Article Link OBJECTIVE Although newborn screening (NBS) programs were expanded with the implementation of tandem mass spectrometry in the late 1990s, the impact on long-term clinical and cognitive outcomes of…
Article Link OBJECTIVE The Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) model of care is an innovative care approach for infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, improving patient and health system outcomes for…
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Article Link ABSTRACT Let us imagine a medical problem for which there is a new, effective treatment. This treatment reduces length of hospitalization, decreases medication use, and lowers health care…
Article Link Between 2007 and 2017, rates of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) have drastically increased. Although current evidence suggests that chronic prenatal opioid exposure may result in adverse neurodevelopmental…
Article Link OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and risks of probiotics among infants born before 34 weeks’ gestation and with a birth weight less than 1000 g. METHODS A population-based retrospective cohort…
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Article Link ABSTRACT Antibiotic stewardship in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has drawn much attention over the last decade following reports of antibiotic overuse and unexplained prescribing variation1,2 and reports…
Article Link OBJECTIVE Antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed pharmacologic agents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Antibiotic treatment for suspected or culture-negative sepsis surpasses that for culture-proven infection….
Article Link BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) aggregate service and outcome descriptions focus on high-illness-acuity neonates. We sought to describe the high-level landscape of lower-acuity inborn NICU…
Article Link BACKGROUND The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends up to 7 days of observation for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) in infants with chronic opioid exposure. However, many of these…
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Article Link CONTEXT Extubation failure (EF) is common in preterm neonates and may be associated with adverse outcomes. OBJECTIVE To systematically review and meta-analyze the existing literature on predictors and…
Article Link BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Infants with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) often require admission after their birth hospitalization for treatment with phototherapy. Our aim was to align local practice with updated…
Article Link A G1P1 mother aged 28 years delivers a healthy 38 4/7-week infant via cesarean section due to failure to progress. After 48 hours of moderately successful breastfeeding attempts with…
Article Link Infant mortality has decreased over time.1 However, temporal trends and disparities in specific causes of death have not been recently examined. This cross-sectional study used infant mortality rates from…
Article Link OBJECTIVE The Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) model of care is an innovative care approach for infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, improving patient and health system outcomes for…
Read More from AAP: Implementing the Eat, Sleep, Console Model of Care: A Scoping Review
Article Link OBJECTIVES To assess whether exposure to an infant safe sleep initiative was associated with maternal report of infant safe sleep practice at home and to identify other predictive…
Read More from AAP: A Hospital-Based Initiative for Infant Safe Sleep Practice
Article Link Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening was added to the US Recommended Uniform Screening Panel in 2011 and adopted by all US states and territories by 2018. In…
Article Link. OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing among a population-based cohort of perinatally exposed children and identify factors associated with testing. METHODS: Using a…
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Article Link Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a major contributor to infant death and a persistent public health issue. After an initial decline after the 1994 “Back to Sleep”…
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Article Link BACKGROUND Sudden unexpected postnatal collapse (SUPC) is a category of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), limited to previously well infants born at ≥34 weeks’ gestation who die suddenly…
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https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/154/Supplement%203/e2024067043B/199733/Fetal-Infant-and-Child-Death-Review-A-Public?nbd=39656959124&nbd_source=campaigner?autologincheck=redirected Fetal, infant, and child death reviews are a longstanding public health effort to understand the circumstances of individual deaths and use individual and aggregate findings to prevent future fatalities…
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/154/4/e2023065402/199353/Developmental-Milestones-for-Children-With-Down OBJECTIVES The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children and adolescents with Down syndrome receive anticipatory guidance regarding development and behavior. However, few tools provide specific guidance on developmental…
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https://publications.aap.org/hospitalpediatrics/article-abstract/14/11/890/199720/Improving-Admission-Temperature-in-Infants-34 BACKGROUND NICU admission for hypothermia is a problem worldwide, with associated morbidity, mortality, and financial costs. Many interventions have been studied for smaller infants, but there has been little…
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/doi/10.1542/peds.2024-066072/199817/Mothers-Falling-Asleep-During-Infant-Feeding?autologincheck=redirected BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Falling asleep while feeding (FAF) infants is common. Our primary objectives were to examine (1) maternally reported prevalence of FAF and if planned; (2) association between…
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https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/154/2/e2023064431/197682/Quality-Improvement-Interventions-to-Prevent OBJECTIVES Quality improvement may reduce the incidence and severity of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants. We evaluated quality improvement interventions (QIIs) that sought to prevent or reduce the severity…
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/154/3/e2024068026/199038/Phototherapy-to-Prevent-Severe-Neonatal?autologincheck=redirected OBJECTIVE To summarize the principles and application of phototherapy consistent with the current 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics “Clinical Practice Guideline Revision for the Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the…
Hospital Quality Indicators for Opioid-Exposed Infants: Results From an Expert Consensus Panel OBJECTIVE To elicit expert consensus on quality indicators for the hospital-based care of opioid-exposed infants. METHODS We used…
A Qualitative Intervention Evaluation of Neonatal Virtual Family-Centered Rounds OBJECTIVE To conduct an implementation evaluation of the virtual family-centered rounds (FCR) intervention by exploring the perceptions and experiences of parents…
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Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome Treatment Guidelines and Birth Hospital Utilization BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In November 2020, the American Academy of Pediatrics published guidelines for management of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome…
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Neonates: A Meta-Analysis BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neonatal sepsis is a significant contributor to mortality and morbidity; however, the uncontrolled use of antimicrobials is associated with significant…
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Skin-to-Skin Care Duration in Preterm Neonates BACKGROUND Skin-to-skin (STS) care effectively improves neonatal outcomes, particularly for preterm neonates. However, utilization of STS remains suboptimal…