Neonatal Medicine News

Otonomy Inc. announced that it has received FDA approval for Otiprio 6% to treat acute otitis externa caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients aged older than 6 months.

Administering monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and two doses of azithromycin to combat maternal infection during pregnancy in Malawi reduces stunting by 6 to 11 percentage points, with additional improvements made in developmental scores and overall child height and length.

New study findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine support administering a neonatal rotavirus vaccine beginning at birth, researchers said.

Women who limited their carbohydrate intake before pregnancy were slightly more likely to have an infant with spina bifida or anencephaly, according to research recently published in Birth Defects and Research.

The creation and use of an evidence-based standard care pathway for the treatment of infants with jaundice can improve length of stay, time between diagnosis and treatment and invasiveness of treatment, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Influenza and acellular pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy were not associated with hospitalization or death of infants in the first 6 months of life, according to recently published study results in Pediatrics.

Infants of mothers who consume peanuts while breast-feeding and directly introduce their child to the food by 12 months of age are less likely to be sensitized to peanuts, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Follow-up visits scheduled for younger children who had been hospitalized for bronchiolitis offered reassurance for families, according to recently published study results in JAMA Pediatrics.

An experimental vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, boosted pre-existing immune responses in young women and had a safety profile similar to that of the Tdap vaccine, according to the results of a pair of phase 2 trials.

Preterm neonates who received higher nutritional intake and enteral feeding primarily with breast milk during the first 2 weeks of life were more likely to have greater brain growth, according to recently published study results in Pediatrics.