Neonatal Medicine News

Children delivered by cesarean were at higher risk for obesity and asthma, but cesarean deliveries were linked to a lower risk of pelvic prolapse and urinary incontinence among mothers, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis recently published in PLOS Medicine.

Infant birth weight is associated with maternal weight gain in the first half of gestation, according to published study reports in JAMA Pediatrics.

Budesonide for the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants is not associated with an additional risk of neurodevelopmental disability when compared with placebo; however, infants who receive this medication experience a higher risk of mortality.

Women who used a cervical pessary had a lower spontaneous preterm birth rate at less than 34 weeks of pregnancy compared with women who did not use a pessary, according to findings recently published in JAMA.

Although human rhinovirus in febrile infants did not change the risk of bacterial infections in very young infants, it was a factor in the risk of invasive bacterial infection in infants aged 29 to 90 days, according to recently published research in Pediatrics.

Young children living in communities with a low socioeconomic status who participated in a home visiting program had significantly lowered rate of obesity, with children of Hispanic families less likely to be overweight or obese at 2 years when receiving the intervention, according to a recently published study in Pediatrics.

Although the AAP currently recommends introduction of complimentary foods — including any solids or liquids other than breast milk or formula — at 6 months, this practice occurs before the age of 4 months in 16.3% of American infants, with those who were never breast-fed or breast-fed for less than 4 months at greater risk of early introduction.

Despite warnings, physicians commonly prescribe risky antibiotics for urinary tract infections to women during early pregnancy, according to a new report.

When women are exposed to air pollution in the form of airborne fine particulate matter 1 month before conception, their offspring are at slightly increased risk of developing congenital anomalies, according to a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Despite progress made toward reducing sleep-related infant death with the Back to Sleep campaign, unsafe sleep practices are still common, with one in five mothers placing their baby to sleep on their side or stomach, according to the new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC.