Unplanned extubations in adult and pediatric populations have long been associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased costs to health care systems.
May 6, 2020
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Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians' ability to predict respiratory outcomes according ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Researchers from King's College London & Homerton University Hospital have found babies born before 32 weeks' gestation can rapidly acquire some adult immune functions after birth, equivalent to that achieved by infants born ...
Mar 9, 2020
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A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has updated an online tool to provide information for clinicians and parents on outcomes for extremely preterm infants. The key change in the update was the incorporation ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Moderate-to-late preterm babies (born at a gestational age of 32 to 36 weeks) with no significant medical problems on admission are likely to be discharged at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age, according to a study recently published ...
Feb 20, 2020
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(HealthDay)—For extremely preterm infants, high-dose erythropoietin treatment from 24 hours after birth does not result in a reduced risk for severe neurodevelopmental impairment or death at age 2 years, according to a ...
Jan 16, 2020
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"When is my baby going home?" is one of the first questions asked by families of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Now clinicians have a data-based answer. Moderate to late preterm babies (born ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Milking the umbilical cord—gently squeezing the cord and pushing the contents into the newborn's abdomen before clamping the cord—could increase the risk for severe intraventricular hemorrhage, or bleeding into the brain's ...
Nov 19, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Having a premature baby can be frightening for parents, but new research delivers a calming finding: Many premature babies end up as healthy adults without major illnesses.
Oct 22, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Birth in a nontertiary hospital and transfer within 48 hours is associated with poorer outcomes compared with birth in a tertiary hospital for extremely preterm infants, according to a study published online ...
Oct 17, 2019
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