I am a many degrees of crazy mum, coupled with long hours at work and the guilt feelings that accompany the hours away. I have these on my wall at work to remind me; as if I can ever forget. Pls stay home and be safe. Wash your hands too.

Something for parents to think about on the journey through the #NICU with your #preemie #preemiestrong #neonatologia #neonatal #nicu #pediatrics

Switching neonates with culture-negative early onset sepsis on the postnatal ward from IV to oral antibiotics can reduce length of stay - the PEARL QI project Can benefit 2% of all babies born https://t.co/4n4X4kF1Zu

15-minute consult: A neonate with suspected critical congenital heart disease Prostin is pretty safe, so start while awaiting assessment https://t.co/2Uo5A0uZT9

"A Simplified Guide to the Immune System." https://t.co/1SUZNqw7QG

Uncertainty is ubiquitous in the practice of medicine. A new review characterizes clinical uncertainty and shows how teachers can guide learners to recognize, manage, and communicate uncertainty in practice. Figure 1 from the review shows a conceptual model of how clinicians

Read this paper to know how to 'actually' read a paper! I've highlighted the key points -> now this 10 min read of 3-pass apprach will change your paper reading technique for good! 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: — First Pass (5-10 minutes) Quick scan for bird's-eye view — Second

Neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 year olds of infants born at 22–26 weeks gestation across two epochs in Sweden Despite increased survival from 2004–2007 to 2014–2016, neurodevelopmental outcomes have not improved. Low gestational age and maternal country of birth outside the

FEED 1 trial results out in @LancetChildAdol: In infants born at 30+0 weeks to 32+6 weeks of gestation, full milk feeds from day 1 did not alter length of hospital stay. Paper: https://t.co/on9zMAfCwC Comment: https://t.co/NOQ77elZ6s #EBNEOAlerts #neoEBM

Could non invasive high frequency oscillatory ventilation offer better primary respiratory support at birth in extreme preterm infants than nCPAP? https://t.co/OFf7Y1oWWW #neoEBM #EBNEOalerts #FOAMneo #neotwitter

PICC lines will move when a neonate's limb is moved Median 13.5 mm when hip is flexed Prospective POCUS observational study https://t.co/vrdpz2KBZR

Does umbilical cord management strategies influence risk of IVH in preterm neonates? ICC, DCC, I-UCM, C-UCM, ICS etc - makes no difference Systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/guosvGVfzY

3 year outcome of #preemies with grade 1 or 2 IVH Main finding: Isolated IVH carries no increased risk of adverse outcomes If combined with white matter injury (WMI), or cerebellar hemorrhage (CbH) the risk of adverse outcomes increases https://t.co/kYi3u1n0on #neotwitter

On average, children born very preterm had significantly lower IQ scores than term-born children and this deficit did not decrease in studies conducted over four decades. https://t.co/gU9nwaiMM8

RCT: Pasteurized donor human milk did not significantly reduce the time to full enteral feeds compared to term formula in moderate to late preterm infants. https://t.co/dATIDI3DXo

🚨It's finally out! Our unit's diagnostic approach to NEC: A standardized universal protocol for using adjunct abdominal ultrasound at the time of diagnosis for suspected necrotizing enterocolitis | Pediatric Radiology We will never go back to using abdominal radiograph alone

Is 2:1 the nursing ratio sweet spot? Tubbs-Cooley et al. examine the effect of nursing workload on missed care elements in @JAMAPediatrics https://t.co/dZBkWAN3zh #EBNEOalerts #neotwitter #neoebm

In this double-blind RCT, Amiti et al. evaluated early sodium supplementation (4 mEq/kg/day) vs placebo in very preterm infants (25–30+6 w GA), assessing effects on growth and hyponatraemia. https://t.co/fHOlJY7aqs #EBNEOAlerts #NeoTwitter #neoEBM

Happy to see our paper “Physiology-guided vasoactive therapy in neonates: rethinking dopamine as first-line” in the Journal of Perinatology. We enjoyed writing it and hope you’ll enjoy reading it. Thank you to my amazing co-authors @NeoHemodynamics https://t.co/LC79Ap7vgr

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In this retrospective cohort study, Wang et al. compared mortality and severe morbidity between extremely preterm breech singletons born by cesarean delivery and those delivered vaginally. @AJOG_thegray https://t.co/vi0GZILXyX #EBNEOAlerts #neotwitter