICU. Together, we look at how outdated assumptions about infant pain still influence clinical care, and what providers can do to better recognize and respond to the signs of stress in fragile newborns. Our guests...

Send us Fan Mail In this special “advocacy roundup” episode, Dr. Shetal Shah and Stephanie Glier return to break down the latest developments in federal healthcare policy and their real-world consequences for neonatologists and the families they serve. With sweeping budget legislation threatening to cut Medicaid funding by nearly 10%, they explain how these changes could destabilize the financial...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Journal Club, Ben and Daphna dive into the latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics on the management of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants. They dissect the nuances of prophylactic versus selective treatment, review recent meta-analyses, and explore why early intervention might not yield better outcomes despite effective PDA closure. The...

Send us Fan Mail Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants. Ambalavanan N, Aucott SW, Salavitabar A, Levy VY; Committee on Fetus and Newborn; Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Pediatrics. 2025 May 1;155(5):e2025071425. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-071425.PMID: 40288780 Review. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail....

Send us Fan Mail Active Treatment vs Expectant Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis. Buvaneswarran S, Wong YL, Liang S, Quek SC, Lee J.JAMA Pediatr. 2025 May 27:e251025. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.1025. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40423988 Free PMC  Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupo...

Send us Fan Mail Consensus Approach for Standardization of the Timing of Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Classification of Brain Injury in Neonates With Neonatal Encephalopathy/Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Canadian Perspective. Mohammad K, Reddy Gurram Venkata SK, Wintermark P, Farooqui M, Beltempo M, Hicks M, Zein H, Shah PS, Garfinkle J, Sandesh S, Cizmeci MN, Fajardo C, Guillot M, de...

Send us Fan Mail Shifting outlooks after neonatal encephalopathy in the era of therapeutic hypothermia. Christoffel K, Mulkey SB.Pediatr Res. 2025 Jun 4. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04156-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40467976 Review. 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 Instagr...

Send us Fan Mail Treatment of Hypotension of Prematurity: a randomised trial. Alderliesten T, Arasteh E, van Alphen A, Groenendaal F, Dudink J, Benders MJ, van Bel F, Lemmers P.Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025 May 24:fetalneonatal-2024-328253. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-328253. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40413017 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or...

Send us Fan Mail In this special Tech Tuesday episode of The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie—neonatologist, author, and co-host of the AAP’s Pediatrics on Call podcast. They dive into her new book, The Baby Bonding Book: Connecting with Your Newborn , a resource designed to demystify early parenting through a blend of evidence-based guidance and real-world...