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Cytokines and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infantsWaldemar A Carlo
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
J Pediatr 159:919-25.e3. 2011....
Gentle ventilation: the new evidence from the SUPPORT, COIN, VON, CURPAP, Colombian Network, and Neocosur Network trialsW A Carlo
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249 7335, USA
Early Hum Dev 88:S81-3. 2012..This review will address the recent trials of early continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as an alternative to the common practice of surfactant and mechanical ventilation...
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants requiring resuscitation in developing countriesWaldemar A Carlo
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Pediatr 160:781-5.e1. 2012..To determine whether resuscitation of infants who failed to develop effective breathing at birth increases survivors with neurodevelopmental impairment...
Classifying perinatal mortality using verbal autopsy: is there a role for nonphysicians?Cyril Engmann
Departments of Pediatrics and Maternal Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Popul Health Metr 9:42. 2011..abstract:..
Neonatal resuscitation and immediate newborn assessment and stimulation for the prevention of neonatal deaths: a systematic review, meta-analysis and Delphi estimation of mortality effectAnne C C Lee
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Public Health 11:S12. 2011..03 million from complications of prematurity. No systematic assessment of mortality reduction from tactile stimulation or resuscitation has been published...
Complementary feeding: a Global Network cluster randomized controlled trialNancy F Krebs
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
BMC Pediatr 11:4. 2011..Animal source foods in particular are cited as essential to achieve micronutrient requirements. The efficacy of the recommendation for regular meat consumption, however, has not been systematically evaluated...
Brain research to ameliorate impaired neurodevelopment--home-based intervention trial (BRAIN-HIT)Jan L Wallander
Psychological Sciences and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, 5200 Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA
BMC Pediatr 10:27. 2010....
Reduced perinatal mortality following enhanced training of birth attendants in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a time-dependent effectRichard Matendo
Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
BMC Med 9:93. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect on perinatal mortality of training birth attendants in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using two established programs...
Care of very low birth weight infants with respiratory distress syndrome: an evidence-based reviewW A Carlo
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
Minerva Pediatr 56:373-80. 2004..Antenatal corticosteroids and surfactant replacement have improved the care of very low birth weight infants...
Educational impact of the neonatal resuscitation program in low-risk delivery centers in a developing countryWaldemar A Carlo
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
J Pediatr 154:504-508.e5. 2009..To evaluate the effectiveness of the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) in improving knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy of nurse midwives in low-risk delivery clinics in a developing country...
Can lung ultrasound scanning be a useful diagnostic tool in neonates with respiratory distress?Waldemar A Carlo
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 7335, USA
Neonatology 91:210-1. 2007
High mortality rates for very low birth weight infants in developing countries despite trainingWaldemar A Carlo
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 176F Suite 9380, 619 S 19th St, Birmingham, AL 35249 7335, USA
Pediatrics 126:e1072-80. 2010..The study was designed to test the hypothesis that these training programs would reduce neonatal mortality rates for VLBW infants...
Newborn care training of midwives and neonatal and perinatal mortality rates in a developing countryWaldemar A Carlo
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 9380 Women and Infants Center, 1700 6th Ave South Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Pediatrics 126:e1064-71. 2010..This study was designed to test the hypothesis that 2 training programs would reduce incrementally 7-day neonatal mortality rates for low-risk institutional deliveries...
Association of antenatal corticosteroids with mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants born at 22 to 25 weeks' gestationWaldemar A Carlo
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, 9380 Women and Infants Center, 1700 Sixth Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
JAMA 306:2348-58. 2011..However, many infants born before 24 weeks' gestation are provided intensive care...
Newborn-care training and perinatal mortality in developing countriesWaldemar A Carlo
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
N Engl J Med 362:614-23. 2010..Of the 3.7 million neonatal deaths and 3.3 million stillbirths each year, 98% occur in developing countries. An evaluation of community-based interventions designed to reduce the number of these deaths is needed...
Hypocapnia and hypercapnia in respiratory management of newborn infantsN Ambalavanan
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Clin Perinatol 28:517-31. 2001..Clearly, more randomized, controlled trials are needed before this latter strategy or that of permissive hypercapnia can be recommended routinely for preterm, near-term, or term gestation infants with respiratory disorders...
An alternative strategy for perinatal verbal autopsy coding: single versus multiple codersC Engmann
Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7596, USA USA
Trop Med Int Health 16:18-29. 2011..To determine the comparability between cause of death (COD) by a single physician coder and a two-physician panel, using verbal autopsy...
Impact of postnatal corticosteroid use on neurodevelopment at 18 to 22 months' adjusted age: effects of dose, timing, and risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low birth weight infantsDeanne Wilson-Costello
Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Division of Neonatology, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Pediatrics 123:e430-7. 2009....
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...
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...
