Gamified NICU Escape Rooms Improve Interpersonal Communication Training for Pediatric Trainees
A prospective cohort study at the University of Texas Southwestern found that pediatric residents completing a gamified neonatal intensive care ...
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Optimizing Resuscitation and Procedural Care for Infants Born at Limits of Viability
A clinical review details specialized procedural protocols and skin-protective techniques essential for resuscitating and caring for extremely premature infants born ...
Implementation Science Principles Shape Scalable Early Therapy for Infants at Risk of Motor Delay
Researchers embedded implementation science principles into an ongoing infant physical therapy trial to make early neuromotor interventions ready for rapid ...
Nurse-led redesign cut loss to follow-up among NICU graduates
A nurse-coordinated, two-clinic follow-up model with automated data tracking was associated with loss to follow-up among NICU graduates falling from ...
Common antibiotic can trigger permanent hearing loss in babies carrying one mitochondrial mutation
An integrative review finds the m.1555A>G mitochondrial variant in roughly 1 in 500 newborns and links aminoglycoside exposure to failed ...
Pure Hypochlorous Acid Reduces MRSA Colonization and Demonstrates Neonatal Safety
A large study demonstrates that the cutaneous application of pure hypochlorous acid solution significantly reduces MRSA colonization in neonates while ...
Rare but Treatable: Study Maps Serious Heart Rhythm Disorders in Newborns’ First Week
A retrospective single-center study of 4,126 NICU admissions identified 40 neonates with clinically significant arrhythmias in their first week of ...
NICU Nurses in Saudi Arabia Back Open Visiting in Theory but Half Resist in Practice
A survey of 350 NICU nurses in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province found that while most recognized the benefits of open ...
What Parents Can Change After the NICU: Six Factors That Shape Brain Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Children
A new review in Pediatric Research outlines six modifiable factors, from follow-up care to parent wellness, that can improve neurodevelopmental ...
Human Milk After NICU Discharge Tied to Fewer Breathing Problems in Children With BPD
For the smallest survivors of premature birth, the months after leaving the neonatal intensive care unit are a fragile window ...
In the NICU, It Is Fathers’ Singing That Wakes the Preterm Brain
A registered EEG trial in preterm infants found that male voices, above all the father's, drove the strongest cortical delta-band ...
When the Monitors Go Silent: How Parents of Preterm Babies Become the Machine
A qualitative study of 24 parents in China reveals how families of preterm infants struggle to interpret uncertain health cues ...
Delivery Room Intubation Linked to Higher Odds of Newborn Complications in Multicenter Study
A multicenter cohort study of 434 newborns in Shenzhen finds that delivery room intubation, compared with positive pressure ventilation alone, ...
Six Days to Recovery: What Slows Newborns Fighting Sepsis in Ethiopia
A study of 512 newborns at a Southwest Ethiopian hospital found a 95.2 percent sepsis recovery rate with a median ...
Electronic Sepsis Alarm for Newborns Flags Infection Hours Before Blood Tests
A retrospective case-control study found that an electronic health record based neonatal sepsis screening tool achieved 81 percent sensitivity and ...
The Golden Hour: How Sixty Minutes of Teamwork Cut Dangerous Complications in Preterm Babies
A structured quality improvement bundle implemented during the first hour of life sharply reduced hypothermia, delayed treatments, and chronic lung ...
Blood Protein Fingerprints Could Reveal Hidden Sepsis in Preterm Babies
Targeted proteomics of blood from preterm infants reveals a dynamic protein signature of late-onset sepsis, with inflammatory proteins surging, growth-related ...
Many Newborns Still Undergo Intubation Without Pain Relief, Belgian Study Finds
A nationwide study of all 19 Belgian NICUs finds that nearly three in ten non-emergency newborn intubations and surfactant procedures ...
Low Platelets May Not Predict Severe Outcomes in Newborn Sepsis, Study Finds
An exploratory MIMIC-III cohort study found that baseline thrombocytopenia showed no precise independent association with a 48-hour respiratory-support burden endpoint ...
Tiny Dye Trick Reveals Hidden Catheter Errors in Preterm Babies
A retrospective study of 58 preterm infants shows that injecting iodinated contrast through ultrathin 1 French PICCs before X-ray makes ...
