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1. Early-Life Outcomes in Relation to Social Determinants of Health for Children Born Extremely Preterm

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Jane E. Brumbaugh, Betty R. Vohr, Edward F. Bell, Carla M. Bann, Colm P. Travers, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Heidi M. Harmon, Waldemar A. Carlo, Andrea F. Duncan, Susan R. Hintz, Alan H. Jobe, Michael S. Caplan, Richard A. Polin, Abbot R. Laptook, Martin Keszler, Angelita M. Hensman, Barbara Alksninis, Carmena Bishop, Robert T. Burke, Melinda Caskey, Laurie Hoffman, Katharine Johnson, Mary Lenore Keszler, Andrea M. Knoll, Vita Lamberson, Teresa M. Leach, Emilee Little, Bonnie E. Stephens, Elisa Vieira, Lucille St. Pierre, Suzy Ventura, Victoria E. Watson, Anna Maria Hibbs, Michele C. Walsh, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Nancy S. Newman, Monika Bhola, Allison H. Payne, Bonnie S. Siner, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Scott, Prabhu S. Parimi, Lisa Gaetano, Brenda B. Poindexter, Kurt Schibler, Suhas G. Kallapur, Edward F. Donovan, Stephanie Merhar, Cathy Grisby, Kimberly Yolton, Barbara Alexander, Traci Beiersdorfer, Kate Bridges, Tanya E. Cahill, Juanita Dudley, Estelle E. Fischer, Teresa L. Gratton, Devan Hayes, Jody Hessling, Lenora D. Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Holly L. Mincey, Greg Muthig, Sara Stacey, Jean J. Steichen, Stacey Tepe, Julia Thompson, Sandra Wuertz, C. Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, Ricki F. Goldstein, William F. Malcolm, Deesha Mago-Shah, Patricia L. Ashley, Joanne Finkle, Kathy J. Auten, Kimberley A. Fisher, Sandra Grimes, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Gennie Bose, Cindy Clark, Jennifer Talbert, Diane Warner, Andrea Trembath, T. Michael O'Shea, Janice Wereszczak, Stephen D. Kicklighter, Ginger Rhodes-Ryan, Donna White, Ravi M. Patel, David P. Carlton, Barbara J. Stoll, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne C. Loggins, Ira Adams-Chapman, Ann Blackwelder, Diane I. Bottcher, Sheena L. Carter, Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, Judith Laursen, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Colleen Mackie, Amy Sanders, Irma Seabrook, Gloria Smikle, Lynn C. Wineski, Rosemary D. Higgins, Andrew A. Bremer, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Gregory M. Sokol, Anna M. Dusick, Lu Ann Papile, Susan Gunn, Faithe Hamer, Dianne E. Herron, Abbey C. Hines, Carolyn Lytle, Lucy C. Miller, Heike M. Minnich, Leslie Richard, Lucy Smiley, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Jon E. Tyson, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Amir M. Khan, Andrea Duncan, Ricardo Mosquera, Emily K. Stephens, Georgia E. McDavid, Nora I. Alaniz, Elizabeth Allain, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Katrina Burson, Allison G. Dempsey, Elizabeth Eason, Patricia W. Evans, Carmen Garcia, Charles Green, Donna Hall, Beverly Foley Harris, Margarita Jiminez, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, M. Layne Lillie, Anna E. Lis, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Carrie M. Mason, Shannon McKee, Brenda H. Morris, Kimberly Rennie, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Khan Siddiki, Maegan C. Simmons, Daniel Sperry, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Pablo J. Sánchez, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Jonathan L. Slaughter, Keith O. Yeates, Sarah Keim, Nathalie L. Maitre, Christopher J. Timan, Patricia Luzader, Erna Clark, Christine A. Fortney, Julie Gutentag, Courtney Park, Julie Shadd, Margaret Sullivan, Melanie Stein, Mary Ann Nelin, Julia Newton, Kristi Small, Stephanie Burkhardt, Jessica Purnell, Lindsay Pietruszewski, Katelyn Levengood, Nancy Batterson, Pamela Morehead, Helen Carey, Lina Yoseff-Salameh, Rox Ann Sullivan, Cole Hague, Jennifer Grothause, Erin Fearns, Aubrey Fowler, Jennifer Notestine, Jill Tonneman, Krystal Hay, Michelle Chao, Kyrstin Warnimont, Laura Marzec, Bethany Miller, Demi R. Beckford, Hallie Baugher, Brittany DeSantis, Cory Hanlon, Jacqueline McCool, Abhik Das, Marie G. Gantz, Dennis Wallace, Margaret M. Crawford, Jenna Gabrio, David Leblond, Jamie E. Newman, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, W. Kenneth Poole, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Valerie Y. Chock, David K. Stevenson, Marian M. Adams, M. Bethany Ball, Barbara Bentley, Elizabeth Bruno, Alexis S. Davis, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Lynne C. Huffman, Magdy Ismael, Jean G. Kohn, Casey Krueger, Janice Lowe, Ryan E. Lucash, Andrew W. Palmquist, Jessica Patel, Melinda S. Proud, Elizabeth N. Reichert, Nicholas H. St. John, Dharshi Sivakumar, Heather L. Taylor, Natalie Wager, R. Jordan Williams, Hali Weiss, Ivan D. Frantz, John M. Fiascone, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Anne Furey, Ellen Nylen, Paige T. Church, Cecelia E. Sibley, Ana K. Brussa, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Kathleen G. Nelson, Kirstin J. Bailey, Fred J. Biasini, Stephanie A. Chopko, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Kristen C. Johnston, Mary Beth Moses, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Vivien A. Phillips, Julie Preskitt, Richard V. Rector, Sally Whitley, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Isabell B. Purdy, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Neil N. Finer, Yvonne E. Vaucher, David Kaegi, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Kathy Arnell, Clarence Demetrio, Martha G. Fuller, Wade Rich, Tarah T. Colaizy, John A. Widness, Michael J. Acarregui, Karen J. Johnson, Diane L. Eastman, Claire A. Goeke, Mendi L. Schmelzel, Jacky R. Walker, Michelle L. Baack, Laurie A. Hogden, Megan Broadbent, Chelsey Elenkiwich, Megan M. Henning, Sarah Van Muyden, Dan L. Ellsbury, Donia B. Campbell, Tracy L. Tud, Shahnaz Duara, Charles R. Bauer, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Sylvia Fajardo-Hiriart, Arielle Rigaud, Maria Calejo, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Andrea Garcia, Helina Pierre, Alexandra Stoerger, Kristi L. Watterberg, Janell Fuller, Robin K. Ohls, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Mary Hanson, Carol Hartenberger, Elizabeth Kuan, Jean R. Lowe, Rebecca A. Thomson, Sara B. DeMauro, Eric C. Eichenwald, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Christine Catts, Noah Cook, Dara M. Cucinotta, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Sarvin Ghavam, Hallam Hurt, Jonathan Snyder, Saritha Vangala, Kristina Ziolkowski, Carl T. D'Angio, Dale L. Phelps, Ronnie Guillet, Gary J. Myers, Michelle Andrews-Hartley, Julie Babish Johnson, Kyle Binion, Melissa Bowman, Elizabeth Boylin, Erica Burnell, Kelly R. Coleman, Cait Fallone, Osman Farooq, Julianne Hunn, Diane Hust, Rosemary L. Jensen, Rachel Jones, Jennifer Kachelmeyer, Emily Kushner, Deanna Maffett, Kimberly G. McKee, Joan Merzbach, Constance Orme, Diane Prinzing, Linda J. Reubens, Daisy Rochez, Mary Rowan, Premini Sabaratnam, Ann Marie Scorsone, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Kelley Yost, Lauren Zwetsch, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Anne Marie Reynolds, Michael G. Sacilowski, Stephanie Guilford, Emily Li, Ashley Williams, William A. Zorn, Myra H. Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Walid A. Salhab, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Roy J. Heyne, Diana M. Vasil, Sally S. Adams, Lijun Chen, Maria M. De Leon, Francis Eubanks, Alicia Guzman, Gaynelle Hensley, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Lizette E. Lee, Melissa H. Leps, Linda A. Madden, E. Rebecca McDougald, Nancy A. Miller, Janet S. Morgan, Lara Pavageau, Pollieanna Sepulveda, Kristine Tolentino-Plata, Cathy Twell Boatman, Azucena Vera, Jillian Waterbury, Bradley A. Yoder, Mariana Baserga, Roger G. Faix, Sarah Winter, Stephen D. Minton, Mark J. Sheffield, Carrie A. Rau, Shawna Baker, Karie Bird, Jill Burnett, Susan Christensen, Laura Cole-Bledsoe, Brandy Davis, Jennifer O. Elmont, Jennifer J. Jensen, Manndi C. Loertscher, Jamie Jordan, Trisha Marchant, Earl Maxson, Kandace M. McGrath, Karen A. Osborne, D. Melody Parry, Brixen A. Reich, Susan T. Schaefer, Cynthia Spencer, Michael Steffen, Katherine Tice, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Kathryn D. Woodbury, Karen Zanetti, Robert G. Dillard, Lisa K. Washburn, Barbara G. Jackson, Nancy Peters, Korinne Chiu, Deborah Evans Allred, Donald J. Goldstein, Raquel Halfond, Carroll Peterson, Ellen L. Waldrep, Cherrie D. Welch, Melissa Whalen Morris, Gail Wiley Hounshell, Seetha Shankaran, Beena G. Sood, Girija Natarajan, Athina Pappas, Katherine Abramczyk, Prashant Agarwal, Monika Bajaj, Rebecca Bara, Elizabeth Billian, Sanjay Chawla, Kirsten Childs, Lilia C. De Jesus, Debra Driscoll, Melissa February, Laura A. Goldston, Mary E. Johnson, Geraldine Muran, Bogdan Panaitescu, Jeannette E. Prentiss, Diane White, Eunice Woldt, John Barks, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Mary K. Christensen, Martha D. Carlson, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Harris Jacobs, Christine G. Butler, Patricia Cervone, Sheila Greisman, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, Janet Taft, Joanne Williams, and Elaine Romano

Subjects
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Published
2023

2. Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely premature neonates is associated with genetic variations in an intergenic region of chromosome 8

