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Very low birth weight preterm infants with early onset neonatal sepsis: the predominance of gram-negative infections continues in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, 2002-2003Barbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:635-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: EOS remains an uncommon but important cause of morbidity and mortality among VLBW infants. Gram-negative organisms continue to be the predominant pathogens associated with EOS...- Neonatal infection and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in the preterm infantIra Adams-Chapman
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 19:290-7. 2006..This review summarizes current data evaluating associations between infection and neurodevelopmental outcome in the preterm infant... - Dexamethasone therapy increases infection in very low birth weight infantsB J Stoll
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30335, USA
Pediatrics 104:e63. 1999..This study is an in-depth analysis of bacteremia/sepsis and meningitis among infants enrolled in the trial... 
Early onset neonatal sepsis: the burden of group B Streptococcal and E. coli disease continuesBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, 2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatrics 127:817-26. 2011..Guidelines for prevention of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection have successfully reduced early onset (EO) GBS disease. Study results suggest that Escherichia coli is an important EO pathogen...- Neonatal outcomes of extremely preterm infants from the NICHD Neonatal Research NetworkBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, 2015 Uppergate Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Pediatrics 126:443-56. 2010.... - Sex differences in outcomes of very low birthweight infants: the newborn male disadvantageD K Stevenson
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305 5119, USA
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 83:F182-5. 2000..To determine the differences in short term outcome of very low birthweight infants attributable to sex... - Association between early postnatal weight loss and death or BPD in small and appropriate for gestational age extremely low-birth-weight infantsR Wadhawan
Department of Pediatrics, All Childrens Hospital, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
J Perinatol 27:359-64. 2007.... - Neurodevelopmental and growth impairment among extremely low-birth-weight infants with neonatal infectionBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
JAMA 292:2357-65. 2004..Additional studies are needed to elucidate the pathogenesis of brain injury in infants with infection so that novel interventions to improve these outcomes can be explored... 
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants exposed prenatally to dexamethasone versus betamethasoneBen H Lee
Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 121:289-96. 2008..We compared the development of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at corrected ages of 18 to 22 months for extremely low birth weight infants exposed prenatally to dexamethasone, betamethasone, or no steroid...- Necrotising enterocolitisPatricia W Lin
Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Lancet 368:1271-83. 2006.... - Adverse neonatal outcomes associated with antenatal dexamethasone versus antenatal betamethasoneBen H Lee
Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 117:1503-10. 2006.... - Necrotizing enterocolitis: recent scientific advances in pathophysiology and preventionPatricia W Lin
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Semin Perinatol 32:70-82. 2008..Hopefully, future studies aimed at understanding premature intestinal defenses, commensal or probiotic bacterial influences, and possible genetic predisposition will lead to the improvement of prevention and treatment strategies... - Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants after necrotizing enterocolitisSusan R Hintz
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Pediatrics 115:696-703. 2005..The objective of this study was to compare growth, neurologic, and cognitive outcomes among ELBW survivors of SurgNEC and MedNEC with NoNEC at 18 to 22 months' corrected age... - Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus requiring shunt insertionIra Adams-Chapman
Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1167-77. 2008..We aimed to evaluate neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes among extremely low birth weight infants who had severe intraventricular hemorrhage that required shunt insertion compared with infants without shunt insertion... - Very low birth weight preterm infants with surgical short bowel syndrome: incidence, morbidity and mortality, and growth outcomes at 18 to 22 monthsConrad R Cole
Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, 2015 Uppergate Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Pediatrics 122:e573-82. 2008.... - Prevention of nosocomial infections in the neonatal intensive care unitIra Adams-Chapman
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 14:157-64. 2002..Educational programs and feedback to nursery personnel improve compliance with infection control programs... - Changes in mortality and morbidities among infants born at less than 25 weeks during the post-surfactant eraS R Hintz
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Road, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F128-33. 2005..To compare mortality and death or major morbidity (DOMM) among infants <25 weeks estimated gestational age (EGA) born during two post-surfactant era time periods... - Impact of timing of birth and resident duty-hour restrictions on outcomes for small preterm infantsEdward F Bell
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Pediatrics 126:222-31. 2010.... - Synchronized nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation and neonatal outcomesVineet Bhandari
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8064, USA
Pediatrics 124:517-26. 2009..Limited information is available on the outcomes of infants managed with SNIPPV... - Parenteral glutamine supplementation does not reduce the risk of mortality or late-onset sepsis in extremely low birth weight infantsBrenda B Poindexter
Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Pediatrics 113:1209-15. 2004..Whether glutamine supplementation would provide a similar benefit to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants is not known... - Neonatal candidiasis among extremely low birth weight infants: risk factors, mortality rates, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 to 22 monthsDaniel K Benjamin
