O Dammann

Summary

Affiliation: Tufts Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Toward multi-scale computational modeling in developmental disability research
    O Dammann
    Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Neuropediatrics 42:90-6. 2011
  2. ncbi Interinstitutional variation in prediction of death by SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II among extremely preterm infants
    Olaf Dammann
    Division of Newborn Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e1001-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Immaturity, perinatal inflammation, and retinopathy of prematurity: a multi-hit hypothesis
    Olaf Dammann
    Division of Newborn Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Early Hum Dev 85:325-9. 2009
  4. ncbi Topography of cerebral white-matter disease of prematurity studied prospectively in 1607 very-low-birthweight infants
    K C Kuban
    Department of Pediatrics, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    J Child Neurol 16:401-8. 2001
  5. ncbi Mediators of fetal inflammation in extremely low gestational age newborns
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA 505, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cytokine 13:234-9. 2001
  6. ncbi Fetal growth restriction is not associated with a reduced risk for bilateral spastic cerebral palsy in very-low-birthweight infants
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA505, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Early Hum Dev 64:79-89. 2001
  7. ncbi What explains away the increased risk of histological chorioamnionitis in African-American mothers of very-low-birthweight infants? Developmental Epidemiology Network Investigators
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 14:20-9. 2000
  8. ncbi Brain damage in preterm newborns: might enhancement of developmentally regulated endogenous protection open a door for prevention?
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 104:541-50. 1999
  9. ncbi Hypocarbia during the first 24 postnatal hours and white matter echolucencies in newborns < or = 28 weeks gestation
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA 505, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatr Res 49:388-93. 2001
  10. ncbi Possible strategies to protect the preterm brain against the fetal inflammatory response
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 86:18-20. 2001

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Toward multi-scale computational modeling in developmental disability research
    O Dammann
    Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Neuropediatrics 42:90-6. 2011
    ..In particular, designing multi-scale computational models should be considered by developmental neuroscientists interested in helping reduce the risk for developmental disabilities...
  2. ncbi Interinstitutional variation in prediction of death by SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II among extremely preterm infants
    Olaf Dammann
    Division of Newborn Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e1001-6. 2009
    ..Illness severity scores predict death among infants admitted to NICUs. We know of no study limited to a population defined by an extremely low gestational age...
  3. ncbi Immaturity, perinatal inflammation, and retinopathy of prematurity: a multi-hit hypothesis
    Olaf Dammann
    Division of Newborn Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Early Hum Dev 85:325-9. 2009
    ..To explore the relationship among markers of infection/inflammation in their association with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)...
  4. ncbi Topography of cerebral white-matter disease of prematurity studied prospectively in 1607 very-low-birthweight infants
    K C Kuban
    Department of Pediatrics, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    J Child Neurol 16:401-8. 2001
    ....
  5. ncbi Mediators of fetal inflammation in extremely low gestational age newborns
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA 505, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cytokine 13:234-9. 2001
    ..Such studies would also add to our understanding of the possible role of inflammatory mediators in the pathophysiology of the major complications of extreme prematurity...
  6. ncbi Fetal growth restriction is not associated with a reduced risk for bilateral spastic cerebral palsy in very-low-birthweight infants
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA505, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Early Hum Dev 64:79-89. 2001
    ....
  7. ncbi What explains away the increased risk of histological chorioamnionitis in African-American mothers of very-low-birthweight infants? Developmental Epidemiology Network Investigators
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 14:20-9. 2000
    ..We discuss the possibility that this set of confounding variables conveys, in part, the same information as the variable African-American, and also perhaps information about the availability and/or utilisation of prenatal health care...
  8. ncbi Brain damage in preterm newborns: might enhancement of developmentally regulated endogenous protection open a door for prevention?
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 104:541-50. 1999
    ..We suggest that research into networks of developmentally regulated endogenous protectors (such as oligotrophins) is necessary to broaden our perspectives in brain injury prevention in preterm newborns...
  9. ncbi Hypocarbia during the first 24 postnatal hours and white matter echolucencies in newborns < or = 28 weeks gestation
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, CA 505, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatr Res 49:388-93. 2001
    ..In the multivariable analyses, the association diminished after adjustment with a hypocarbia propensity score (odds ratio = 1.7; 95 % confidence interval, 0.8-3.2) or with potential confounders...
  10. ncbi Possible strategies to protect the preterm brain against the fetal inflammatory response
    O Dammann
    Neuroepidemiology Unit, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 86:18-20. 2001
    ..Appropriate observational and experimental studies are needed before clinical interventions can be initiated...
  11. ncbi Symptom-limited stair climbing as a predictor of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications after high-risk surgery
    M Girish
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Chest 120:1147-51. 2001
    ..The number of days in the hospital postoperatively decreased with a patient's increased ability to climb stairs. CONCLUSIONS: Symptom-limited stair climbing offers a simple, inexpensive means to predict POCs after high-risk surgery...