Author

Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Joshua Levy, Grier P. Page, Colin A. Martin, C. Michael Cotten, Tamas Jilling, Akhil Maheshwari, and Kurt Schibler

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Genotype, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Article, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Intergenic region, Gene Frequency, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, 030225 pediatrics, Genetic variation, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotyping, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Genetic association, Genetics, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Infant, Newborn, Genetic Variation, Infant, Chromosome, medicine.disease, Respiration, Artificial, digestive system diseases, Minor allele frequency, Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, DNA, Intergenic, Female, Infant, Premature, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, Genome-Wide Association Study, Signal Transduction
Abstract

Background Twin studies suggest that genetic factors may account for up to 50% increased risk for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), but genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for NEC are lacking. Methods Genotyping was done on Illumina BeadChip, followed by analysis using PLINK with logistic regression under an additive model. Results Among 751 extremely low birth weight (401g) neonates, 30 had surgical NEC. 261 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showed association with NEC at P

Published
2018

3. A quality improvement initiative to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis across hospital systems

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Kurt Schibler, Laura P. Ward, Heather C. Kaplan, Andrew M South, Amy T. Nathan, and Laurel Moyer

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Quality management, Databases, Factual, Psychological intervention, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, 030225 pediatrics, Intensive care, medicine, Humans, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Retrospective Studies, Enterocolitis, business.industry, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Quality Improvement, United States, digestive system diseases, Primary Prevention, Survival Rate, Low birth weight, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency medicine, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Intensive Care, Neonatal, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Risk assessment
Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal disease in premature infants. Local rates of NEC were unacceptably high. We hypothesized that utilizing quality improvement methodology to standardize care and apply evidence-based practices would reduce our rate of NEC. A multidisciplinary team used the model for improvement to prioritize interventions. Three neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) developed a standardized feeding protocol for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, and employed strategies to increase the use of human milk, maximize intestinal perfusion, and promote a healthy microbiome. The primary outcome measure, NEC in VLBW infants, decreased from 0.17 cases/100 VLBW patient days to 0.029, an 83% reduction, while the compliance with a standardized feeding protocol improved. Through reliable implementation of evidence-based practices, this project reduced the regional rate of NEC by 83%. A key outcome and primary driver of success was standardization across multiple NICUs, resulting in consistent application of best practices and reduction in variation.

Published
2018

4. Growth Rates of Infants Randomized to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Intubation After Extremely Preterm Birth

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Jean R. Lowe, Yvonne E. Vaucher, Ira Adams-Chapman, Elizabeth F. Bruno, Paul Zlotnik, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Nancy Close, Alicia Guzman, Susan R. Hintz, Amanda Soong, Wade Rich, Alexandra Stroerger, Seetha Shankaran, Saba Siddiki, Sharon L. Wright, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Gary David Markowitz, Linda Black, Anne M. DeBattista, Donald J. Goldstein, Monika Bhola, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Brenda H. Morris, Vivek Narendran, Patricia L. Ashley, Theresa M. Leach, Barbara J. Stoll, Gail Hounshell, Kim Francis, M. Bethany Ball, Laura A. Goldston, Michele C. Walsh, Amy K. Hutchinson, Tarah T. Colaizy, David K. Stevenson, Lisa K. Washburn, Meghan Lukasik, Abhik Das, Linda J. Reubens, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Rene Barbieri-Welge, John M. Fiascone, Ann B. Cook, Jon E. Tyson, Carlos Torres, Renee Bridge, Melinda S. Proud, John A. Widness, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Kathleen G. Nelson, Kristi L. Watterberg, Katherine A. Foy, Abbot R. Laptook, Dan Gingras, Bradley A. Yoder, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Janet Taft, Neil N. Finer, Fred J. Biasini, J. M. DiFiore, James P. Kiley, Anthony J. Piazza, Shahnaz Duara, William F. Malcolm, Lizette E. Torres, Kathy J. Auten, Dianne E. Herron, Mike Steffens, Nancy Peters, Sally Whitley, Nancy S. Newman, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Nancy A. Miller, Sarah Martin, Beverly Foley Harris, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Linda A. Madden, Gloria V. Smikle, Kathy Arnell, Kristen C. Johnston, Anna M. Dusick, Martha G. Fuller, Heike M. Minnich, Vineet Bhandari, Donna Posin, Kate Bridges, Martha R. Leonard, Roy J. Heyne, Noelle Younge, Christine G. Butler, Patricia Gettner, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Sharon F. Freedman, Rachel V. Walden, Helina Pierre, Waldemar A. Carlo, Robert G. Dillard, Joanne Williams, Ellen Nylen, Margarita Jiminez, Victoria E. Watson, Sheena L. Carter, Richard V. Rector, Barbara Alksninis, David Wang, Bill Cashore, Kimberley A. Fisher, Susie Buchter, Michael J. Acarregui, Bonnie E. Stephens, Alexis N. Diaz, W. Kenneth Poole, Ana K. Brussa, Alexis S. Davis, Carolyn Lytle, Jill Burnett, Laura Grau, Bonnie S. Siner, Melissa Whalen Morris, Karen A. Osborne, Melinda Caskey, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Renee P. Pyle, Laura L. Whitely, Harriet Friedman, Sheree York, Kelley Yost, Emily Kushner, Rebecca Bara, Cathy Grisby, Arlene Zadell, Barbara D. Alexander, Ivan D. Frantz, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, James W. Pickett, Karen J. Johnson, Sheila Greisman, Susan Barnett, Beena G. Sood, Ann M. Blackwelder, Catherine Twell Boatman, Gary J. Myers, Athina Pappas, Ariel A. Salas, Jean G. Kohn, Ayala Ben-Tall, Ellen C. Hale, Brenda B. Poindexter, Rosemary D. Higgins, Elisabeth Dinkins, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Teresa L. Gratton, Kerry Wilder, Jonathan W. Mink, Regina A. Gargus, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Rebecca Montman, Charles R. Bauer, Dale L. Phelps, Jamie E. Newman, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Pablo J. Sánchez, Alan H. Jobe, Monica Konstantino, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Monica V. Collins, Charles Green, Hali E. Weiss, Elizabeth Billian, Dorothy B. Gail, Clarence Demetrio, Kurt Schibler, Mary Anne Berberich, Leslie Rodriguez, David K. Wallace, Shabnam Lainwala, Betty R. Vohr, Sobha Fritz, Kasey Hamlin-Smith, William Oh, Deborah Pontillo, David P. Carlton, Cheryl Runyan, Arielle Riguard, Shawna Baker, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Sara Krzywanski, Shirley S. Cosby, Barbara Bentley, Gaynelle Hensley, Walid A. Salhab, Joan Merzbach, Cecelia E. Sibley, James Allen, Elaine Romano, C. Michael Cotten, Maria Hopkins, Vivien Phillips, Kimberly Yolton, Michael S. Caplan, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Andrea Milena Becerra Garcia, Kirstin J. Bailey, Margaret L. Poundstone, Diana M. Vasil, Cherrie D. Welch, Sarah Lillie, Ellen Waldrep, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Kalida Mehta, Patricia W. Evans, Harris Gelbard, Carroll Peterson, Angelita M. Hensman, Sylvia Hiriart-Fajardo, Edward F. Donovan, Barbara Do, James Wilkes, Marie G. Gantz, Nicholas H. St. John, Elaine O. Mathews, Harris C. Jacobs, Deborah Evans Allred, Rosemary L. Jensen, Suzy Ventura, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Dawn Andrews, Walter Gilliam, Kristen Angela, Mary Johnson, Katharine Johnson, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Barbara G. Jackson, Betty K. Hastings, Holly L. Mincey, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Brenda L. MacKinnon, JoAnn Poulsen, Pat Cervone, Edward F. Bell, T. Michael O'Shea, Janet S. Morgan, Elaine Ito, Julie Rohr, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Laura Cole, Maria Calejo, Dennis Wallace, Paul Wozniak, Maynard Rasmussen, Robin K. Ohls, Lisa Augostino, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Faithe Hamer, Julie Babish Johnson, Karen Zanetti, Roger G. Faix, Maria Elena DeAnda, Ronald N. Goldberg, James A. Lemons, Diane Hust, Stacy Reddoch, Karie Bird, Jody Hessling, Araceli Solis, Carol J. Blaisdell, Raquel Halfond, Erica Burnell, Nirupama Laroia, Georgia E. McDavid, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Sally S. Adams, Korinne Chiu, Cynthia Spencer, Lucy Noel, Melissa Martin, Nora I. Alaniz, James R. Moore, Ricki F. Goldstein, Janell Fuller, Melissa H. Lepps, Anne Furey, Diane L. Eastman, Jonathan M. Klein, and Anna E. Lis

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Birth weight, medicine.medical_treatment, Gestational Age, Lower risk, Article, Child Development, Positive airway pressure, Intubation, Intratracheal, medicine, Humans, Intubation, Oximetry, Continuous positive airway pressure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Postmenstrual Age, Gestational age, Pulmonary Surfactants, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Gestation, Female, Energy Intake, business
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of early treatment with CPAP on nutritional intake and in-hospital growth rates of extremely preterm (EPT) infants. STUDY DESIGN: EPT infants (24–0/7 to 27–6/7 weeks of gestation) enrolled in the Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial (SUPPORT) were included. EPT infants who died before 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age (PMA) were excluded. The growth rates from birth to 36 weeks’ PMA and follow-up outcomes at 18–22 months’ corrected age of EPT infants randomized at birth to either early CPAP (intervention group) or early intubation for surfactant administration (control group) were analyzed. RESULTS: 810 of 1316 infants enrolled in SUPPORT (414 in intervention group, 396 in control group) had growth data analyzed. Median gestational age was 26 weeks and mean birthweight was 839 grams. Baseline characteristics, total nutritional intake, and in-hospital comorbidities were not significantly different between groups. In a regression model, growth rates between birth and 36 weeks’ PMA as well as growth rates during multiple intervals from birth to day 7, day 7 to14, day 14 to 21, day 21 to 28, day 28 to 32 weeks’ PMA, and 32 weeks’ PMA to 36 weeks’ PMA did not differ between treatment groups. Independent of treatment group, higher growth rates from day 21 to day 28 were associated with a lower risk of Bayley III cognitive score

