Neonatal Medicine News

DENVER — Selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predicted adverse development among infants with congenital heart disease, according to study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

DENVER — A randomized controlled trial found that early targeted treatment with ibuprofen did not reduce mortality among 72-hour-old extremely preterm infants with a large patent ductus arteriosus, researchers reported here.

Mothers who received postnatal care in the same room as their preterm infants had lower levels of stress upon discharge than mothers whose infants received standard neonatal care, data published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes associated with preterm exposure to antenatal corticosteroids suggest that the timing and dose of administration “should be carefully considered,” researchers said.

Researchers found that breastfeeding rates were higher among Black immigrants compared with African Americans, a difference that would otherwise be hidden by standard reporting of demographics.

Compared with triplet pregnancies reduced to singletons, those reduced to twins had lower fetal survival rate, younger gestational age at birth, lower birth weight and greater risk of preterm birth, according to findings of a meta-analysis.

The rise in congenital syphilis cases in the United States is likely a result of multiple factors, researchers said.

Eton Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that the FDA has approved an abbreviated new drug application for its cysteine hydrochloride injection.

Women who lived within 10 km of an oil or gas well that was hydraulically fractured during 1 year preconception or during pregnancy were at higher risk for adverse birth outcomes, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

There were no significant associations between COVID-19 vaccination and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a cohort of pregnant women in Sweden and Norway, findings published in JAMA showed.