Neonatal Medicine News

In August, the FDA approved a novel miniaturized cardiac stent for infants and small children with coarctation of the aorta or pulmonary artery stenosis and can be expanded as they grew.

Infants conceived after assisted reproductive technology had a 36% greater risk for being born with a major heart defect, results from a large cohort study published in the European Heart Journal showed.

An ED program flagging high-risk patients for optional syphilis testing more than doubled the number of infections the department detected, according to a study.

Congenital heart disease-related deaths from 2005 to 2019 were more prevalent among Black vs. white infants, a gap that persisted year after year, a speaker reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.

The investigational antiviral ziresovir showed promise for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants during a phase 3 trial in China, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.

From 2010 to 2020, less than half of perinatally exposed infants were tested for hepatitis C virus, according to a study, but experts are hopeful that new early testing guidelines will ensure more infants are screened and treated.

Researchers identified metabolic markers from routine newborn screenings that were associated with sudden infant death syndrome and built a model that could predict the probability of SIDS, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A Korean study identified a 22% increased risk for seizure among young children who were prescribed first-generation antihistamines, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Acute-care visits for respiratory tract infections were nearly 20% lower than predicted among infants in New York after the state implemented paid family leave, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Black and Hispanic/Latino infants who were brought to hospitals with a fever were less likely to have documented shared decision-making regarding lumbar puncture and ED discharge, a study found.