Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - February 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalography: A Primer for Neonatologists and Practitioners in the NICU
Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) is an essential tool used in the NICU to monitor infants with central nervous system pathology and encephalopathy. This review provides a summary of aEEG, including clinical indications, interpretation of different tracing patterns, and seizure identification, which are essential skills for teams caring for sick newborns. We also discuss the limitations of the clinical application of aEEG in this population. (Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - February 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Seizures in a Term Newborn
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Partial Enteral Discharge Programs for High-risk Infants
Premature infants or infants born with complex medical problems are at increased risk of having delayed or dysfunctional oral feeding ability. These patients typically require assisted enteral nutrition in the form of a nasogastric tube (NGT) during their NICU hospitalization. Historically, once these infants overcame their initial reason(s) for admission, they were discharged from the NICU only after achieving full oral feedings or placement of a gastrostomy tube. Recent programs show that these infants can be successfully discharged from the hospital with partial NGT or gastrostomy tube feedings with the assistance of ta...
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
A Floppy Infant with Facial Dysmorphism
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Maternal Facial Nerve Palsy and a Perinatal Infection
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Developing a Quality Improvement Feeding Program for NICU Patients
Practices in NICUs vary widely, particularly when clinical decisions involve complex tasks and multiple disciplines, which occurs with feeding preterm infants. Neonatal feeding difficulties in preterm infants often lead to prolonged tube feeding and therefore lengthened hospital stays. Education and compliance with evidence-based protocols and guidelines are needed on the initiation of feedings and feeding advancement to transform enteral and oral feeding practices and thus reduce practice variation and improve clinical outcomes. (Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Whole Genome Sequencing: Early Diagnostic Tool in Newborns with Refractory Seizures
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Antiracism in the Field of Neonatology: A Foundation and Concrete Approaches
Neonatal patients and families from historically marginalized and discriminated communities have long been documented to have differential access to health care, disparate health care, and as a result, inequitable health outcomes. Fundamental to these processes is an understanding of what race and ethnicity represent for patients and how different levels of racism act as social determinants of health. The NICU presents a unique opportunity to intervene with regard to the detrimental ways in which structural, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized racism affect the health of newborn infants. The aim of this article ...
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Hepatosplenomegaly and Periventricular Cyst in a Neonate with Direct Hyperbilirubinemia
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Follow-up for a Preterm Infant with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
We are excited to introduce this new NeoReviews feature: Outcomes of NICU Graduates. In this article, authors describe the clinical course of a NICU graduate who is receiving care in a specialty clinic. After providing a brief overview of the NICU hospitalization, the authors review the infant ’s post-discharge clinical course including recommended follow-up and treatments. The article concludes with a short summary of major take-home lessons from the case as well as a discussion of expected outcomes for the specific condition. We hope that neonatal clinicians will benefit from these ca se presentations by gaining insigh...
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Stridor After Tracheoesophageal Fistula Repair: Where Is the Lesion?
A male infant with a birthweight of 2,500 g (between the 3rd and 10th percentile) is born at 37 weeks ’ gestation to a 27-year-old primigravida woman with severe polyhydramnios (amniotic fluid index of 37 cm). After delivery, the neonate is vigorous, with Apgar scores of 8 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes of age, respectively. He develops excessive frothy oral secretions, and the neonatology team is unabl e to pass a nasogastric tube. Chest radiography shows the coiling of a nasogastric tube with air in the stomach suggestive of esophageal atresia (EA) with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). (Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Fetal Screening for Chromosomal Abnormalities
With more and more reproductive-aged women opting to pursue genetic screening during pregnancy, health care professionals must understand the variety of testing options available as well as the advantages and limitations of each testing option. Presently, no single screening test is universally believed to be superior because the combination of the specific test and the population being tested determines the range of potential identifiable conditions as well as the positive predictive values. As a result, pre- and posttest counseling are not always straightforward and may require discussions with multiple specialists inclu...
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - December 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
A Late-Preterm Infant with Ichthyosis, Pancytopenia, and Recurrent Sepsis
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - December 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
A Failed CCHD Screen
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Source: NeoReviews recent issues - December 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news