Preterm Birth Rates Vary Widely Among US Nativity, Racial, and Ethnic Groups as shown in a recent publication in JAMA Pediatrics buff.ly/3Gd3SYU

#ebneoalerts #equity4babies #EBNEOEquityAlerts #neotwitter #neoEBM

2 high volume centers, successfully caring for lots of micropreemies, but polar opposite when it comes to the provision of early skin to skin care in their smallest babies.
Is there a right answer to this question?
Looking forward to learning from the experts tomorrow!

More evidence for the use of LISA in the US. Congrats to all of our collaborators! UC Irvine Healthcare #lomalinda Evidence-Based Neo AAP Neonatal Chiesi Group Sharp HealthCare

The holiday season can’t start in my heart until the Evidence-Based Neo Impact Article of the Year is spreading (disseminating) cheer (evidence).

Side bets on whether my bracket goes further than Brian King encouraged.

#neoebm

Had a great time on The Incubator Podcast with Abdul Razak Rasheda Jasmin Vereen, MD, MBS, FAAP Atul Malhotra Daphna Yasova Barbeau, MD Ben Courchia MD discussing this year's candidates. Submitting my bracket later this week. #neotwitter

Very important new meta on DCC in the The Lancet
Preterm survival drastically improved with DCC. No effect for UCM.
Evidence-Based Neo Ola Andersson #NeoEBM #preterm

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Check out Micah & me on A5 in the The Wall Street Journal on #WorldPrematurityDay 💜 Thank you Liz Essley Whyte The Wall Street Journalhealth for highlighting the devastation of necrotizing enterocolitis & how #probiotics can help us #preventNEC NEC Society CZI Science The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

The impact of a national recommendation change in 2019 on the management and outcomes of 22 weekers by Smith et al: Cheryl Battersby Dr Sarah E Seaton 🏳️‍🌈 BMJMedicine⁩ buff.ly/3G9KTOQ #EBNEOalerts #neoEBM #neotwitter #foamneo on this #WorldPrematurityDay

In this AAP Pediatrics paper, NEC decreased through quality improvement, a key strategy was to increase mom's own milk provision. Decrease in NEC was sustained in particular for Black infants. buff.ly/47xMael #ebneoalerts #equity4babies #EBNEOEquityAlerts #neotwitter #neoEBM

A cohort study in JAMA Network Open examines trends in use of dexmedetomidine and opioids in preterm infants buff.ly/468zFVy

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This is just an impression, to be confirmed with data. In the past 10 years, when normalized for population size, no. of academic centers, no. of investigators, more impactful neonatal research seems to have come out of Australia, UK & Europe, vs N.America. Thoughts? #neotwitter

Two IPD meta-analysis papers by Anna Lene Seidler (she/her) group in The Lancet on cord management strategies showing

Deferred cord clamping reduces death (high-certainty) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Longer deferral (>120 secs) reduces death sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Exploring the Association of Male Sex with Adverse Outcomes in Severe... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Congratulations JD Hammond (He/Him) and team from The BPD Collaborative CHEST

Nicolas A. Bamat, MD MSCE Kanekal Suresh Gautham Daniel Vijlbrief Linda H. Aiken is world renowned for this. In addition, Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN has published extensively on acuity adjusted staffing in the NICU. Nicolas A. Bamat, MD MSCE , happy to do some intros Penn Nursing if you'd like ;) Penn NursingDean

📣 New Release Alert! 🎧
Today, the Incubator podcast launches an exciting mini-series on 'Thermoregulation of the Neonate.' This special series, kindly sponsored by GE Healthcare. We speak to experts from around the world on the importance of normothermia, the latest evidence,…

In the largest RCT to date comparing UCM to DCC among preterm infants born b/w 28 -32 wks GA, this AAP Pediatrics paper by @neoanup at al showed there were no differences in rates of severe IVH or death: buff.ly/4796Old
Commentary: buff.ly/46e66lo
#EBNEOalerts #neoEBM

Wonderful article by Jennifer Canvasser from NEC Society highlighting how recent FDA decisions focus on extremely rare harms in pursuit of perfection, while ignoring significant benefits to preterm infants. Infants will suffer as a result of these recent decisions. #neotwitter

Opinion: Probiotics are being removed from NICUs to protect preemies’ health. But it can put them at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. trib.al/NrgfQ9X

A RCT in JAMA Network Open compares extrauterine placental perfusion and delayed cord clamping to evaluate differences in hematocrit and oxygenation in VLBW infants buff.ly/3QNq3uR

#EBNEOalerts #neoEBM #neotwitter

No difference in brain volume or brain injury scoring at term in 59 of the SToP-BPD study cohort - from Halbmeijer et al in JournalofPediatrics buff.ly/47o9lYI #EBNEOalerts #neoEBM #FOAMneo #neotwitter