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Inhaled NO and markers of oxidant injury in infants with respiratory failureKrisa P Van Meurs
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Perinatol 25:463-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: In term infants with respiratory failure, prolonged iNO exposure is associated with a transient increase in markers of oxidative stress, but this finding does not appear to predict the development of CLD...- Inhaled nitric oxide in infants >1500 g and <34 weeks gestation with severe respiratory failureK P Van Meurs
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Perinatol 27:347-52. 2007..Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) use in infants >1500 g, but <34 weeks gestation with severe respiratory failure will reduce the incidence of death and/or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)... - Inhaled nitric oxide in preterm infants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysisLisa M Askie
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
BMC Pediatr 10:15. 2010.... - Is surfactant therapy beneficial in the treatment of the term newborn infant with congenital diaphragmatic hernia?Krisa Van Meurs
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 750 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Pediatr 145:312-6. 2004..To determine the impact of surfactant replacement on survival, need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and chronic lung disease in term infants with prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)... - 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... - The use of inhaled nitric oxide in the premature infant with respiratory distress syndromeK Van Meurs
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Salter Packard Children s Hospital, 750 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Minerva Pediatr 58:403-22. 2006..Further research is needed to answer these questions and more clearly define the population of premature infants who may derive benefit from this new therapy... - 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... - A randomized trial of early versus standard inhaled nitric oxide therapy in term and near-term newborn infants with hypoxic respiratory failureG Ganesh Konduri
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Pediatrics 113:559-64. 2004..We conducted a randomized, double masked, multicenter trial to determine whether administration of iNO earlier in respiratory failure results in additional reduction in the incidence of these outcomes... - Maintaining adequate anticoagulation on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy: Hemochron Junior Low Range versus Hemochron 400Christopher E Colby
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
J Extra Corpor Technol 35:35-8. 2003..There is a difference in the ACT values produced by Hemochron 400 and Hemochron Jr. LR. Failure to calibrate target ACT levels after changing machines may lead to shorter circuit life and more clotting complications... - Early-childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes are not improving for infants born at <25 weeks' gestational ageSusan 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 127:62-70. 2011..We compared neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 to 22 months' corrected age of infants born with extremely low birth weight at an estimated gestational age of <25 weeks during 2 periods: 1999-2001 (epoch 1) and 2002-2004 (epoch 2)... - Utilization and outcomes of neonatal cardiac extracorporeal life support: 1996-2000Susan R Hintz
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:33-8. 2005..Among neonates born 1996-2000, our objects were to evaluate changes in utilization and outcome of cardiac extracorporeal life support and characterize correlates of survival... - 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... - 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... - Interobserver reliability and accuracy of cranial ultrasound scanning interpretation in premature infantsSusan R Hintz
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Pediatr 150:592-6, 596.e1-5. 2007..To assess interobserver reliability between 2 central readers of cranial ultrasound scanning (CUS) and accuracy of local, compared with central, interpretations... - Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants with severe respiratory failure enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of inhaled nitric oxideSusan R Hintz
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
J Pediatr 151:16-22, 22.e1-3. 2007.... - Inhaled nitric oxide for preterm premature rupture of membranes, oligohydramnios, and pulmonary hypoplasiaValerie Y Chock
Division of Neonatology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Am J Perinatol 26:317-22. 2009..However, the small sample size precludes definitive conclusions. Further studies are required to determine if iNO is of benefit in this specific patient population... - Summary proceedings from the cardiology group on cardiovascular instability in preterm infantsBillie Lou Short
Division of Neonatology, Children s National Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Pediatrics 117:S34-9. 2006..The group identified specific design elements that would need to be addressed for the complicated trial design to study inotropic agents in neonates... - 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.... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - Seizures in extremely low birth weight infants are associated with adverse outcomeAlexis S Davis
Division of Neonatal Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
J Pediatr 157:720-5.e1-2. 2010..To examine risk factors for neonatal clinical seizures and to determine the independent association with death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants... - 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... - Cytokines associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely low birth weight infantsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Pediatrics 123:1132-41. 2009..The goal was to develop multivariate logistic regression models for the outcome of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or death at postmenstrual age of 36 weeks by using clinical and cytokine data from the first 28 days... - ECMO for neonatal respiratory failureK Rais Bahrami
The George Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, Children s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Semin Perinatol 29:15-23. 2005..This article reviews the current selection criteria for ECMO and the clinical management of neonates on ECMO, and discusses the long-term outcome of neonates treated with ECMO... - Treatment evolution in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia: ten years' experience with diaphragmatic agenesisKevin P Lally
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School Houston and Memorial Hermann Children s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Ann Surg 244:505-13. 2006..The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of newer therapies on the highest risk patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), those with agenesis of the diaphragm... - Corticosteroids for fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: can we show benefit?Kevin P Lally
Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Pediatr Surg 41:668-74; discussion 668-74. 2006..Prenatal corticosteroids have been used in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We tested the utility of steroids by 2 methods... - 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)...
Research Grants
- NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research NetworkKrisa Van Meurs; Fiscal Year: 2007..In summary, the Division has the physical space, research resources, professional staff, and patient population necessary to qualify as one of the finest centers participating in the Network. ..
- Amplitude-Integrated EEG and Brain Injury in ELBW InfantsKrisa Van Meurs; Fiscal Year: 2007..b>Krisa Van Meurs and Dr. David Stevenson...