Neonatal Medicine News

• As COVID Restrictions Ease, RSV and Other Viruses Re-Eemerge The CDC urges more testing for RSV among patients presenting with acute respiratory illness who test negative for SARS-CoV-2. RSV is just one of the viruses reemerging as COVID restrictions lift.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• ACOG 2021 Intersection of Trauma, Race in Pregnancy Calls for More Study Black patients experienced more moderate to severe violent trauma during pregnancy than non-Black patients, according to research from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• ACOG 2021 Vaping and Pregnancy: Inhaled Toxins Among Reasons for Pause Researchers are trying to understand how e-cigarette use affects pregnancy and birth outcomes. This question may become more relevant as younger vapers start having children.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Balloon in Esophagus Boosts Survival When Large Diaphragm Hernia Stunts Fetal Lung Development Temporarily inflating a balloon in the esophagus of a fetus can significantly improve survival when the child has a severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia on the left side, according to results from the international TOTAL trial.
  Reuters Health Information, June 08, 2021
• Stopping Seizure Meds Before Hospital Discharge Appears Safe in Most Newborns For most newborns with acute symptomatic seizures, doctors can safely stop antiseizure medications before hospital discharge, without worse neurodevelopmental outcomes or increased risk of epilepsy, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2021
• Chemicals in Furniture, Carpets, Food Packages Taint Mothers' Milk PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals', contaminated the breast milk of every one of 50 Seattle-area nursing mothers tested in 2019, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, May 28, 2021
• Preemie Stabilization Not Required for Newborns to Benefit From 'Kangaroo Care' Quickly placing a low-birth-weight newborn on the bare chest of the mother and not waiting for the baby to stabilize cuts the neonatal death rate by 25%, according to a new international study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 26, 2021
• 'Hidden Tongue-Ties' in Infants Have Scant Scientific Backing Some doctors blame common tongue anatomy for breastfeeding issues while the rate of corrective procedures is rising.
  Undark, May 26, 2021
• USPSTF to Clinicians: Advise Patients on Gestational Weight Gain The US Preventive Services Task Force now recommends clinicians counsel their pregnant patients in primary care settings to use interventions to limit excess gestational weight gain.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2021
• Systemic Right Ventricle Often Not a Barrier to Successful Pregnancy Despite previous concerns, pregnancy in most women with a systemic right ventricle appears to be relatively safe for mother and child, an international registry study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, May 25, 2021
• Skip Routine Probiotics for Preemies, AAP Says Although probiotics are increasingly given to preterm infants, data on their safety and efficacy are inconsistent, and these dietary supplements are not subject to approval by the FDA, the AAP notes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2021
• Children Born Just Weeks Early Face Higher Risk of Developmental Problems Preemies face a high risk of neurodevelopmental problems at 5 years of age, even when they're born at 32 to 34 weeks of gestation, according to a large cohort study from France.
  Reuters Health Information, May 21, 2021
• Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Pregnant Women's Rights 'Evidence has shown that we can't depend on jails and prisons to provide even the most basic, common sense and humane care to women who are giving birth in custody,' said Colorado attorney Mari Newman.
  Associated Press, May 20, 2021
• PAS 2021 Mother-to-Infant COVID-19 Transmission Is Unlikely Mothers exposed to COVID-19 during pregnancy are not likely to transmit the infection to their newborns, data from more than 2,000 women suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2021
• Heavy Cannabis Use in Pregnancy Correlates With Risks to Infant Cannabis use that interferes with a woman's ability to function during pregnancy is a risk factor for severe health problems in the child, new research indicates.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
• ACOG 2021 To Address Racial Health Inequities, Understand Their Roots High rates of Black infant and maternal morbidity and mortality are rooted in health inequities and generational stress that date back centuries, according to Haywood L. Brown, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2021
• ACOG 2021 Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Requires Long-term Management Women with primary ovarian insufficiency may experience some intermittent ovarian function, experts report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2021
• PAS 2021 Low-risk Preterm Infants May Not Need Antibiotics Taking into account birth circumstances before prescribing antibiotics may reduce unnecessary exposure for preterm infants at risk of early-onset sepsis, according to a single center study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2021
• Neonatal Outcomes After Uterine Transplant Reflect Gestational Age Infants delivered via cesarean section after uterus transplantation appear to have outcomes similar to what's expected for newborns of the same gestational age, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Topical Corticosteroids in Pregnancy Have No Impact on Birth Weight Use of topical corticosteroids does not appear to increase the risk of newborns being small for gestational age or having low birth weight, according to a large cohort study from Denmark.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021