Category: Neo digest

Stone et al, Neona­tol­ogy, 2018 Abstract Vit­a­min E is obtained only through the diet and has a num­ber of impor­tant bio­log­i­cal activ­i­ties, includ­ing func­tion­ing as an antiox­i­dant. Evi­dence that free rad­i­cals may con­tribute to patho­log­i­cal process­es such as bron­chopul­monary dys­pla­sia (BPD), a dis­ease of pre­ma­tu­ri­ty asso­ci­at­ed with increased lung injury,…

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Kuter et al, Neona­tol­ogy, 2018 Back­ground: In high-risk new­borns indi­rect hyper­biliru­bine­mia can lead to acute biliru­bin encephalopa­thy and ker­nicterus. Despite the cur­rent ther­a­peu­tic modal­i­ties, pre­vent­ing or revers­ing the neu­ro­tox­i­c­i­ty can­not be achieved in all infants. Objec­tive: To inves­ti­gate the neu­ro­pro­tec­tive effects of hypother­mia on biliru­bin-induced tox­i­c­i­ty in pri­ma­ry mouse neu­ronal…

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Kaiser et al, Neona­tol­ogy, 2018 Abstract Back­ground: The glu­cose con­cen­tra­tions and times to nadir for new­borns of all ges­ta­tion­al ages when intra­partum glu­cose-con­tain­ing solu­tions are not rou­tine­ly pro­vid­ed are unknown. Objec­tive: To char­ac­ter­ize and com­pare pat­terns of ini­tial glu­cose con­cen­tra­tion nadirs by ges­ta­tion­al-age groups. Meth­ods: A cross-sec­tion­al cohort study of…

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Chang et al, Neona­tol­ogy 2018 Abstract Back­ground: With­hold­ing enter­al feed­ings dur­ing hypother­mia lacks sup­port­ing evi­dence. Objec­tives: We aimed to deter­mine if min­i­mal enter­al nutri­tion (MEN) dur­ing hypother­mia in patients with hypox­ic-ischemic encephalopa­thy was asso­ci­at­ed with a reduced dura­tion of par­enter­al nutri­tion, time to full oral feeds, and length of stay,…

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Juul et al, Neona­tol­ogy 2018 Abstract Back­ground: Hypox­ic-ischemic encephalopa­thy (HIE) remains an impor­tant cause of neona­tal death and fre­quent­ly leads to sig­nif­i­cant long-term dis­abil­i­ty in sur­vivors. Ther­a­peu­tic hypother­mia, while ben­e­fi­cial, still leaves many treat­ed infants with life­long dis­abil­i­ties. Adjunc­tive ther­a­pies are need­ed, and ery­thro­poi­etin (Epo) has the poten­tial to pro­vide…

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Stess­man & Peeples, Neona­tol­ogy 2018 Abstract Emerg­ing evi­dence has demon­strat­ed that vit­a­min D plays an impor­tant role in many adult neu­ro­log­ic dis­or­ders, but is also crit­i­cal in neu­ronal devel­op­ment and prun­ing in the neona­tal and pedi­atric pop­u­la­tions. Neonates are at a par­tic­u­lar­ly high risk of vit­a­min D defi­cien­cy, in part due…

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Mur­ki et al, Neona­tol­ogy 2018  Abstract Background:Nasal con­tin­u­ous pos­i­tive air­way pres­sure (nCPAP) is the stan­dard non­in­va­sive res­pi­ra­to­ry sup­port for new­borns with res­pi­ra­to­ry dis­tress. Evi­dence for high-flow nasal can­nu­la (HFNC) as an alter­na­tive mode of res­pi­ra­to­ry sup­port is incon­clu­sive. Objec­tive: The aim of this work was to eval­u­ate whether HFNC is not infe­ri­or…

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Rossor et al, Neona­tol­ogy 2018 Abstract Back­ground: Gas­tro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and apnoea are com­mon in infants; whether there is a causal rela­tion­ship is con­tro­ver­sial.  Objec­tives: To deter­mine whether there  was a tem­po­ral rela­tion­ship between GOR and apnoea, in par­tic­u­lar, the fre­quen­cy of obstruc­tive apnoeas and if the fre­quen­cy of GOR episodes cor­re­lat­ed with…

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Leen­ders et al, Neona­tol­ogy 2018 Abstract Objec­tives: Pro­vid­ing par­enter­al amino acids to very-low-birth-weight infants dur­ing the first weeks of life is crit­i­cal for ade­quate growth and neu­rode­vel­op­ment. How­ev­er, there is no con­sen­sus about what dose is appro­pri­ate or when to ini­ti­ate sup­ple­men­ta­tion. As a result, dai­ly prac­tice varies among neona­tal inten­sive care…

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Nath et al, The Lancet March 2018  Sum­ma­ry Back­ground Atrau­mat­ic nee­dles have been pro­posed to low­er com­pli­ca­tion rates after lum­bar punc­ture. How­ev­er, sev­er­al sur­veys indi­cate that clin­i­cal adop­tion of these nee­dles remains poor. We did a sys­tem­at­ic review and meta-analy­sis to com­pare patient out­comes after lum­bar punc­ture with atrau­mat­ic nee­dles…

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