TWiV 818: Thor's hammer
The TWiVers review phase 3 efficacy and safety results for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, effects on the neonatal immune system caused by maternal infection with SARS-CoV-2, and NHC, the metabolite of molnupiravir, causes mutations in cellular DNA. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Efficacy and safety of Novavax vaccine (medRxiv) A floret of spikes with Matt Frieman (TWiV 729) Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection affects neonatal immunity (Nat Immunol) NHC is mut...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 17, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 781: My genome is left to tell the tale
The Team with Invincible Values discusses whether dogs or cats passively carry SARS-CoV-2 on hair and foot pads, maternal to fetal transfer of antibodies in infected or vaccinated pregnant women, and evidence that retroviruses infected cetaceans before and after they moved into the oceans. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode SARS-CoV-2 on dogs and cats (Viruses) Maternal to neonatal transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (J Clin Investîmes) Retroviral evolution in cetaceans and ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 18, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Hypertonic Saline for TBI, Alpha-Blockers vs Stimulants for Preschool Children With ADHD, Maternal SARS-CoV-2 and Neonatal Outcomes, and more
Editor's Summary by Kristin Walter, MD, JAMA Fishbein Fellow, for the May 25, 2021 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - May 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Opioids for newborns receiving mechanical ventilation
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced more than 400 Cochrane Reviews over the last two decades, updating these periodically as new evidence becomes available. In March 2021, they published the update of their review of opioids for newborn babies requiring mechanical ventilation and we asked two co-authors of the review, Olga Romantsik and Matteo Bruschettini from Sk åne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Sodium Nitrite and OHCA Survival, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid Use, Glaucoma Review, and more
Editor's Summary by Mary McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the January 12, 2021 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - January 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Probiotics for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birthweight infants
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced more than 400 reviews in the last 25 years and strives to keep these up to date as new research becomes available. In October 2020, they produced the third update of the review of probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birth weight infants. We asked lead author, William McGuire from the University of York in the United Kingdom, to tell us about the latest evidence. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Prolonged lung inflation for resuscitation of babies at birth
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced 400 Cochrane Reviews over the last two decades, updating these periodically as new evidence becomes available. In March 2020, they published the second update of their review of using sustained or standard inflation to help newborn babies who are struggling to breathe. We asked Dina Muscat Meng, Communications Consultant at Cochrane Sweden, to interview lead author and Director at Cochrane Sweden, Matteo Bruschettini, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Community-based maternal and newborn educational care packages for improving neonatal health and survival in low- and middle-income countries
Poor health is a common problem for many newborn babies in low-resource settings. One way to help with this might be through the delivery of educational care packages to mothers and communities, and a new Cochrane review from November 2019 looked at the evidence for these. We asked lead author Zohra Lassi from the Robinson Research Institute at the University of Adelaide in Australia to take us through the findings of the review. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

SCCM Pod-411 Clinical Moral Distress
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Christopher S. Parshuram, MBChB, PhD, discuss clinician moral distress in Canadian pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - April 8, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts