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Send us Fan Mail Transcatheter and Surgical Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: 2018-2022. Leahy BF, Edwards EM, Ehret DEY, Soll RF, Yeager SB, Flyer JN. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 1;154(2):e2024065905. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-065905. PMID: 39005106 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can als...

Send us Fan Mail Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging Phenotype in Moderate and Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Pulmonary Hypertension. Bjorkman KR, Miles KG, Bellew LE, Schneider KA, Magness SM, Higano NS, Ollberding NJ, Hoyos Cordon X, Hirsch RM, Hysinger E, Woods JC, Critser PJ. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug 1;210(3):318-328. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202310-1733OC. PMID...

Send us Fan Mail Impact of targeted neonatal echocardiography consultations for critically sick preterm neonates. Joye S, Kharrat A, Zhu F, Deshpande P, Baczynski M, Jasani B, Lee S, Mertens LL, McNamara PJ, Shah PS, Weisz DE, Jain A. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2024 Sep 3:fetalneonatal-2024-327347. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327347. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39227145 Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Hemodynamic assessment by neonatologist using echocardiography: Primary provider versus consultation model. Noori S, Ramanathan R, Lakshminrusimha S, Singh Y. Pediatr Res. 2024 May 22. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03248-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38778230 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Tech Tuesday on The Incubator Podcast , Dr. Daphna Yasova Barbeau sits down with Ben Moore, founder of VCreate, a multi-award-winning clinical video management platform. VCreate bridges the gap between families and neonatal care teams by enabling the creation and sharing of secure video updates, fostering family engagement during NICU stays. The conversation del...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Journal Club , Ben and Daphna review several recent studies that hold meaningful implications for neonatal care. They begin by discussing a comprehensive meta-analysis on postnatal corticosteroids, exploring their impact on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and cerebral palsy outcomes. The conversation highlights the nuanced findings, including the benefits for h...

Send us Fan Mail Systemic Postnatal Corticosteroids, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, and Survival Free of Cerebral Palsy. Doyle LW, Mainzer R, Cheong JLY.JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 18:e244575. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4575. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39556404   Systemic Corticosteroids to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Balancing Risk and Reward.  Jensen EA.JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 18. doi: 10...

Send us Fan Mail Most major bleeds in preterm infants occur in the absence of severe thrombocytopenia: an observational cohort study.  van der Staaij H, Hooiveld NMA, Caram-Deelder C, Fustolo-Gunnink SF, Fijnvandraat K, Steggerda SJ, de Vries LS, van der Bom JG, Lopriore E.Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2024 Jul 15:fetalneonatal-2024-326959. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-326959. Online ahead o...

Send us Fan Mail Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Urgent Intubation of Newborn Infants. Geraghty LE, Dunne EA, Ní Chathasaigh CM, Vellinga A, Adams NC, O'Currain EM, McCarthy LK, O'Donnell CPF.N Engl J Med. 2024 May 30;390(20):1885-1894. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2402785. Epub 2024 May 5.PMID: 38709215 Clinical Trial. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or...

Send us Fan Mail Intratracheal Budesonide Mixed With Surfactant for Extremely Preterm Infants: The PLUSS Randomized Clinical Trial. Manley BJ, Kamlin COF, Donath SM, Francis KL, Cheong JLY, Dargaville PA, Dawson JA, Jacobs SE, Birch P, Resnick SM, Schmölzer GM, Law B, Bhatia R, Bach KP, de Waal K, Travadi JN, Koorts PJ, Berry MJ, Lui K, Rajadurai VS, Chandran S, Kluckow M, Cloete E, Broom MM, Star...

Send us Fan Mail Chorioamnionitis and Two-Year Outcomes in Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Cornet MC, Gonzalez FF, Glass HC, Wu TW, Wisnowski JL, Li Y, Heagerty P, Juul SE, Wu YW.J Pediatr. 2024 Nov 20:114415. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114415. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39577760 Free article. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to ou...

Send us Fan Mail Somatic growth outcomes in response to an individualized neonatal sodium supplementation protocol. Stalter EJ, Verhofste SL, Dagle JM, Steinbach EJ, Ten Eyck P, Wendt L, Segar JL, Harshman LA.J Perinatol. 2024 Oct 17. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02141-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39420073   A pinch of salt to enhance preemie growth?  Steflik HJ, Pearlman SA, Gallagher PG, Lakshminr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Incubator Podcast , Ben and Daphna host Fabiana Bacchini, Executive Director of the Canadian Premature Babies Foundation (CPBF) and author of From Surviving to Thriving: A Mother's Journey Through Infertility, Loss, and Miracles . Fabiana shares her deeply personal journey of becoming an advocate for premature babies and their families after spending fi...

