Neonatal Medicine
VIDEO: Pregnant people have already experienced climate change ‘firsthand’
A recent perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine explored the effects climate change has already had on the vulnerable population of pregnant people and their children, and what needs to be done to protect them.
Active treatment for extremely preterm infants on the rise, racial disparities remain
The frequency of active treatment in newborns born between 22 and 25 weeks’ gestation increased over 7 years in the United States, according to a serial cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA.
Risk for neonatal complications elevated for mothers with disabilities
The risk for neonatal complications is elevated for mothers with disabilities, according to the results of a Canadian study published in Pediatrics.
Researchers identify risk factors for kidney disease among low gestational age neonates
Among extremely low gestational age neonates, gestational age, birthweight z-score and prenatal steroids correlated with an increased risk for chronic kidney disease.
Ideal gestational weight gain varies by pre-pregnancy BMI in twin pregnancy
For people giving birth to twins, the gestational weight gain range with the lowest risk for adverse perinatal outcomes was similar among those with a pre-pregnancy BMI of underweight or normal weight.
Ketamine effective treatment for neonatal, pediatric epilepsy
Treatment with ketamine significantly improved seizure occurrence related to refractory status epilepticus in both neonates and children, according to results of a study published in Neurology.
Erythropoietin fails to lower death in neonates with neurologic condition
High-dose erythropoietin failed to lower the risk for death among newborns undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, according to study findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Repeated decolonization allows persistent MRSA-carrying HCP to safely work in NICU
A repeated decolonization regimen successfully allowed health care workers who were previously colonized with MRSA to safely continue working in a neonatal intensive care unit, and it also ended an outbreak, a recent study showed.
Study reveals neurodevelopmental differences in babies exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero
Infants born to mothers who had COVID-19 during pregnancy had differences in behavior and movement compared with infants who were unexposed to SARS-CoV-2, preliminary data presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry showed.