Comparison of the prediction of extremely low birth weight neonatal mortality by regression analysis and by neural networksN Ambalavanan
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 525 New Hillman Bldg, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
Early Hum Dev 65:123-37. 2001..To compare the prediction of mortality in individual extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates by regression analysis and by artificial neural networks...
Outcome of extremely preterm infants randomized at birth to different PaCO2 targets during the first seven days of lifeUlrich H Thome
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala, USA
Biol Neonate 90:218-25. 2006..Ventilation with higher PaCO(2) goals may reduce lung injury and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The effect may be enhanced by using a higher PaCO(2) goal than in previous trials...
Birth asphyxia survivors in a developing countryD R Halloran
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Perinatol 29:243-9. 2009..Determine the baseline incidence of birth asphyxia in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) survivors in a developing country and the early neurodevelopmental outcomes of such 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...
Prostaglandin E1-induced hyperostosis: clinicopathologic correlations and possible pathogenetic mechanismsO M Faye-Petersen
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Pediatr Pathol Lab Med 16:489-507. 1996..Moreover, the time course of PGE1-induced osteoblast proliferation and mineralization suggests that experimental use for 4-8 weeks may benefit conditions such as ununited fractures...
Sustained reductions in neonatal nosocomial infection rates following a comprehensive infection control interventionR L Schelonka
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Perinatol 26:176-9. 2006..We sought to determine if comprehensive infection control (CIC) measures decrease rates in a large neonatal intensive care nursery...
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....
Intercenter differences in bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death among very low birth weight infantsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Pediatrics 127:e106-16. 2011....
Respiratory distress syndrome in VLBW infants: changes in management and outcomes observed by the NICHD Neonatal Research NetworkElaine B St John
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233-7335, USA
Semin Perinatol 27:288-92. 2003..These trends need to be examined further and standardized methods for determining oxygen requirement are needed...
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...
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...
Mortality and morbidity by month of birth of neonates admitted to an academic neonatal intensive care unitThomas D Soltau
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
Pediatrics 122:e1048-52. 2008..It is possible that variation in clinical expertise of housestaff affects important clinical outcomes in infants in ICUs...
Survey of vitamin A supplementation for extremely-low-birth-weight infants: is clinical practice consistent with the evidence?Namasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 South 20th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
J Pediatr 145:304-7. 2004....
Delivery room continuous positive airway pressure/positive end-expiratory pressure in extremely low birth weight infants: a feasibility trialNeil N Finer
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 200 W Arbor Dr, 8774, San Diego, CA 92103 8774, USA
Pediatrics 114:651-7. 2004....
Nitric oxide administration using an oxygen hood: a pilot trialNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4312. 2009..Our objective in this study was to determine feasibility of iNO by oxygen hood in neonates with elevated alveolar-arterial oxygen gradients (A-aDO(2))...
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: new insightsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 620 South 20th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Clin Perinatol 31:613-28. 2004..Future therapeutic interventions are likely to target one or more of these abnormalities in lung development, maturation, and response to injury...
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...
A comparison of three vitamin A dosing regimens in extremely-low-birth-weight infantsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Pediatr 142:656-61. 2003....
Predicting outcomes of neonates diagnosed with hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathyNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Pediatrics 118:2084-93. 2006..The goals were to identify predictor variables and to develop scoring systems and classification trees to predict death/disability or death in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy...
Ventilatory strategies in the prevention and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Semin Perinatol 30:192-9. 2006..There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines on management of infants with established BPD. Optimization of clinical care practices and ancillary therapies need to be combined with ventilatory strategies to prevent and manage BPD...
Fetal growth risk curves: defining levels of fetal growth restriction by neonatal death riskSheree L Boulet
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1571-7. 2006..We developed a fetal growth risk curve that delineates the birth weight values for gestational age that reflect a 2-, 2.5-, and 3-fold neonatal death risk relative to infants with normal fetal growth...
Vitamin A supplementation for extremely low birth weight infants: outcome at 18 to 22 monthsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
Pediatrics 115:e249-54. 2005..89). As with postnatal steroids or other interventions, it is important to ensure that there are no longer-term adverse effects that outweigh neonatal benefits...
Using verbal autopsy to ascertain perinatal cause of death: are trained non-physicians adequate?C Engmann
Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7596, USA
Trop Med Int Health 14:1496-504. 2009..To develop a standardized verbal autopsy (VA) training program and evaluate whether its implementation resulted in comparable knowledge required to classify perinatal cause of death (COD) by physicians and non-physicians...
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...
Effects of delayed cord clamping in very-low-birth-weight infantsW Oh
Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA
J Perinatol 31:S68-71. 2011..Delayed cord clamping (DCC) may be beneficial in very-preterm and very-low-birth-weight infants...
Early prediction of poor outcome in extremely low birth weight infants by classification tree analysisN Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Pediatr 148:438-444. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The ability to predict long-term morbidity/death in extremely low birth weight infants does not improve significantly over the first week of life. Effects of different variables depend on age...
