Neonatal Medicine News

• Parental Refusal of Neonatal Therapy a Growing Problem Parents who refuse one indicated neonatal preventive therapy often refuse others even when the reasons are different, according to an update at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2020 Virtual.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2020
• Small NY Study: Mother-Baby Transmission of COVID-19 Not Seen All infants born to a cohort of 31 COVID-19-positive mothers tested negative for the virus during the height of the New York surge, according to a study from New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2020
• Cerclage in Twin Pregnancies Reduces Perinatal Mortality 'These results have the potential to change practice and help many more women have healthy twin babies,' said Dr. Berghella.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2020
• Scientists Find 'Exquisitely Potent' Antibodies; Blood Test May Identify Who Needs Steroids Here is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 24, 2020
• 'Father of ECMO': When a Ventilator Isn't Enough Ventilators got more press in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but ECMO, another rescue therapy, has been lifesaving for some COVID-19 patients who don't improve on mechanical ventilation alone.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2020
• OB-GYNs Struggle to Keep Pace With Changing COVID Knowledge Labor and delivery is already an emotionally and physically fraught field. Trying to keep women and babies safe and healthy during birth has never been more challenging.
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2020
• Stillbirth Incidence Increases During COVID-19 Pandemic The incidence of stillbirth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a comparative study of pregnancy outcomes in a London hospital.
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2020
• Living Near Gas Flaring Sites May Increase Risk of Preterm Birth -study Women living near oil and gas production sites where natural gas is flared may be at a higher risk of giving birth preterm, a team of California researchers reported on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 15, 2020
• CDC Revises COVID-19 Risks During Pregnancy as Research Lags Experts say a new CDC study on COVID-19 in pregnancy has startling data gaps that endanger pregnant women and babies.
  Undark, July 14, 2020
• COVID 2020Possible In Utero SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Evidence suggests that a mother can pass COVID-19 to her fetus, but more information is needed to come to a definitive conclusion, Italian researchers say. It is likely a rare occurrence, they add.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020
• AIDS 2020'Time to Lay to Rest' Fears About Dolutegravir Birth Defects Rates of neural tube defects in newborns thought to be linked to the use of dolutegravir at the time of conception are much lower than previously reported, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2020
• Interventions Could Reduce Racial Disparity in Neonatal Kernicterus Various interventions could reduce the largely overlooked high kernicterus rate among Black infants, a new review suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2020
• Subclinical Hypothyroidism Appears Common in Women With Miscarriage Among women with a history of miscarriage or subfertility, the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism is about 20% when using a TSH cutoff of 2.5 mIU/L.
  Medscape Medical News, July 02, 2020
• Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 May Present With Hypoxemia Without Respiratory Distress Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection may present in the first days of life with clinically significant hypoxemia in a newborn that doesn't have overt signs of respiratory distress or require oxygen therapy, one case report suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 30, 2020
• Did Hospital Administrators Impede a Racial Profiling Investigation? Federal regulators are investigating a hospital accused of racial profiling. Hospital staff said administrators appeared to hide documents and discouraged cooperation with an initial state inquiry.
  ProPublica, June 25, 2020
• Newborn Mexican Triplets Have Coronavirus, but Parents Do Not Mexican health authorities are trying to understand how a set of newborn triplets became infected with the novel coronavirus even though neither one of their parents tested positive for the virus.
  Reuters Health Information, June 24, 2020
• Women, Babies at Risk as COVID-19 Disrupts Health Services, World Bank Warns Millions of women and children in poor countries are at risk because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting health services they rely on, from neonatal and maternity care to immunisations and contraception, a World Bank global health expert has warned.
  Reuters Health Information, June 24, 2020
• New Definitions of Hypertension Reveal New Preeclampsia Risks While hypertension has been associated with adverse maternal and fetal effects, it was unclear whether lesser elevations in blood pressure also are linked to the same.
  Medscape Medical News, June 19, 2020
• EAACI 2020Probiotics Reduce Allergic Rhinitis in Children and Adults Probiotics appear to benefit people with allergic rhinitis, two studies show. More clinical trials are needed to look at these products, which are often not considered 'real drugs,' an expert says.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2020
• Cesarean Delivery Tied to Worse Outcomes in Women With COVID-19 Cesarean delivery was associated with severe maternal outcomes and clinical deterioration compared to vaginal delivery among women infected with COVID-19 in Spain.
  Reuters Health Information, June 15, 2020