Send us Fan Mail In this inaugural episode of our brand-new series, NeoNews , hosts Ben Courchia, Daphna Yasova Barbeau, and new team member Dr. Eli Cahan dive into articles from major news outlets like Rolling Stone , The Wall Street Journal , and The New York Times to unpack their relevance to neonatology, newborn care, and perinatology. Dr. Cahan, a pediatrician and aspiring neonatologist with...

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of The Incubator Podcast Journal Club, Ben and Daphna explore studies that may shift clinical practices in neonatal care. They begin with a study from India examining oral calcium phosphate as an adjunct to phototherapy in treating neonatal jaundice. This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial investigates how calcium phosphate may help reduce bi...

Send us Fan Mail Evaluation of efficacy of oral calcium phosphate as an adjunct to standard-of-care regular phototherapy in cases of neonatal jaundice: a hospital-based double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Ghorui A, Chowdhry BK, Manjhi PK, Kumar P, Kumar CM.BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Oct 11;8(1):e002902. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002902.PMID: 39395818 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. Su...

Send us Fan Mail Oral sildenafil versus bosentan for treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a randomized controlled trial. Kallimath A, Deshpande S, Singh P, Garegrat R, Lakshminrusimha S, Maheshwari R, Suryawanshi P.BMC Pediatr. 2024 Nov 1;24(1):698. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05107-0.PMID: 39487423 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. Support the show As always, feel free to se...

Send us Fan Mail Genetic disorders and their association with morbidity and mortality in early preterm small for gestational age infants. Bomback M, Everett S, Lyford A, Sahni R, Kim F, Baptiste C, Motelow JE, Tolia V, Clark R, Dugoff L, Hays T.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Sep 23:S0002-9378(24)01013-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.09.101. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39322018 Support the show As always,...

Send us Fan Mail Expanded Newborn Screening Using Genome Sequencing for Early Actionable Conditions. Ziegler A, Koval-Burt C, Kay DM, Suchy SF, Begtrup A, Langley KG, Hernan R, Amendola LM, Boyd BM, Bradley J, Brandt T, Cohen LL, Coffey AJ, Devaney JM, Dygulska B, Friedman B, Fuleihan RL, Gyimah A, Hahn S, Hofherr S, Hruska KS, Hu Z, Jeanne M, Jin G, Johnson DA, Kavus H, Leibel RL, Lobritto SJ, Mc...

Send us Fan Mail Inpatient Skin-to-skin Care Predicts 12-Month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants. Lazarus MF, Marchman VA, Brignoni-Pérez E, Dubner S, Feldman HM, Scala M, Travis KE.J Pediatr. 2024 Nov;274:114190. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114190. Epub 2024 Jul 14.PMID: 39004169 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nic...

Send us Fan Mail Cooling and physiology during parent cuddling infants with neonatal encephalopathy in usual care: CoolCuddle-2 study. Chakkarapani E, Ingram J, Stocks S, Beasant L, Odd D; CoolCuddle‐2 study research team. Acta Paediatr. 2024 Oct 25. doi: 10.1111/apa.17466. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39451123 Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to...

Send us Fan Mail National Trends in Infant Mortality in the US After Dobbs. Singh P, Gallo MF.JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Oct 21. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4276. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39432283 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 con...

Send us Fan Mail The who, when, and why of pacifier use. Mitev K, Frewin KL, Augustinova M, Niedenthal PM, Rychlowska M, Vanderwert RE.Pediatr Res. 2024 Oct 15. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03540-6. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39406952   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 Instag...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The Incubator Podcast, Ben sits down with Dr. Jay Greenspan, Dr. Kevin Dysart, and Yari Payne, key organizers of the upcoming Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference. This celebrated conference, renowned for over 40 years, will take place from December 9–11 at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, Maryland. Attendees can look forward to exploring groundb...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Daphna close out their CHNC Symposium coverage with Dr. Kris Reber and Dr. Anthony Piazza. They reflect on the symposium's success, including its unique working-meeting style, collaborative focus groups, and increased involvement from trainees and multidisciplinary teams. Kris and Anthony share their excitement for the event’s growth and plans to include even more spe...