Outcome of term infants using apgar scores at 10 minutes following hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyAbbot R Laptook
Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Pediatrics 124:1619-26. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine whether Apgar scores at 10 minutes are associated with death or disability in early childhood after perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy...
Clinical data predict neurodevelopmental outcome better than head ultrasound in extremely low birth weight infantsEduardo Broitman
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Pediatr 151:500-5, 505.e1-2. 2007..To determine the relative contribution of clinical data versus head ultrasound scanning (HUS) in predicting neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in extremely low birth weight infants...
Minimal ventilation to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely-low-birth-weight infantsWaldemar A Carlo
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Neonatology, 35233, USA
J Pediatr 141:370-4. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: With the sample size studied, minimal ventilation did not reduce the incidence of death or BPD. The reduced ventilator support at 36 weeks in the minimal ventilation group warrants further study of this intervention...
Gastric residuals and their relationship to necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infantsBridget Arnold Cobb
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 35249, USA
Pediatrics 113:50-3. 2004..However, there was overlap with the normal control subjects. Of the gastric residual data, the maximum residual seems to be the best predictor for NEC in the subsequent days...
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....
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...
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...
PaCO2 and neurodevelopment in extremely low birth weight infantsLara A McKee
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Pediatr 155:217-21.e1. 2009..To determine the relationship between PaCO2 in the first 4 days of life and neurodevelopment at 18 to 22 months...
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...
Retinol-binding protein, transthyretin, and C-reactive protein in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infantsNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35246, USA
J Perinatol 25:714-9. 2005..Lower TTR and maintained RBP/TTR ratios suggest inflammation rather than vitamin A deficiency as the cause for lower serum vitamin A levels in ELBW infants....
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....
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....
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....
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...
Pulmonary complications of mechanical ventilation in neonatesJ Davin Miller
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 525 New Hillman Building, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
Clin Perinatol 35:273-81, x-xi. 2008..Clinical research is needed to improve mechanical ventilator strategies to reduce pulmonary complications and improve long-term outcomes...
Safety and effectiveness of permissive hypercapnia in the preterm infantJ Davin Miller
University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233 7335, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 19:142-4. 2007..There are physiologic rationale and recent experimental data to support the potential benefits of permissive hypercapnia...
Feasibility of nitric oxide administration by oxygen hood in neonatal pulmonary hypertensionNamasivayam Ambalavanan
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249-6098, USA
J Perinatol 22:50-6. 2002..NO administration could be performed without detectable environmental leakage. CONCLUSION: Hood NO administration is feasible and shows hemodynamic efficacy in neonatal piglets with pulmonary hypertension...
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...
Prophylactic phenobarbital and whole-body cooling for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyDonald F Meyn
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Pediatr 157:334-6. 2010..3) but fewer clinical seizures in cooled infants who received prophylactic phenobarbital (15% vs 82% P < .0001)...
Identification of serious congenital heart disease in neonates after initial hospital dischargeJohn T Benjamin
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Congenit Heart Dis 2:327-31. 2007..We sought to determine the time to identification for infants with serious CHD admitted to the State of Alabama's neonatal cardiovascular center and to identify types of cardiac lesions associated with an earlier vs. later diagnosis...
Elevated temperature after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: risk factor for adverse outcomesAbbot Laptook
Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Pediatrics 122:491-9. 2008....
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...
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...
Both extremes of arterial carbon dioxide pressure and the magnitude of fluctuations in arterial carbon dioxide pressure are associated with severe intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infantsJorge Fabres
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Pediatrics 119:299-305. 2007..The goal was to test the hypothesis that extremes of PaCO2 during the first 4 days after birth are associated with severe intraventricular hemorrhage (grades 3 and 4)...
Permissive hypercapniaUlrich H Thome
Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital, University of Ulm, 89070 Ulm, Germany
Semin Neonatol 7:409-19. 2002..Herein, we review the mechanisms leading to lung injury, the physiologic effects of hypercapnia, the dangers of hypocapnia, and the available clinical data...
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...
Mortality in low birth weight infants according to level of neonatal care at hospital of birthJavier Cifuentes
Department of Pediatrics, , Santiago, Chile
Pediatrics 109:745-51. 2002..Greater efforts should be made to deliver infants with expected BW of <2000 g at hospitals with regional NICUs...
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)...
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...
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...
The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: umbilical cord blood Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis cultures in very preterm newborn infantsRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:43.e1-5. 2008....
The outcome of infants with an Apgar score of zero at 10 minutes: past and futureWaldemar A Carlo
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:422-3. 2007
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001, Public Law No. 107-207David Boyle
Indian University Medical Center, 699 West Dr, RR208, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Pediatrics 111:680-1. 2003
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...
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...
