Book review: Alcohol, drugs and medication in pregnancy: The long-term outcome for the child (2011)

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:50:00 +0200

Alcohol, drugs and medication in pregnancy: The long-term outcome for the child. Preece, P. & Riley, E. (2011).
Clinics in Developmental Medicine, No. 188. London: Mac Keith Press.

Many NICUs are reporting that infants experiencing prenatal exposure to alcohol and drugs (including tobacco and prescription medications) are a constant and growing sub-population within their

99nicu birthday!

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:33:00 +0200

Today 99nicu has its birthday!

Six years has passed since we officially opened 99nicu.org.

Join the anniversary thread in the Lounge (members only).

Greetings to everyone from the virtual Headquarter!

99nicu Poll: use of inotropes in preterm infants

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:44:00 +0200

The use of inotropes is a matter of discussion, and the 99nicu Poll for May 2012 is about the use inotrope use in preterm infant.

Click here to go to the poll!

This poll is inspired by a topic at the Evidence-based neonatology (EBNEO) conference in Stockholm, June 2011. Dr Alan Groves lectured about the use of inotropes, in an excellent and thought-provoking way.
You can see this lecture in the EBNEO web cast, as the first lecture on the 2nd conference day (4 June 2011)

Inotropes in preterm infants - Evidence for and against

Wed, 02 May 2012 04:30:00 +0200

The leading article for the month of May 2012 " Inotropes in preterm infants - Evidence for and against ' By Alen Groves and David cox Published in Acta Pediatrica Volume 101, Issue Supplement s464,

This article is published in collaboration with the journal Acta Paediatrica.

Permission to publish the abstract and provide link for the full text has been given by Acta Paediatrica and the authors.

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99nicu News - the April issue

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:52:00 +0200

The April issue of 99nicu News is out now!

In addition to the list of new forum topics - read about a great echocardiography web site, new ambassadors, the EBNEO supplement in Acta Paediatrica and the latest 99nicu Poll.

Please use the link below to read the newsletter:
http://99nicu.org/newsletters/20120415.pdf

New 99nicu ambassadors

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:48:00 +0200

The 99nicu Team has just grown bigger and better, with the addition of new 99nicu ambassadors!

Yaser El-saba, specialist senior registrar, Dubai, UAE
Alistair Hill, neonatal nurse, Plymouth, UK
Raja R. Nandyal, consultant neonatologist and associate professor, Oklahoma City, USA
Mir Shahbingov Marri, pediatrician, Quetta, Pakistan
Saed Ahmad, pediatritian, Lahore , pakistan
April Poll about regionalization of neonatal intensive care

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:37:00 +0200
The 99nicu Poll in april is about policies of regionalization of neonatal intensive care, and how they seem to work in practise.

Regionalization / centralization is advocated by many, as several studies have showed that outcome is better in large/regional NICUs.

However, the question of regionalization might be more complicated when it comes to implementation.

Do you have regional or national policies regarding and how well do they work in practise?
Click here to submit your replies.

Review articles of EBNEO topics now online at Acta Paediatrica

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:07:00 +0200
The conference Evidence-based Neonatology (EBNEO) in Stockholm 2011 was much about the 99nicu community going IRL. I am very happy that we managed to launch the event. And, as you may know already, there will be a 2nd EBNEO conference, 13-16 March 2013, in Egypt.

But today I'd just like to tell everyone that review articles of topics presented at the 1st EBNEO in Stockholm are now available on-line, published in a digital supplement in Acta Paediatrica.

All articles are available in free full-text format.

Click here to read the supplement.

Patent ductus arteriosus: to treat or not to treat?

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:41:00 +0200
The Leading article for the month of April 2012 is on "Patent ductus arteriosus: to treat or not to treat? By William E Benitz

The article is published in collaboration with the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood :http://fn.bmj.com/

Permission to publish the abstract and the full text has been given by Author and the Archives of Disease in Childhood .

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Cord cleansing with chlorhexidine reduce neonatal mortality in low-resource settings

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:42:00 +0200

Neonatal mortality can be reduced by cord cleansing with chlorhexidine, according to studies from Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The first study enrolled 29760 newborn infants in rural Bangladesh. Cord cleansing once shortly after birth was associated with reduced neonatal mortality (relative risk 0.80 [0.65-0.98]).

The second study enrolled 9741 infants born in rural Pakistan. In addition to a reduced risk of risk of omphalitis (risk ratio 0.58 [0.41-0.82]), there was also a reduction in neonatal mortality in neonates who received cord cleansing (risk

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Book review: Alcohol, drugs and medication in pregnancy: The long-term outcome for the child (2011)

99nicu birthday!

99nicu Poll: use of inotropes in preterm infants

Inotropes in preterm infants - Evidence for and against

99nicu News - the April issue

New 99nicu ambassadors

April Poll about regionalization of neonatal intensive care

Review articles of EBNEO topics now online at Acta Paediatrica

Patent ductus arteriosus: to treat or not to treat?

Cord cleansing with chlorhexidine reduce neonatal mortality in low-resource settings