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Preterm Infants: Risk for Death Estimated More Precisely A new model to predict mortality rates among very low birth weight infants takes into account not only gestational age but also sex, sex-specific birth-weight percentile, and lack of prenatal steroid therapy.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012
Stored Breast Milk Can Become Cytotoxic Breast milk that is refrigerated or frozen for three days might not be safe for preterm infants at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis, new research suggests.
Reuters Health Information, February 1, 2012

No Benefit of Corticosteroids in Neonatal Heart Surgery
Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2012
FDA Panel Votes Down 8% Progesterone Gel for Preterm Births
Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2012
Gel Did Not Reduce Premature Births in US: FDA Review
Reuters Health Information, January 18, 2012
Sucrose Better for Heel Stick Pain in Preemies
Reuters Health Information, January 17, 2012

Neonatal Medicine Perspectives

Protocols vs Individual Care: What's Best for VLBW Infants? A reader questions the wisdom of caring for the smallest of patients with protocols and algorithms, rather than taking an individualized approach.
Medscape Nurses, December 19, 2011
Ventilator-Associated Tracheitis and Antibiotic Duration Antibiotics may be misused in patients on mechanical ventilation. Learn about new research on the appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy in the NICU and PICU.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 19, 2011

Top 10 Pediatrics Articles: 2011
Medscape Pediatrics, December 8, 2011
How Young Is Too Young for Oseltamivir?
Medscape Pharmacists, October 19, 2011
Combination Formula/Breastfeeding and the Newborn
Medscape Pediatrics, October 12, 2011
‘Tongue-Tied’ Newborns: Does Frenotomy Help?
Medscape Pediatrics, October 7, 2011

Journals

Support for Parents of Multiples in the NICU
Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, February 6, 2012
HIV With Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Preterm Delivery
AIDS, January 25, 2012
Use of Leukocyte Counts in Evaluation of Neonatal Sepsis
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, January 23, 2012
Smoking in Preeclamptic Women and Birthweights
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 20, 2012
Maternal Exposure to Pollution Before and During Pregnancy
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 17, 2012

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