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Send us Fan Mail Evaluating decision regret after extremely preterm birth. Belden L, Kaempf J, Mackley A, Kernan-Schloss F, Chen C, Sturtz W, Tomlinson MW, Guillen U.Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025 Feb 21;110(2):191-199. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327287.PMID: 39164062 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.co...

Send us Fan Mail Short Duration of Antenatal Corticosteroid Exposure and Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants. Chawla S, Wyckoff MH, Lakshminrusimha S, Rysavy MA, Patel RM, Chowdhury D, Das A, Greenberg RG, Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Bell EF, Ambalavanan N, Younge NE, Laptook AR, Pavlek LR, Backes CH, Van Meurs KP, Werner EF, Carlo WA; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICH...

Send us Fan Mail Neonatal intermittent hypoxemia events are associated with later systemic hypertension. Martinez S, Chen Z, Di Fiore JM, Nguyen C, Minich NM, Hibbs AM.Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 31. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03881-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39885241 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also...

Send us Fan Mail Whole-Body Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy in Preterm Infants 33 to 35 Weeks' Gestation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Faix RG, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Eggleston B, Chowdhury D, Heyne RJ, Das A, Pedroza C, Tyson JE, Wusthoff C, Bonifacio SL, Sánchez PJ, Yoder BA, Laughon MM, Vasil DM, Van Meurs KP, Crawford MM, Higgins RD, Poindexter BB, Colaizy TT, Hamrick SEG, Chala...

Send us Fan Mail Delirium in the NICU is an under-recognized and under-assessed challenge. In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Karishma Rao and clinical pharmacist Alex Oschman from Children’s Mercy Hospital to explore the complexities of neonatal delirium. Drawing on their collaborative work and recent publication in Frontiers in Pharmacology , they unpack t...

Send us Fan Mail In this packed episode of Neo News, Eli, Ben, and Daphna dive into the headlines impacting neonatology and public health. The trio starts with the controversial confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of HHS, analyzing his actions around the CDC, NIH, vaccine policy, and the implications of promoting “informed consent” messaging in place of public health advocacy. Drawing fr...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, Daphna hosts a powerful roundtable featuring Drs. Kerri Machut, Milenka Cuevas-Guaman, Emily Miller, Christine Bishop, and Christiane Dammann—leaders of a national effort to improve neonatology staffing. Together, they share insights from their recently developed recommendations, created through a Delphi consensus process and supported by a strategic grant...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of From The Heart , hosts Dr. Nim Goldshtrom and Dr. Adrianne Bischoff explore the latest research in neonatal cardiac care, focusing on congenital heart disease (CHD) and its impact on premature infants. They discuss a study analyzing survival trends in preterm infants with CHD, highlighting the “double jeopardy” these babies face due to both prematurity and conge...

Send us Fan Mail Double Jeopardy: A Distinct Mortality Pattern Among Preterm Infants with Congenital Heart Disease. Higgins BV, Levy PT, Ball MK, Kim M, Peyvandi S, Steurer MA.Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Apr;46(4):939-946. doi: 10.1007/s00246-024-03519-4. Epub 2024 Jun 12.PMID: 38864860 Free PMC article. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: n...

Send us Fan Mail Similarities and Differences in the Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Children with Congenital Heart Disease and Children Born Very Preterm at School Entry. Wehrle FM, Bartal T, Adams M, Bassler D, Hagmann CF, Kretschmar O, Natalucci G, Latal B.J Pediatr. 2022 Nov;250:29-37.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.05.047. Epub 2022 Jun 2.PMID: 35660491 Free article. Support the show As always, f...

Send us Fan Mail Declining Incidence of Postoperative Neonatal Brain Injury in Congenital Heart Disease. Peyvandi S, Xu D, Barkovich AJ, Gano D, Chau V, Reddy VM, Selvanathan T, Guo T, Gaynor JW, Seed M, Miller SP, McQuillen P.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 24;81(3):253-266. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.029.PMID: 36653093 Free PMC article. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, co...

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...