Department of Pediatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 117:84-92. 2006..Neonatal candidiasis is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality rates. Neurodevelopmental follow-up data for a large multicenter cohort have not been reported... - Inhaled nitric oxide for premature infants with severe respiratory failureKrisa P Van Meurs
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif 94304, USA
N Engl J Med 353:13-22. 2005..We conducted a multicenter, randomized, blinded, controlled trial to determine whether inhaled nitric oxide reduced the rate of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in such infants... - Missed opportunities for congenital syphilis prevention in an urban southeastern hospitalL Warner
Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 28:92-8. 2001..Despite recent declines in syphilis rates nationally, recent outbreaks suggest that prevention of congenital syphilis remains an ongoing public health problem... - Necrotising enterocolitis hospitalisations among neonates in the United StatesRobert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 20:498-506. 2006..NEC accounts for substantial morbidity; thus, the development of prevention strategies and effective therapies continues to be an important issue... - Prediction of death for extremely low birth weight neonatesNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Pediatrics 116:1367-73. 2005.... - Late-onset sepsis in very low birth weight neonates: the experience of the NICHD Neonatal Research NetworkBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Pediatrics 110:285-91. 2002..Strategies to reduce late-onset sepsis and its medical, social, and economic toll need to be addressed urgently... - Maternal age, multiple birth, and extremely low birth weight infantsBetty R Vohr
Department of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
J Pediatr 154:498-503.e2. 2009..To compare the rates of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome or death at 18 to 22 months among extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants born to mothers >or=4 0 years to the corresponding rates among infants of younger mothers... - Infections in VLBW infants: studies from the NICHD Neonatal Research NetworkBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Semin Perinatol 27:293-301. 2003..Successful strategies to reduce infections among VLBW infants would improve survival, reduce neonatal morbidity, and reduce the high medical and social costs of VLBW infant care... - Enterobacter sakazakii is a rare cause of neonatal septicemia or meningitis in VLBW infantsBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Pediatr 144:821-3. 2004..Only one case of ES sepsis was identified among 10660 neonates. These data suggest that outside of the epidemic situation, ES is very rare in very low birth weight infants... - To tap or not to tap: high likelihood of meningitis without sepsis among very low birth weight infantsBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 113:1181-6. 2004..Because CSF cultures were performed only half as often as BCs, this discordance in blood and CSF culture results suggests that meningitis may be underdiagnosed among VLBW infants... - Community supports after surviving extremely low-birth-weight, extremely preterm birth: special outpatient services in early childhoodSusan R Hintz
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:748-55. 2008..To determine special outpatient services (SOS) use, need, associated factors, and neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes among extremely preterm infants at 18 to 22 months' corrected age... - Effects of prophylactic indomethacin in extremely low-birth-weight infants with and without adequate exposure to antenatal corticosteroidsBarbara Schmidt
Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Ravdin 8, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:642-6. 2011..To examine whether treatment with antenatal corticosteroids modifies the immediate and long-term effects of prophylactic indomethacin sodium trihydrate in extremely low-birth-weight infants... - Neonatal candidiasis: epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical judgmentDaniel K Benjamin
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 Pratt St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Pediatrics 126:e865-73. 2010..We quantified risk factors that predict infection in premature infants at high risk and compared clinical judgment with a prediction model of invasive candidiasis... - Changes in pathogens causing early-onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infantsBarbara J Stoll
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
N Engl J Med 347:240-7. 2002..The change in pathogens over time from predominantly gram-positive to predominantly gram-negative requires confirmation by ongoing surveillance... - Antenatal consent in the SUPPORT trial: challenges, costs, and representative enrollmentWade D Rich
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Pediatrics 126:e215-21. 2010.... - Perinatal systemic inflammatory response syndrome and retinopathy of prematurityBeena G Sood
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Pediatr Res 67:394-400. 2010..We conclude that perinatal inflammation may be involved in the pathogenesis of ROP... - Infection in late preterm infantsDaniel K Benjamin
Department of Pediatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Clin Perinatol 33:871-82; abstract x. 2006..This article discusses infections that might be seen in this population and gives options for diagnosis and treatment... - Stability of neuromotor outcomes at 18 and 30 months of age after extremely low birth weight statusMyriam Peralta-Carcelen
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Pediatrics 123:e887-95. 2009..Extremely low birth weight (< or =1000 g) children have increased rates of cerebral palsy and other abnormal neurologic findings... - Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infantsSusan R Hintz
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Pediatrics 125:e146-54. 2010..Accurate models for predicting time to hospital discharge could aid in resource planning, family counseling, and stimulate quality-improvement initiatives... - Association of H2-blocker therapy and higher incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infantsRonnie Guillet
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
Pediatrics 117:e137-42. 2006..We sought to determine if an association exists between the use of histamine-2 receptor (H2) blockers and the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants of 401 to 1500 g in birth weight... - Soluble L-selectin, a marker of immune activation, in neonatal infectionA P Kourtis
Division of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Clin Immunol 109:224-8. 2003..026). Soluble L-selectin, and thus immune activation level, is highest in neonates with neonatal infection and needs to be further evaluated as a surrogate marker for diagnosing sepsis in the neonate... - Antifungal prophylaxis to prevent neonatal candidiasis: a survey of perinatal physician practicesLauren A Burwell
Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1019-26. 2006..The extent of antifungal prophylaxis use to prevent neonatal candidemia is unknown... - Extremely low birthweight neonates with protracted ventilation: mortality and 18-month neurodevelopmental outcomesMichele C Walsh
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Pediatr 146:798-804. 2005..To compare duration of ventilation to mortality and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely low birth weight (ELBW; 501-1000 g) infants... - Predictors of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants with respiratory failureN Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
J Perinatol 28:420-6. 2008..To identify the variables that predict death/physiologic bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants with severe respiratory failure... - Outcomes of safety and effectiveness in a multicenter randomized, controlled trial of whole-body hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathySeetha Shankaran
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Pediatrics 122:e791-8. 2008..Whole-body hypothermia reduced the frequency of death or moderate/severe disabilities in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in a randomized, controlled multicenter trial... - Early-onset neonatal sepsis in the era of widespread intrapartum chemoprophylaxisStephanie J Schrag
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:939-40. 2006 - Major congenital anomalies place extremely low birth weight infants at higher risk for poor growth and developmental outcomesRachel V Walden
Pediatrix Medical Group of Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Pediatrics 120:e1512-9. 2007..Studies of growth and neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely low birth weight infants often exclude infants with major congenital anomalies; thus, there are few outcome data available on these infants... - Risk factors for early death among extremely low-birth-weight infantsSeetha Shankaran
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:796-802. 2002..4; 95% CI, 1.3-1.6), and lower birth weight per 50 g (95% CI, 1.2-1.4). CONCLUSION: Early death (<12 hours of age) among extremely low-birth-weight infants may reflect an assessment of non-viability by obstetricians and neonatologists... - Laparotomy versus peritoneal drainage for necrotizing enterocolitis or isolated intestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants: outcomes through 18 months adjusted ageMartin L Blakely
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Pediatrics 117:e680-7. 2006.... - Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birthweight infantsAvroy A Fanaroff
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:147.e1-8. 2007..To document the mortality and morbidity of infants weighing 501-1500 g at birth according to gestational age, birthweight, and sex... - Evidence-based ethics and the care and outcome of extremely premature infantsJon E Tyson
Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.106, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Perinatol 30:363-87. 2003.... - Does labor influence neonatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely-low-birth-weight infants who are born by cesarean delivery?Rajan Wadhawan
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, Bethesda, MD 02905, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:501-6. 2003..We hypothesized that infants who are born by cesarean delivery without labor will have better outcomes than those infants who are born by cesarean delivery with labor... - Effect of parenteral glutamine supplementation on plasma amino acid concentrations in extremely low-birth-weight infantsBrenda B Poindexter
Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:737-43. 2003..Currently available amino acid solutions are likely to be suboptimal in their supply of phenylalanine, tyrosine, or both for these infants... - Association between fluid intake and weight loss during the first ten days of life and risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low birth weight infantsWilliam Oh
Neonatal Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Pediatr 147:786-90. 2005..To demonstrate the association between fluid intake and weight loss during the first 10 days of life and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants... - Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weightBrenda H Morris
University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
N Engl J Med 359:1885-96. 2008..It is unclear whether aggressive phototherapy to prevent neurotoxic effects of bilirubin benefits or harms infants with extremely low birth weight (1000 g or less)... - Whole-body hypothermia for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathySeetha Shankaran
Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Wayne State University, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1574-84. 2005..Hypothermia is protective against brain injury after asphyxiation in animal models. However, the safety and effectiveness of hypothermia in term infants with encephalopathy is uncertain... - Neurodevelopmental outcome of premature infants after antenatal phenobarbital exposureSeetha Shankaran
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:171-7. 2002.... - Association between peak serum bilirubin and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infantsWilliam Oh
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
Pediatrics 112:773-9. 2003..To assess the association between peak total serum bilirubin (PSB) levels during the first 2 weeks of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants at 18 to 22 months' postmenstrual age... - Is home-based diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis feasible and effective? Seven years of intervention in the Gadchiroli field trial (1996 to 2003)Abhay T Bang
Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health, Gadchiroli, India
J Perinatol 25:S62-71. 2005..To further evaluate our earlier findings on the feasibility and effectiveness of home-based management of neonatal sepsis by analysing 7 years data (1996 to 2003) from the field trial in Gadchiroli, India...
Research Grants
- NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research NetworkBarbara Stoll; Fiscal Year: 2007..Dr. Stoll and the entire Emory Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine are enthusiastic in their commitment to the work of the Network. ..
- Research on the Scope and Causes of Stillbirth in the USCarol Hogue; Fiscal Year: 2007..The investigators are committed to working collaboratively with other clinical centers and scientific groups to achieve the goals of the NICHD Stillbirth Network. ..