Published
2021

5. Genome-wide association study of sepsis in extremely premature infants

Author

Lakshmi, Srinivasan, Grier, Page, Haresh, Kirpalani, Jeffrey C, Murray, Abhik, Das, Rosemary D, Higgins, Waldemar A, Carlo, Edward F, Bell, Ronald N, Goldberg, Kurt, Schibler, Beena G, Sood, David K, Stevenson, Barbara J, Stoll, Krisa P, Van Meurs, Karen J, Johnson, Joshua, Levy, Scott A, McDonald, Kristin M, Zaterka-Baxter, Kathleen A, Kennedy, Pablo J, Sánchez, Shahnaz, Duara, Michele C, Walsh, Seetha, Shankaran, James L, Wynn, C Michael, Cotten, and Geraldine, Muran

Subjects
Male, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Genome-wide association study, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Logistic regression, Bioinformatics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Ion Channels, Article, Cohort Studies, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Endopeptidases, medicine, Humans, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, business.industry, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Infant, Newborn, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, Forkhead Transcription Factors, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Surgery, 030104 developmental biology, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, Female, business, Genome-Wide Association Study, Cohort study
Abstract

Objective To identify genetic variants associated with sepsis (early-onset and late-onset) using a genome-wide association (GWA) analysis in a cohort of extremely premature infants. Study design Previously generated GWA data from the Neonatal Research Network9s anonymised genomic database biorepository of extremely premature infants were used for this study. Sepsis was defined as culture-positive early-onset or late-onset sepsis or culture-proven meningitis. Genomic and whole-genome-amplified DNA was genotyped for 1.2 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs); 91% of SNPs were successfully genotyped. We imputed 7.2 million additional SNPs. p Values and false discovery rates (FDRs) were calculated from multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusting for gender, gestational age and ancestry. Target statistical value was p −5 . Secondary analyses assessed associations of SNPs with pathogen type. Pathway analyses were also run on primary and secondary end points. Results Data from 757 extremely premature infants were included: 351 infants with sepsis and 406 infants without sepsis. No SNPs reached genome-wide significance levels (5×10 −8 ); two SNPs in proximity to FOXC2 and FOXL1 genes achieved target levels of significance. In secondary analyses, SNPs for ELMO1, IRAK2 (Gram-positive sepsis), RALA, IMMP2L (Gram-negative sepsis) and PIEZO2 (fungal sepsis) met target significance levels. Pathways associated with sepsis and Gram-negative sepsis included gap junctions, fibroblast growth factor receptors, regulators of cell division and interleukin-1-associated receptor kinase 2 (p values Conclusions No SNPs met genome-wide significance in this cohort of extremely low birthweight infants; however, areas of potential association and pathways meriting further study were identified.

Published
2017

6. Developmental Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with a Need for Child Protective Services Supervision

Author

Elisabeth C. McGowan, Abbot. R. Laptook, Jean Lowe, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Dhuly Chowdhury, Rosemary D. Higgins, Susan R. Hintz, Betty R. Vohr, Richard A. Polin, Abbott R. Laptook, Martin Keszler, Angelita M. Hensman, Barbara Alksninis, Kristin M. Basso, Robert Burke, Melinda Caskey, Katharine Johnson, Mary Lenore Keszler, Andrea M. Knoll, Theresa M. Leach, Emilee Little, Elisa Vieira, Victoria E. Watson, Suzy Ventura, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Anna Marie Hibbs, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Nancy S. Newman, Allison H. Payne, Bonnie S. Siner, Monika Bhola, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Harriet G. Friedman, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Knutson, Kurt Schibler, Edward F. Donovan, Cathy Grisby, Kate Bridges, Barbara Alexander, Estelle E. Fischer, Holly L. Mincey, Jody Hessling, Teresa L. Gratton, Lenora Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Greg Muthig, Jean J. Steichen, Stacey Tepe, Kimberly Yolton, Ronald N. Goldberg, C. Michael Cotten, Ricki F. Goldstein, Patricia L. Ashley, William F. Malcolm, Kathy J. Auten, Kimberley A. Fisher, Sandra Grimes, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Joanne Finkle, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Gennie Bose, Cindy Clark, Linda Manor, Diane Warner, Janice Wereszczak, David P. Carlton, Barbara J. Stoll, Ira Adams-Chapman, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne Loggins, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Gregory M. Sokol, Brenda B. Poindexter, Anna M. Dusick, Lu-Ann Papile, Susan Gunn, Faithe Hamer, Dianne E. Herron, Abbey C. Hines, Carolyn Lytle, Heike M. Minnich, Lucy Smiley, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Pablo J. Sanchez, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Christine A. Fortney, Gail E. Besner, Nehal A. Parikh, Abhik Das, Dennis Wallace, Marie G. Gantz, W. Kenneth Poole, Jamie E. Newman, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Margaret M. Crawford, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Alexis S. Davis, Andrew W. Palmquist, Melinda S. Proud, Barbara Bentley, Elizabeth Bruno, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Beth Earhart, Lynne C. Huffman, Jean G. Kohn, Casey Krueger, Hali E. Weiss, Ivan D. Frantz, John M. Fiascone, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Anne Furey, Ellen Nylen, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Fred J. Biasini, Kristen C. Johnston, Kathleen G. Nelson, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Vivien A. Phillips, Sally Whitley, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Isabell B. Purdy, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Neil N. Finer, Yvonne E. Vaucher, David Kaegi, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Kathy Arnell, Clarence Demetrio, Martha G. Fuller, Wade Rich, Edward F. Bell, Tarah T. Colaizy, Michael J. Acarregui, Dan L. Ellsbury, John A. Widness, Karen J. Johnson, Donia B. Campbell, Diane L. Eastman, Jacky R. Walker, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Shahnaz Duara, Charles R. Bauer, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Sylvia Fajardo-Hiriart, Arielle Rigaud, Maria Calejo, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Andrea Garcia, Helina Pierre, Alexandra Stoerger, Kristi L. Watterberg, Jean R. Lowe, Janell F. Fuller, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Andrea F. Duncan, Rebecca Montman, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Sara B. DeMauro, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara M. Cucinotta, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Hallam Hurt, Carl T. D'Angio, Dale L. Phelps, Ronnie Guillet, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Julie Babish Johnson, Linda J. Reubens, Cassandra A. Horihan, Diane Hust, Rosemary L. Jensen, Emily Kushner, Joan Merzbach, Gary J. Myers, Mary Rowan, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Melissa Bowman, Julianne Hunn, Stephanie Guilford, Deanna Maffett, Farooq Osman, Diane Prinzing, Anne Marie Reynolds, Michael G. Sacilowski, Ashley Williams, Karen Wynn, Kelley Yost, William Zorn, Lauren Zwetsch, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Georgia E. McDavid, Nora I. Alaniz, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Katrina Burson, Patricia W. Evans, Carmen Garcia, Charles Green, Beverly Foley Harris, Margarita Jiminez, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, Layne M. Lillie, Anna E. Lis, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Brenda H. Morris, M. Layne Poundstone, Peggy Robichaux, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Siddiki, Maegan C. Simmons, Daniel Sperry, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Myra H. Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Roy J. Heyne, Walid A. Salhab, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Diana M. Vasil, Lijun Chen, Alicia Guzman, Gaynelle Hensley, Melissa H. Leps, Nancy A. Miller, Janet S. Morgan, Sally S. Adams, Catherine Twell Boatman, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Linda A. Madden, Lizette E. Torres, Roger G. Faix, Bradley A. Yoder, Karen A. Osborne, Cynthia Spencer, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Shawna Baker, Karie Bird, Jill Burnett, Michael Steffen, Jennifer J. Jensen, Sarah Winter, Karen Zanetti, T. Michael O'Shea, Robert G. Dillard, Lisa K. Washburn, Barbara G. Jackson, Nancy Peters, Korinne Chiu, Deborah Evans Allred, Donald J. Goldstein, Raquel Halfond, Carroll Peterson, Ellen L. Waldrep, Cherrie D. Welch, Melissa Whalen Morris, Gail Wiley Hounshell, Seetha Shankaran, Athina Pappas, John Barks, Rebecca Bara, Laura A. Goldston, Girija Natarajan, Mary Christensen, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Diane White, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Harris Jacobs, Christine G. Butler, Patricia Cervone, Sheila Greisman, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, Janet Taft, Joanne Williams, and Elaine Romano

Subjects
Adult, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Birth weight, Gestational Age, Prenatal care, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Child Development, stomatognathic system, Pregnancy, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Hospital discharge, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, School education, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Extremely preterm, Child Protective Services, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Cognition, Prenatal Care, Patient Discharge, United States, stomatognathic diseases, Foster care, Increased risk, Child, Preschool, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants with need for Child Protective Services (CPS) supervision at hospital discharge compared with those discharged without CPS supervision. STUDY DESIGN: For infants born at

Published
2019

7. Behavior Profiles at 2 Years for Children Born Extremely Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Author

Jane E. Brumbaugh, Edward F. Bell, Scott F. Grey, Sara B. DeMauro, Betty R. Vohr, Heidi M. Harmon, Carla M. Bann, Matthew A. Rysavy, J. Wells Logan, Tarah T. Colaizy, Myriam A. Peralta-Carcelen, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Andrea F. Duncan, Barbara J. Stoll, Abhik Das, Susan R. Hintz, Michael S. Caplan, Richard A. Polin, Abbot R. Laptook, Martin Keszler, Angelita M. Hensman, Elisa Vieira, Emilee Little, Robert T. Burke, Bonnie E. Stephens, Barbara Alksninis, Carmena Bishop, Mary L. Keszler, Teresa M. Leach, Victoria E. Watson, Andrea M. Knoll, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Nancy S. Newman, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Allison Payne, Monika Bhola, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Bonnie S. Siner, Harriet G. Friedman, Elizabeth Roth, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Knutson, Kurt Schibler, Brenda B. Poindexter, Stephanie Merhar, Kimberly Yolton, Teresa L. Gratton, Cathy Grisby, Kristin Kirker, Sandra Wuertz, David P. Carlton, Ira Adams-Chapman, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne C. Loggins, Diane I. Bottcher, Colleen Mackie, Sheena L. Carter, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Lynn C. Wineski, Gloria V. Smikle, Angela Leon-Hernandez, Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, C. Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, Ricki F. Goldstein, William F. Malcolm, Patricia L. Ashley, Joanne Finkle, Kimberley A. Fisher, Sandra Grimes, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Gennie Bose, Diane Warner, Janice Wereszczak, Stephen D. Kicklighter, Ginger Rhodes-Ryan, Rosemary D. Higgins, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Gregory M. Sokol, Lu Ann Papile, Abbey C. Hines, Dianne E. Herron, Susan Gunn, Lucy Smiley, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Katrina Burson, Allison G. Dempsey, Patricia W. Evans, Carmen Garcia, Margarita Jiminez, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, M. Layne Lillie, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Khan Siddiki, Daniel Sperry, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Pablo J. Sánchez, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Christine A. Fortney, Gail E. Besner, Nehal A. Parikh, Dennis Wallace, Marie G. Gantz, Jamie E. Newman, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Margaret Crawford, Jenna Gabrio, David Leblond, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Valerie Y. Chock, David K. Stevenson, Marian M. Adams, M. Bethany Ball, Barbara Bentley, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. Debattista, Beth Earhart, Lynne C. Huffman, Magdy Ismael, Casey E. Krueger, Andrew W. Palmquist, Melinda S. Proud, Elizabeth N. Reichert, Meera N. Sankar, Nicholas H. St. John, Heather L. Taylor, Hali E. Weiss, Ivan D. Frantz, John M. Fiascone, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Ellen Nylen, Anne Furey, Cecelia E. Sibley, Ana K. Brussa, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Kirstin J. Bailey, Fred J. Biasini, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Vivien A. Phillips, Richard V. Rector, Sally Whitley, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Isabell B. Purdy, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Neil N. Finer, Yvonne E. Vaucher, David Kaegi, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Kathy Arnell, Clarence Demetrio, Martha G. Fuller, Wade Rich, Radmila West, Michelle L. Baack, Dan L. Ellsbury, Laurie A. Hogden, Jonathan M. Klein, John M. Dagle, Karen J. Johnson, Tracy L. Tud, Chelsey Elenkiwich, Megan M. Henning, Megan Broadbent, Mendi L. Schmelzel, Jacky R. Walker, Claire A. Goeke, Kristi L. Watterberg, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Sandra Brown, Janell Fuller, Carol Hartenberger, Jean R. Lowe, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Mary Ruffner Hanson, Tara Dupont, Elizabeth Kuan, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara M. Cucinotta, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Hallam Hurt, Carl T. D'Angio, Ronnie Guillet, Gary J. Myers, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Anne Marie Reynolds, Michelle E. Hartley-McAndrew, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Michael G. Sacilowski, Linda J. Reubens, Rosemary L. Jensen, Joan Merzbach, William Zorn, Osman Farooq, Deanna Maffett, Ashley Williams, Julianne Hunn, Stephanie Guilford, Kelley Yost, Mary Rowan, Diane M. Prinzing, Karen Wynn, Cait Fallone, Ann Marie Scorsone, Myra H. Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Roy J. Heyne, Diana M. Vasil, Sally S. Adams, Lijun Chen, Maria M. De Leon, Frances Eubanks, Alicia Guzman, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Linda A. Madden, Nancy A. Miller, Lizette E. Lee, Lara Pavageau, Pollieanna Sepulveda, Cathy Twell Boatman, Roger G. Faix, Bradley A. Yoder, Mariana Baserga, Karen A. Osborne, Shawna Baker, Karie Bird, Jill Burnett, Susan Christensen, Brandy Davis, Jennifer O. Elmont, Jennifer J. Jensen, Manndi C. Loertscher, Trisha Marchant, Earl Maxson, Stephen D. Minton, D. Melody Parry, Carrie A. Rau, Susan T. Schaefer, Mark J. Sheffield, Cynthia Spencer, Mike Steffen, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Sarah Winter, Kathryn D. Woodbury, Karen Zanetti, Seetha Shankaran, Sanjay Chawla, Beena G. Sood, Athina Pappas, Girija Natarajan, Monika Bajaj, Rebecca Bara, Mary E. Johnson, Laura Goldston, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Mary K. Christensen, Martha Carlson, John Barks, Diane F. White, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Harris Jacobs, Christine G. Butler, Patricia Cervone, Sheila Greisman, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, Janet Taft, and Elaine Romano

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, CBCL, behavioral disciplines and activities, Language Development, Severity of Illness Index, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognition, 030225 pediatrics, mental disorders, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Child Behavior Checklist, Motor skill, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Problem Behavior, business.industry, Confounding, Postmenstrual Age, Infant, Newborn, medicine.disease, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Motor Skills, Child, Preschool, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infant Behavior, Gestation, Female, business
Abstract

To characterize behavior of 2-year-old children based on the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).We studied children born at 22-26 weeks of gestation and assessed at 22-26 months of corrected age with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). BPD was classified by the level of respiratory support at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age. CBCL syndrome scales were the primary outcomes. The relationship between BPD grade and behavior was evaluated, adjusting for perinatal confounders. Mediation analysis was performed to evaluate whether cognitive, language, or motor skills mediated the effect of BPD grade on behavior.Of 2310 children, 1208 (52%) had no BPD, 806 (35%) had grade 1 BPD, 177 (8%) had grade 2 BPD, and 119 (5%) had grade 3 BPD. Withdrawn behavior (P .001) and pervasive developmental problems (P .001) increased with worsening BPD grade. Sleep problems (P = .008) and aggressive behavior (P = .023) decreased with worsening BPD grade. Children with grade 3 BPD scored 2 points worse for withdrawn behavior and pervasive developmental problems and 2 points better for externalizing problems, sleep problems, and aggressive behavior than children without BPD. Cognitive, language, and motor skills mediated the effect of BPD grade on the attention problems, emotionally reactive, somatic complaints, and withdrawn CBCL syndrome scales (P values .05).BPD grade was associated with increased risk of withdrawn behavior and pervasive developmental problems but with decreased risk of sleep problems and aggressive behavior. The relationship between BPD and behavior is complex. Cognitive, language, and motor skills mediate the effects of BPD grade on some problem behaviors.

Published
2019

8. Morbidity and cost burden of prenatal myelomeningocele repair

Author

Karen W. Sparling, Kristin Dean, Kurt Schibler, Charles B. Stevenson, Robert Huddle, Stefanie Riddle, Matthew Fenchel, and Foong-Yen Lim

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Neonatal intensive care unit, Meningomyelocele, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Humans, education, Retrospective Studies, education.field_of_study, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, Fetal surgery, Spina bifida, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infant, Retrospective cohort study, Retinopathy of prematurity, medicine.disease, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, Premature Birth, Female, Morbidity, business
Abstract

Objective: This study compared the morbidities and financial burden associated with prenatal open myelomeningocele repair versus postnatal repair. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study cohort included 23 mother-infant dyads undergoing prenatal repair and 30 with postnatal repair. Financial, demographic, and medical information were obtained for mother-infant dyads from each infant's birth through the first year of life. Results: Infants in the prenatal repair group were significantly affected by sequelae of prematurity, including apnea, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and retinopathy of prematurity. Importantly, fewer of these infants required ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedures and the overall improved composite outcome of shunting or death. Infants in the postnatal repair group required more hospital readmissions in the first year of life. Financial costs for mother-infant dyads in the prenatal repair group were higher, driven by the length of stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and maternal hospital admissions. Kaplan-Meier curves analyzing the relative contributions of the length of stay and total charges in the population were constructed. The maternal contribution was markedly different between groups due to postoperative hospitalization, readmission, and close fetal surveillance required. Though these differences did not reach statistical significance, it highlights an important burden on families and the medical system. Conclusions: This is the first study to report the contributions of prematurity in relation to maternal and infant morbidity and financial costs. The benefits of prenatal myelomeningocele repair include lower risk for ventriculoperitoneal shunting and fewer hospital readmissions. The risk of preterm birth and its neonatal sequelae continue to be a significant burden.

Published
2019

9. Umbilical Cord Milking vs Delayed Cord Clamping and Associations with In-Hospital Outcomes among Extremely Premature Infants

Author

Jennifer O. Elmont, Holly I.M. Wadkins, M. Bethany Ball, Michele C. Walsh, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Susan T. Schaefer, Toni Mancini, Melody Parry, Haresh Kirpalani, Jon E. Tyson, Gennie Bose, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Megan M. Henning, Ann Marie Scorsone, Sanjay Chawla, Marie G. Gantz, Carl L. Bose, Seetha Shankaran, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Diane I. Bottcher, John D.E. Barks, Rosemary D. Higgins, Leif D. Nelin, Kathryn D. Woodbury, Karen J. Johnson, Jennifer Donato, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Dennis Wallace, David Leblond, Tracy L. Tud, Chelsey Elenkiwich, Stephen D. Minton, Prabhu S. Parimi, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Meena Garg, Andrew A. Bremer, Constance Orme, Anna Maria Hibbs, Mary Hanson, Joanne Finkle, Pablo J. Sánchez, Michael G. Sacilowski, Courtney Park, Laurie A. Hogden, Elizabeth Kuan, Diane F. White, Mendi L. Schmelzel, Deanna Maffett, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Sarvin Ghavam, Brandy Davis, Edward F. Bell, Martin Keszler, David P. Carlton, Emily Li, Jacky R. Walker, Elizabeth N. Reichert, Sharon L. Wright, Claire A. Goeke, Elizabeth Eason, Tara McNair, Sara B. DeMauro, Brenda B. Poindexter, Colleen Mackie, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Rachel Geller, Yvonne Loggins, Carol Hartenberger, Daisy Rochez, Waldemar A. Carlo, Frances Eubanks, Hallie Baugher, Barry Eggleston, Diane Prinzing, Teresa Chanlaw, Kandace McGrath, Carrie A. Rau, Barbara Schmidt, Stephanie Guilford, Kristin Kirker, Melinda S. Proud, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Ginger Rhodes-Ryan, Premini Sabaratnam, Georgia E. McDavid, Pollieanna Sepulvida, Cathy Grisby, Ronnie Guillet, Soraya Abbasi, Gregory M. Sokol, Mary Rowan, Abbot R. Laptook, Patricia Luzader, Myra H. Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Melanie Stein, Bogdan Panaitescu, Sara C. Handley, Karen Martin, Carl T. D'Angio, William E. Truog, Elisa Vieira, Kristi L. Watterberg, Allison Knutson, Cheri Gauldin, Manndi C. Loertscher, Rachel A. Jones, Jacqueline McCool, Lisa Gaetano, Bradley A. Yoder, Monica V. Collins, Ronald N. Goldberg, Michelle L. Baack, Julie C. Shadd, John M. Dagle, Mariana Baserga, Jill Burnett, Anne Marie Reynolds, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Emily K. Stephens, Anne Holmes, Earl Maxson, Ravi Mangal Patel, Kimberley A. Fisher, Jonathan Snyder, Rosemary L. Jensen, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Kirsten Childs, Stephanie L. Merhar, Angelita M. Hensman, Neha Kumbhat, Jane E. Brumbaugh, R. Jordan Williams, Eric C. Eichenwald, Maria M. DeLeon, Carla Bann, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Mark J. Sheffield, Trisha Marchant, Christine Catts, Robin K. Ohls, Claudia Pedrozza, Amir M. Khan, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Shirley S. Cosby, C. Michael Cotten, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Diana M. Vasil, Donna Hall, Janice Bernhardt, Alexis S. Davis, Kurt Schibler, Valerie Y. Chock, Erna Clark, Kyle Binion, Jonathan M. Klein, Dan L. Ellsbury, Richard A. Polin, Janell Fuller, Abhik Das, Julie Gutentag, Susan Christensen, Dianne E. Herron, Jenna Gabrio, Megan Broadbent, Lucille St. Pierre, Donna White, Cindy Clark, Elizabeth E. Foglia, Matthew M. Laughon, Stephen D. Kicklighter, Tarah T. Colaizy, David K. Stevenson, Girija Natarajan, and Uday Devaskar

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Gestational Age, Umbilical cord, Article, Umbilical Cord, Milking, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Primary outcome, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cerebral Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Retrospective Studies, Extremely premature, Obstetrics, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Constriction, medicine.anatomical_structure, Intraventricular hemorrhage, Hospital outcomes, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, Cord clamping, business
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare in-hospital outcomes after umbilical cord milking versus delayed cord clamping among infants

Published
2021

10. Limitations of Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Predictor of Death or Disability Following Neonatal Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Late Hypothermia Trial

Author

Abbot R. Laptook, Seetha Shankaran, Patrick Barnes, Nancy Rollins, Barbara T. Do, Nehal A. Parikh, Shannon Hamrick, Susan R. Hintz, Jon E. Tyson, Edward F. Bell, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Ronald N. Goldberg, Athina Pappas, Carolyn Huitema, Claudia Pedroza, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Angelita M. Hensman, Abhik Das, Myra Wyckoff, Amir Khan, Michelle C. Walsh, Kristi L. Watterberg, Roger Faix, William Truog, Ronnie Guillet, Gregory M. Sokol, Brenda B. Poindexter, Rosemary D. Higgins, Michael S. Caplan, Richard A. Polin, Martin Keszler, William Oh, Betty R. Vohr, Elizabeth C. McGowan, Barbara Alksninis, Kristin Basso, Joseph Bliss, Carmena Bishop, Robert T. Burke, William Cashore, Melinda Caskey, Dan Gingras, Nicholas Guerina, Katharine Johnson, Mary Lenore Keszler, Andrea M. Knoll, Theresa M. Leach, Martha R. Leonard, Emilee Little, Bonnie E. Stephens, Elisa Vieira, Victoria E. Watson, Anna Maria Hibbs, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Nancy S. Newman, Beau Batton, Monika Bhola, Juliann M. Di Fiore, Harriet G. Friedman, Bonnie S. Siner, Eileen K. Stork, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Arlene Zadell, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Knutson, Kurt Schibler, Kimberly Yolton, Cathy Grisby, Teresa L. Gratton, Stephanie Merhar, Sandra Wuertz, C. Michael Cotten, Kimberley A. Fisher, Sandra Grimes, Joanne Finkle, Ricki F. Goldstein, Kathryn E. Gustafson, William F. Malcolm, Patricia L. Ashley, Kathy J. Auten, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Cindy Clark, Diane D. Warner, Janice Wereszcsak, Sofia Aliaga, David P. Carlton, Barbara J. Stoll, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne Loggins, Diane I. Bottcher, Colleen Mackie, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Ira Adams-Chapman, Lynn C. Wineski, Sheena L. Carter, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Heidi M. Harmon, Lu-Ann Papile, Anna M. Dusick, Susan Gunn, Dianne E. Herron, Abbey C. Hines, Darlene Kardatzke, Carolyn Lytle, Heike M. Minnich, Leslie Richard, Lucy C. Smiley, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Elizabeth Allain, Carrie M. Mason, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Katrina Burson, Allison G. Dempsey, Andrea F. Duncan, Patricia W. Evans, Carmen Garcia, Charles E. Green, Margarita Jimenez, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, M. Layne Lillie, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, Shannon McKee, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Khan Siddiki, Daniel K. Sperry, Sharon L. Wright, Pablo J. Sánchez, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Christine A. Fortney, Jennifer L. Grothause, Dennis Wallace, Marie G. Gantz, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Margaret M. Crawford, Scott A. McDonald, Jamie E. Newman, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, James W. Pickett, Patricia Yost, Krisa P. Van Meurs, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Barbara Bentley, Valerie Y. Chock, Elizabeth F. Bruno, Alexis S. Davis, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Beth Earhart, Lynne C. Huffman, Jean G. Kohn, Casey E. Krueger, Melinda S. Proud, William D. Rhine, Nicholas H. St. John, Heather Taylor, Hali E. Weiss, Waldemar A. Carlo, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Vivien A. Phillips, Richard V. Rector, Sally Whitley, Tarah T. Colaizy, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Karen J. Johnson, Diane L. Eastman, Michael J. Acarregui, Jacky R. Walker, Claire A. Goeke, Jonathan M. Klein, Nancy J. Krutzfield, Jeffrey L. Segar, John M. Dagle, Julie B. Lindower, Steven J. McElroy, Glenda K. Rabe, Robert D. Roghair, Lauritz R. Meyer, Dan L. Ellsbury, Donia B. Campbell, Cary R. Murphy, Vipinchandra Bhavsar, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Sandra Brown, Erika Fernandez, Andrea Freeman Duncan, Janell Fuller, Elizabeth Kuan, Jean R. Lowe, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Sara B. DeMauro, Kevin C. Dysart, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara M. Cucinotta, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Hallam Hurt, Carl D'Angio, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Nirupama Laroia, Gary J. Myers, Kelley Yost, Stephanie Guilford, Rosemary L. Jensen, Karen Wynn, Osman Farooq, Anne Marie Reynolds, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Ashley Williams, Joan Merzbach, Patrick Conway, Melissa Bowman, Michele Hartley-McAndrew, William Zorn, Cait Fallone, Kyle Binion, Constance Orme, Ann Marie Scorsone, Luc P. Brion, Lina F. Chalak, Roy J. Heyne, Lijun Chen, Diana M. Vasil, Sally S. Adams, Catherine Twell Boatman, Alicia Guzman, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Lizette E. Lee, Melissa H. Leps, Linda A. Madden, Nancy A. Miller, Emma Ramon, Bradley A. Yoder, Karen A. Osborne, Cynthia Spencer, R. Edison Steele, Mike Steffen, Karena Strong, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Shawna Baker, Sarah Winter, Karie Bird, Jill Burnett, Beena G. Sood, Rebecca Bara, Kirsten Childs, Lilia C. De Jesus, Bogdan Panaitescu, Sanjay M.D. Chawla, Jeannette E. Prentice, Laura A. Goldston, Eunice Hinz Woldt, Girija Natarajan, Monika Bajaj, John Barks, Mary Christensen, and Stephanie A. Wiggins

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Developmental Disabilities, Subgroup analysis, Severity of Illness Index, Article, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Hypothermia, Induced, Predictive Value of Tests, 030225 pediatrics, Multicenter trial, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, medicine.diagnostic_test, Neonatal encephalopathy, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Area under the curve, Infant, Magnetic resonance imaging, Hypothermia, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Gestation, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objective To investigate if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate predictor for death or moderate-severe disability at 18-22 months of age among infants with neonatal encephalopathy in a trial of cooling initiated at 6-24 hours. Study design Subgroup analysis of infants ≥36 weeks of gestation with moderate-severe neonatal encephalopathy randomized at 6-24 postnatal hours to hypothermia or usual care in a multicenter trial of late hypothermia. MRI scans were performed per each center's practice and interpreted by 2 central readers using the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development injury score (6 levels, normal to hemispheric devastation). Neurodevelopmental outcomes were assessed at 18-22 months of age. Results Of 168 enrollees, 128 had an interpretable MRI and were seen in follow-up (n = 119) or died (n = 9). MRI findings were predominantly acute injury and did not differ by cooling treatment. At 18-22 months, death or severe disability occurred in 20.3%. No infant had moderate disability. Agreement between central readers was moderate (weighted kappa 0.56, 95% CI 0.45-0.67). The adjusted odds of death or severe disability increased 3.7-fold (95% CI 1.8-7.9) for each increment of injury score. The area under the curve for severe MRI patterns to predict death or severe disability was 0.77 and the positive and negative predictive values were 36% and 100%, respectively. Conclusions MRI injury scores were associated with neurodevelopmental outcome at 18-22 months among infants in the Late Hypothermia Trial. However, the results suggest caution when using qualitative interpretations of MRI images to provide prognostic information to families following perinatal hypoxia–ischemia. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT00614744 .

Published
2021

11. Achieved oxygen saturations and retinopathy of prematurity in extreme preterms

Author

Marie G. Gantz, Roger G. Faix, Bradley A. Yoder, A. R. Laptook, Kurt Schibler, Michele C. Walsh, Nancy S. Newman, Wade Rich, Abhik Das, Waldemar A. Carlo, Neil N. Finer, and Rosemary D. Higgins

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Birth weight, Gestational Age, Severity of Illness Index, Article, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, Positive airway pressure, Medicine, Birth Weight, Humans, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Neonatology, Oximetry, medicine.diagnostic_test, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Postmenstrual Age, Infant, Newborn, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, Retinopathy of prematurity, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Oxygen, Pulse oximetry, Logistic Models, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Female, business
Abstract

ObjectiveTo identify achieved oxygen saturations (SpO2) associated with increased risk of severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).DesignThis is a secondary analysis of the Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial (SUPPORT)randomised controlled trial. SpO2was recorded up to 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age. Saturations through 9 postnatal weeks were explored graphically, and logistic regression models were created to predict severe ROP.Setting20 centres of theEunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.Patients984 surviving infants of 24–27 weeks’ gestational age born in 2005–2009.InterventionsSUPPORT targeted SpO2to a lower (85%–89%) or higher (91%–95%) range through 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age or off respiratory support.Main outcome measuresSevere ROP defined as threshold ROP, ophthalmological surgery or bevacizumab treatment.ResultsThere were statistically significant interactions between duration of oxygen supplementation and percentage of time in certain achieved saturation ranges. Specifically, for infants who spent at least 2 weeks on oxygen in postnatal weeks 1–5, a higher percentage of time at 91%–96% SpO2was associated with increased odds of severe ROP. For infants who spent at least 3 weeks on oxygen in postnatal weeks 6–9, a higher percentage of time at 97%–100% SpO2was associated with increased odds of severe ROP. Other significant risk factors were lower gestational age and birth weight, non-Hispanic white versus black race, prospectively defined severe illness, late-onset sepsis or meningitis, and clinical centre.ConclusionsAmong extremely preterm survivors to discharge, the association between SpO2and severe ROP depended on the timing and duration of oxygen supplementation.

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2018

12. Weaning of Moderately Preterm Infants from the Incubator to the Crib: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Seetha Shankaran, Edward F. Bell, Abbot R. Laptook, Shampa Saha, Nancy S. Newman, S. Nadya J. Kazzi, John Barks, Barbara J. Stoll, Rebecca Bara, Jenna Gabrio, Kirsten Childs, Abhik Das, Rosemary D. Higgins, Waldemar A. Carlo, Pablo J. Sánchez, David P. Carlton, Lara Pavageau, William F. Malcolm, Carl T. D'Angio, Robin K. Ohls, Brenda B. Poindexter, Gregory M. Sokol, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Tarah T. Colaizy, Ayman Khmour, Karen M. Puopolo, Meena Garg, Michele C. Walsh, Richard A. Polin, Martin Keszler, Angelita M. Hensman, Elisa Vieira, Anna Marie Hibbs, Bonnie S. Siner, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Kurt Schibler, Suhas G. Kallapur, Cathy Grisby, Barbara Alexander, Estelle E. Fischer, Lenora Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Jennifer Jennings, Sandra Wuertz, Greg Muthig, C. Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, Theresa Roach, Joanne Finkle, Kimberley A. Fisher, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Cindy Clark, Stephen D. Kicklighter, Ginger Rhodes-Ryan, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne Loggins, Diane I. Bottcher, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Heidi Harmon, Dianne E. Herron, Shirley I. Wright-Coltart, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Julie Gutentag, Courtney Park, Julie C. Shadd, Margaret Sullivan, Jennifer L. Grothause, Melanie Stein, Erna Clark, Rox Ann Sullivan, Dennis Wallace, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Margaret Crawford, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, David K. Stevenson, Lou Ann Herfert, M. Bethany Ball, Gabrielle T. Goodlin, Melinda S. Proud, R. Jordan Williams, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Dan L. Ellsbury, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Karen J. Johnson, Donia B. Campbell, Jacky R. Walker, Kristi Watterberg, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Sandy Sundquist Beauman, Carol Hartenberger, Haresh Kirpalani, Eric C. Eichenwald, Sara B. DeMauro, Noah Cook, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara Cucinotta, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Ronnie Guillet, Ann Marie Scorsone, Julianne Hunn, Rosemary Jensen, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Stephanie Guilford, Ashley Williams, Myra Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Diana M. Vasil, Lijun Chen, Lizette E. Torres, Athina Pappas, Bogdan Panaitescu, Shelley Handel, Diane F. White, Mary Christensen, and Stephanie A. Wiggins

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Male, Pediatrics, Incubators, Infant, and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, Reproductive health and childbirth, Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn, Infant Equipment, law.invention, incubator, Incubators, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Neonatal, Infant Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Pediatric, Obstetrics, weaning, Incubator, General Medicine, Patient Discharge, Intensive Care Units, Gestation, Female, Patient Safety, medicine.symptom, Infant, Premature, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities, MEDLINE, Weaning, Article, Child health, Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, moderately preterm infants, 03 medical and health sciences, Preterm, Clinical Research, 030225 pediatrics, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, medicine, Humans, Trial registration, Adverse effect, Premature, business.industry, Body Weight, Infant, Newborn, Infant, temperature, Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, Length of Stay, Newborn, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, Good Health and Well Being, randomized controlled trial, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, business, Weight gain
Abstract

ObjectiveTo assess whether length of hospital stay is decreased among moderately preterm infants weaned from incubator to crib at a lower vs higher weight.Study designThis trial was conducted in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Infants with gestational ages 29-33 weeks, birthweight

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2018

13. Definitions of Cardiovascular Insufficiency and Relation to Outcomes in Critically Ill Newborn Infants

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Abhik Das, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Edward F. Bell, Ivan D. Frantz, Pablo J. Sánchez, Douglas E. Kendrick, Kristi L. Watterberg, Roger G. Faix, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Ronald N. Goldberg, Bradley A. Yoder, Brenda B. Poindexter, Barbara J. Stoll, Karen A. Osborne, Rosemary D. Higgins, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Kurt Schibler, Erika Fernandez, Michele C. Walsh, Seetha Shankaran, Abbot R. Laptook, Kathleen A. Kennedy, and Waldemar A. Carlo

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Critical Illness, Blood Pressure, Gestational Age, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, law.invention, law, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, medicine, Late preterm, Humans, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, Perinatal Mortality, business.industry, Critically ill, Incidence (epidemiology), Infant, Newborn, Infant, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, Respiration, Artificial, Intensive care unit, Patient Discharge, Blood pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Linear Models, Gestation, Female, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Background We previously reported on the overall incidence, management, and outcomes in infants with cardiovascular insufficiency (CVI). However, there are limited data on the relationship of the specific different definitions of CVI to short-term outcomes in term and late preterm newborn infants. Objective This study aims to evaluate how four definitions of CVI relate to short-term outcomes and death. Study Design The previously reported study was a multicenter, prospective cohort study of 647 infants ≥ 34 weeks gestation admitted to a Neonatal Research Network (NRN) newborn intensive care unit (NICU) and mechanically ventilated (MV) during their first 72 hours. The relationship of five short-term outcomes at discharge and four different definitions of CVI were further analyzed. Results All the four definitions were associated with greater number of days on MV and days on O 2 . The definition using a threshold blood pressure (BP) measurement alone was not associated with days of full feeding, days in the NICU or death. The definition based on the treatment of CVI was associated with all the outcomes including death. Conclusions The definition using a threshold BP alone was not consistently associated with adverse short-term outcomes. Using only a threshold BP to determine therapy may not improve outcomes.

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2015

14. Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Outcomes in Extremely Premature Neonates With Ventriculomegaly in the Absence of Periventricular-Intraventricular Hemorrhage

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Heike M. Minnich, Ivan D. Frantz, Karen J. Johnson, William E Truog, Sandra Brown, Ronnie Guillet, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Rosemary D. Higgins, Haresh Kirpalani, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Gregory M Sokol, Catherine Twell Boatman, Edward F. Bell, Janet S. Morgan, W. Kenneth Poole, Amanda D. Soong, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Katrina Burson, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Monica Konstantino, Leif D. Nelin, Bradley A. Yoder, Carin Kiser, Kristin M. Basso, Marian M. Adams, Neil N. Finer, Dennis Wallace, Hali E. Weiss, Deanna Maffett, Hallam Hurt, Fred J. Biasini, Meena Garg, Laura Cole, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Julianne Hunn, Lucy Miller, Anne Holmes, Farooq Osman, Barbara Schmidt, Anna Marie Hibbs, Walid A. Salhab, Karen A. Osborne, M. Bethany Ball, Laura A. Goldston, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Faithe Hamer, Julie Babish Johnson, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Maria Calejo, Michele C. Walsh, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Rachel Geller, Roger G. Faix, Melissa H. Leps, Maria Elena DeAnda, Ronald N. Goldberg, Marie G. Gantz, Sally Whitley, Nehal A. Parikh, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Seetha Shankaran, Andrew W. Palmquist, Andrea Halbrook, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Theresa M. Leach, Ira Adams-Chapman, Janice Bernhardt, Sarah Ryan, Maynard Rasmussen, Edward F. Donovan, Diana M. Vasil, Carroll Peterson, Jamie E. Newman, Bonnie E. Stephens, Karen A. Wynn, Myra H. Wyckoff, David P. Carlton, Jody Hessling, Barbara Alexander, Katherine A. Foy, Abbot R. Laptook, Michael Steffen, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Suzy Ventura, Raquel Halfond, Ana K. Brussa, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Ellen Waldrep, Peggy Robichaux, Donald J. Goldstein, Monika Bhola, Brenda H. Morris, Clarence Demetrio, Erica Burnell, Brenda B. Poindexter, Martha D. Carlson, Sharon L. Wright, Linda A. Madden, Michael S. Caplan, Isabell B. Purdy, Athina Pappas, Barbara Bentley, Carol Hartenberger, Patricia W. Evans, John A. Widness, Marsha Gerdes, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Kimberly Yolton, Christine G. Butler, Roy J. Heyne, Joanne Williams, Gaynelle Hensley, Carl L. Bose, Lu Ann Papile, Richard A. Polin, Brenda L. MacKinnon, JoAnn Poulsen, Anne Marie Reynolds, T. Michael O'Shea, Charles R. Bauer, Gary J. Myers, Joanne Finkle, Maegan C. Simmons, Shahnaz Duara, Arielle Rigaud, Jill Burnett, Jacky R. Walker, Lauren Zwetsch, Ellen Nylen, Margarita Jiminez, Christine A. Fortney, Angelita M. Hensman, Ellen C. Hale, Joan Merzbach, Teresa L. Gratton, Yvonne E. Vaucher, Kathy Arnell, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Sara Kryzwanski, Nancy A. Miller, Susan R. Hintz, Elaine Romano, Betty R. Vohr, Sara B. DeMauro, Donia B. Campbell, Dara M. Cucinotta, Anna Bodnar, Kristy Domnanovich, Angela Argento, Georgia E. McDavid, Kurt Schibler, Patricia L. Ashley, Margaret M. Crawford, Casey E. Krueger, Bonnie S. Siner, Sally S. Adams, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Korinne Chiu, Janice Wereszczak, Satyanarayana Lakshminrusimha, Jon E. Tyson, Carolyn Lytle, Toni Mancini, Nancy Peters, Gennie Bose, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Katharine Johnson, Barbara J. Stoll, Kristin Kirker, Gail Hounshell, Melinda S. Proud, Janet Taft, Dale L. Phelps, Keith Owen Yeates, Kathy Johnson, Dan L. Ellsbury, Martin Keszler, Leslie Rodrigues, Jennifer J. Jensen, Barbara Alksninis, Sandra Grimes, Wade Rich, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Yvonne Loggins, M. Layne Poundstone, David Kaegi, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Sheena L. Carter, Patricia Cervone, Richard V. Rector, John M. Fiascone, Nora I. Alaniz, Helina Pierre, Waldemar A. Carlo, Kimberley A. Fisher, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Robert G. Dillard, Greg Muthig, Sarah Martin, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Barbara G. Jackson, Brian G. Tang, Melinda Caskey, Vivien Phillips, Soraya Abbasi, Michael J. Acarregui, Andrea Garcia, Robert T. Burke, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Luc P. Brion, Jean G. Kohn, Kelley Yost, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Allison F. Payne, Harriet Friedman, Victoria E. Watson, William Oh, Nancy S. Newman, John Barks, Andrea H. Duncan, Pablo J. Sánchez, Mary Lenore Keszler, Deborah Evans Allred, Rosemary L. Jensen, Karie Bird, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Ann B. Cook, Alicia Guzman, Holly L. Mincey, Gail E. Besner, Kate Bridges, Sylvia Fajardo-Hiriart, Matthew M. Laughon, Cathy Grisby, Robin K. Ohls, Rebecca Bara, Karen Zanetti, Anne M. DeBattista, Tarah T. Colaizy, William F. Malcolm, Cherrie D. Welch, Judy Bernbaum, Melissa Whalen Morris, Kathleen G. Nelson, Scott A. McDonald, Emily Kushner, Abbey C. Hines, Sheila Greisman, Ashley Williams, Estelle E. Fischer, Lenora Jackson, Harris C. Jacobs, Cheri Gauldin, Alexandra Stoerger, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Rebecca Montman, Monica V. Collins, Mary Christensen, Charles Green, Mary Johnson, David K. Stevenson, Lijun Chen, Cecelia E. Sibley, Lisa K. Washburn, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Lizette E. Torres, Kathy J. Auten, Chris Henderson, U. Devaskar, Leigh Ann Smith, Janell Fuller, Diane L. Eastman, Anna E. Lis, Dianne E. Herron, Kristen C. Johnston, Anna M. Dusick, Martha G. Fuller, Anne Furey, Howard W. Kilbride, Jean R. Lowe, Elizabeth F. Bruno, Saba Siddiki, Abhik Das, Linda J. Reubens, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Cynthia Spencer, Ricki F. Goldstein, Lynne C. Huffman, Teresa Chanlaw, Patricia Luzader, Carl T. D'Angio, Diane Hust, Radmila West, Beverly Foley Harris, Sarah Winter, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Shawna Baker, Shirley S. Cosby, C. Michael Cotten, and Kristi L. Watterberg

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Gestational Age, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Bayley Scales of Infant Development, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Original Investigation, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Retrospective Studies, Ultrasonography, business.industry, Cerebral Palsy, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Brain, Gross Motor Function Classification System, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Intraventricular hemorrhage, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Ventriculomegaly, Hydrocephalus
Abstract

Importance Studies of cranial ultrasonography and early childhood outcomes among cohorts of extremely preterm neonates have linked periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage and cystic periventricular leukomalacia with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, the association between nonhemorrhagic ventriculomegaly and neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes is not fully understood. Objective To characterize the outcomes of extremely preterm neonates younger than 27 weeks’ gestational age who experienced nonhemorrhagic ventriculomegaly that was detected prior to 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age. Design, Setting, and Participants This longitudinal observational study was conducted at 16 centers of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Infants born prior to 27 weeks’ gestational age in any network facility between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2011, were included if they had a cranial ultrasonogram performed prior to 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age. Comparisons were made between those with ventriculomegaly and those with normal cranial sonograms. Data analysis was completed from August 2013 to August 2017. Main Outcomes and Measures The main outcome was neurodevelopmental impairment, defined as a Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III cognitive score less than 70, moderate/severe cerebral palsy, a Gross Motor Function Classification System score of level 2 or more, vision impairment, or hearing impairment. Secondary outcomes included Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III subscores, components of neurodevelopmental impairment, behavioral outcomes, and death/neurodevelopmental impairment. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of ventriculomegaly with adverse outcomes while controlling for potentially confounding variables and center differences as a random effect. Linear regression was used similarly for continuous outcomes. Results Of 4193 neonates with ultrasonography data, 300 had nonhemorrhagic ventriculomegaly (7%); 3045 had normal cranial ultrasonograms (73%), 775 had periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (18.5%), and 73 had cystic periventricular leukomalacia (1.7%). Outcomes were available for 3008 of 3345 neonates with ventriculomegaly or normal scans (90%). Compared with normal cranial ultrasonograms, ventriculomegaly was associated with lower gestational age, male sex, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, late-onset sepsis, meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity. After adjustment, neonates with ventriculomegaly had higher odds of neurodevelopmental impairment (odds ratio [OR], 3.07; 95% CI, 2.13-4.43), cognitive impairment (OR, 3.23; 95% CI, 2.09-4.99), moderate/severe cerebral palsy (OR, 3.68; 95% CI, 2.08-6.51), death/neurodevelopmental impairment (OR, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.62-2.91), but not death alone (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.76-1.57). Behavioral outcomes did not differ. Conclusions and Relevance Nonhemorrhagic ventriculomegaly is associated with increased odds of neurodevelopmental impairment among extremely preterm neonates.

Published
2017

15. Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support

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Jennifer James, David Munson, Sara B. DeMauro, John C. Langer, April R. Dworetz, Girija Natarajan, Margarita Bidegain, Christine A. Fortney, Ruth Seabrook, Betty R. Vohr, Jon E. Tyson, Edward F. Bell, Brenda B. Poindexter, Seetha Shankaran, Rosemary D. Higgins, Abhik Das, Barbara J. Stoll, Haresh Kirpalani, Michael S. Caplan, Abbot R. Laptook, Angelita M. Hensman, Elisa Vieira, Emilee Little, Robert Burke, Melinda Caskey, Katharine Johnson, Barbara Alksninis, Mary Lenore Keszler, Andrea M. Knoll, Theresa M. Leach, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Victoria E. Watson, Suzy Ventura, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Anna Marie Hibbs, Nancy S. Newman, Allison H. Payne, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Bonnie S. Siner, Monika Bhola, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Harriet G. Friedman, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Knutson, Kurt Schibler, Barbara Alexander, Cathy Grisby, Teresa L. Gratton, Jean J. Steichen, Estelle E. Fischer, Lenora Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Greg Muthig, Stacey Tepe, Kimberly Yolton, Ronald N. Goldberg, C. Michael Cotten, Ricki F. Goldstein, William F. Malcolm, Patricia L. Ashley, Kimberley A. Fisher, Joanne Finkle, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Gennie Bose, Janice Wereszczak, David P. Carlton, Ellen C. Hale, Ira Adams-Chapman, Yvonne Loggins, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Gregory M. Sokol, Lu-Ann Papile, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Dianne E. Herron, Susan Gunn, Lucy Smiley, Abbey C. Hines, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Pablo J. Sánchez, Patricia Luzader, Gail E. Besner, Nehal A. Parikh, Dennis Wallace, Marie G. Gantz, Jamie E. Newman, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Margaret Crawford, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Susan R. Hintz, Melinda S. Proud, Barbara Bentley, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Beth Earhart, Lynne C. Huffman, Casey E. Krueger, Hali E. Weiss, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Fred J. Biasini, Kristen C. Johnston, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Vivien A. Phillips, Sally Whitley, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Isabell B. Purdy, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Dan L. Ellsbury, Tarah T. Colaizy, Jane E. Brumbaugh, John A. Widness, Karen J. Johnson, Jacky R. Walker, Donia B. Campbell, Diane L. Eastman, Kristi L. Watterberg, Jean R. Lowe, Janell F. Fuller, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Andrea F. Duncan, Barbara Schmidt, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Hallam Hurt, Carl T. D'Angio, Ronnie Guillet, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Anne Marie Reynolds, Rosemary L. Jensen, Joan Merzbach, Gary J. Myers, Ashley Williams, Kelley Yost, William Zorn, Karen Wynn, Deanna Maffett, Diane Prinzing, Julianne Hunn, Stephanie Guilford, Farooq Osman, Mary Rowan, Michael G. Sacilowski, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Melissa Bowman, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Katrina Burson, Andrea Freeman Duncan, Carmen Garcia, Beverly Foley Harris, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, Layne M. Lillie, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Siddiki, Daniel Sperry, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Myra Wyckoff, Luc P. Brion, Diana M. Vasil, Lijun Chen, Roy J. Heyne, Sally S. Adams, Linda A. Madden, Elizabeth Heyne, Alicia Guzman, Lizette E. Torres, Catherine Twell Boatman, Athina Pappas, Rebecca Bara, Laura A. Goldston, John Barks, Mary Christensen, Stephanie Wiggins, and Diane White

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Palliative care, Birth weight, Decision Making, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Early onset sepsis, 030225 pediatrics, Intensive care, Infant Mortality, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Registries, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Infant, medicine.disease, Life Support Care, Survival Rate, Withholding Treatment, Life support, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Gestation, Female, Morbidity, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objectives To describe the frequency of postnatal discussions about withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining therapy (WWLST), ensuing WWLST, and outcomes of infants surviving such discussions. We hypothesized that such survivors have poor outcomes. Study design This retrospective review included registry data from 18 centers of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Infants born at 22-28 weeks of gestation who survived >12 hours during 2011-2013 were included. Regression analysis identified maternal and infant factors associated with WWLST discussions and factors predicting ensuing WWLST. In-hospital and 18- to 26-month outcomes were evaluated. Results WWLST discussions occurred in 529 (15.4%) of 3434 infants. These were more frequent at 22-24 weeks (27.0%) compared with 27-28 weeks of gestation (5.6%). Factors associated with WWLST discussion were male sex, gestational age (GA) of ≤24 weeks, birth weight small for GA, congenital malformations or syndromes, early onset sepsis, severe brain injury, and necrotizing enterocolitis. Rates of WWLST discussion varied by center (6.4%-29.9%) as did WWLST (5.2%-20.7%). Ensuing WWLST occurred in 406 patients; of these, 5 survived to discharge. Of the 123 infants for whom intensive care was continued, 58 (47%) survived to discharge. Survival after WWLST discussion was associated with higher rates of neonatal morbidities and neurodevelopmental impairment compared with babies for whom WWLST discussions did not occur. Significant predictors of ensuing WWLST were maternal age >25 years, necrotizing enterocolitis, and days on a ventilator. Conclusions Wide center variations in WWLST discussions occur, especially at ≤24 weeks GA. Outcomes of infants surviving after WWLST discussions are poor. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT00063063 .

Published
2017

16. The Impact of Maternal Antibiotics on Neonatal Disease

Author

Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Benjamin D. Reed, Hitesh Deshmukh, Ardythe L. Morrow, and Kurt Schibler

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, medicine.drug_class, Antibiotics, Disease, Logistic regression, Azithromycin, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, Ampicillin, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Infant Mortality, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Infant, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, United States, Anti-Bacterial Agents, 030104 developmental biology, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Cohort, Female, Neonatal Sepsis, business, Infant, Premature, medicine.drug
Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We examined the impact of prenatal exposure to maternal antibiotics on risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), late onset sepsis (LOS), and death in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: Secondary data analysis was conducted using an extant cohort of 580 infants born 5 days) duration. RESULTS: Two-thirds of mothers received antibiotics within 72 hours prior to delivery, of whom 59.8% received more than one antibiotic. Ampicillin (37.6%) and azithromycin (26.4%) were the most common antibiotics given. NEC occurred in 7.5%, LOS in 11.1%, death in 9.6%, and the combined outcome of NEC, LOS, or death in 21.3% of study infants. In multiple logistic regression models adjusted for gestational age, postnatal empiric antibiotic exposure, and other factors, prenatal antibiotic exposure was associated with reduced risk of NEC (odds ratio [OR; CI=0.28; 0.14–0.56], P < .001), death ([OR; CI = 0.29; 0.14–0.60], p=0.001), but not LOS ([OR; CI=1.59; 0.84–2.99], p=0.15), though protection was significant for the combined outcome (OR=0.52, p

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2017

17. Admission Temperature and Associated Mortality and Morbidity among Moderately and Extremely Preterm Infants

Author

Abbot R. Laptook, Edward F. Bell, Seetha Shankaran, Nansi S. Boghossian, Myra H. Wyckoff, Sarah Kandefer, Michele Walsh, Shampa Saha, Rosemary Higgins, Richard A. Polin, Martin Keszler, Betty R. Vohr, Angelita M. Hensman, Elisa Vieira, Emilee Little, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Anna Marie Hibbs, Nancy S. Newman, Bonnie S. Siner, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Kurt Schibler, Suhas G. Kallapur, Cathy Grisby, Barbara Alexander, Estelle E. Fischer, Lenora Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Jennifer Jennings, Sandra Wuertz, Greg Muthig, Edward F. Donovan, Jody Hessling, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Holly L. Mincey, C. Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, Joanne Finkle, Kimberley A. Fisher, Kathy J. Auten, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Cindy Clark, Barbara J. Stoll, David P. Carlton, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne Loggins, Diane I. Bottcher, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Linda L. Wright, Elizabeth M. McClure, Brenda B. Poindexter, Gregory M. Sokol, Dianne E. Herron, James A. Lemons, Diana D. Appel, Lucy C. Miller, Pablo J. Sanchez, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Nehal A. Parikh, Marliese Dion Nist, Jennifer Fuller, Julie Gutentag, Marissa E. Jones, Sarah McGregor, Elizabeth Rodgers, Jodi A. Ulloa, Tara Wolfe, Abhik Das, Dennis Wallace, W. Kenneth Poole, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Margaret Crawford, Jenna Gabrio, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Carolyn Petrie Huitema, Betty K. Hastings, Krisa P. Van Meurs, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Melinda S. Proud, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Tarah T. Colaizy, Dan L. Ellsbury, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Karen J. Johnson, Donia B. Campbell, Jacky R. Walker, Kristi L. Watterberg, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Carol Hartenberger, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Noah Cook, Sara B. DeMauro, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara Cucinotta, Carl T. D'Angio, Ronnie Guillet, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Dale L. Phelps, Ann Marie Reynolds, Julianne Hunn, Rosemary Jensen, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Stephanie Guilford, Ashley Williams, Michael Sacilowski, Linda Reubens, Erica Burnell, Mary Rowan, Karen Wynn, Deanna Maffett, Luc P. Brion, Diana M. Vasil, Lijun Chen, Lizette E. Torres, Walid A. Salhab, Susie Madison, Gay Hensley, Nancy A. Miller, Alicia Guzman, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Carmen Garcia, Karen Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, Sharon L. Wright, Esther G. Akpa, Patty A. Cluff, Anna E. Lis, Claudia I. Franco, Athina Pappas, John Barks, Rebecca Bara, Shelley Handel, Geraldine Muran, Diane F. White, Mary Christensen, and Stephanie A. Wiggins

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Fever, Hospital mortality, Hypothermia, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Logistic regression, Child health, Article, Body Temperature, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Patient Admission, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Hospital Mortality, business.industry, Extremely preterm, Infant, Newborn, Infant newborn, United States, Logistic Models, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business
Abstract

To evaluate the temperature distribution among moderately preterm (MPT, 29-33 weeks) and extremely preterm (EPT,29 weeks) infants upon neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission in 2012-2013, the change in admission temperature distribution for EPT infants between 2002-2003 and 2012-2013, and associations between admission temperature and mortality and morbidity for both MPT and EPT infants.Prospectively collected data from 18 centers in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network were used to examine NICU admission temperature of inborn MPT and EPT infants. Associations between admission temperature and mortality and morbidity were determined by multivariable logistic regression. EPT infants from 2002-2003 and 2012-2013 were compared.MPT and EPT cohorts consisted of 5818 and 3213 infants, respectively. The distribution of admission temperatures differed between the MPT vs EPT (P .01), including the percentage36.5°C (38.6% vs 40.9%), 36.5°C-37.5°C (57.3% vs 52.9%), and37.5°C (4.2% vs 6.2%). For EPT infants in 2012-2013 compared with 2002-2003, the percentage of temperatures between 36.5°C and 37.5°C more than doubled and the percentage of temperatures37.5°C more than tripled. Admission temperature was inversely associated with in-hospital mortality.Low and high admission temperatures are more frequent among EPT than MPT infants. Compared with a decade earlier, fewer EPT infants experience low admission temperatures but more have elevated temperatures. In spite of a change in distribution of NICU admission temperature, an inverse association between temperature and mortality risk persists.

Published
2017

18. Neonatal outcomes of moderately preterm infants compared to extremely preterm infants

Author

Abbot R. Laptook, Waldemar A. Carlo, Pablo J. Sánchez, C. Michael Cotten, Seetha Shankaran, Rosemary D. Higgins, Abhik Das, Sarah Kandefer, Kristi L. Watterberg, Noah Cook, William E Truog, Shampa Saha, Brenda B. Poindexter, Edward F. Bell, Carl T. D'Angio, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Barbara Schmidt, Nancy S. Newman, Kurt Schibler, Michele C. Walsh, and Barbara J. Stoll

Subjects
Adult, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, 030225 pediatrics, Intensive care, Infant Mortality, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Registries, Prospective cohort study, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Infant, medicine.disease, Infant mortality, United States, Intraventricular hemorrhage, Treatment Outcome, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, Female, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

BackgroundExtremely preterm infants (EPT

Published
2017

19. Markers of Successful Extubation in Extremely Preterm Infants, and Morbidity After Failed Extubation

Author

Sanjay Chawla, Girija Natarajan, Seetha Shankaran, Benjamin Carper, Luc P. Brion, Martin Keszler, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Marie G. Gantz, Abhik Das, Neil Finer, Ronald N. Goldberg, C. Michael Cotten, Rosemary D. Higgins, Alan H. Jobe, Michael S. Caplan, Richard A. Polin, Abbot R. Laptook, William Oh, Angelita M. Hensman, Dan Gingras, Susan Barnett, Sarah Lillie, Kim Francis, Dawn Andrews, Kristen Angela, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Nancy S. Newman, Bonnie S. Siner, Kurt Schibler, Edward F. Donovan, Vivek Narendran, Kate Bridges, Barbara Alexander, Cathy Grisby, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Holly L. Mincey, Jody Hessling, Kathy J. Auten, Kimberly A. Fisher, Katherine A. Foy, Gloria Siaw, Barbara J. Stoll, Susie Buchter, Anthony Piazza, David P. Carlton, Ellen C. Hale, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Brenda B. Poindexter, James A. Lemons, Faithe Hamer, Dianne E. Herron, Lucy C. Miller, Leslie D. Wilson, Mary Anne Berberich, Carol J. Blaisdell, Dorothy B. Gail, James P. Kiley, W. Kenneth Poole, Margaret Cunningham, Betty K. Hastings, Amanda R. Irene, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Carolyn Petrie Huitema, James W. Pickett, Dennis Wallace, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Melinda S. Proud, Ivan D. Frantz, John M. Fiascone, Anne Furey, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Ellen Nylen, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Vivien A. Phillips, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Paul R. Wozniak, Wade Rich, Kathy Arnell, Renee Bridge, Clarence Demetrio, Edward F. Bell, John A. Widness, Jonathan M. Klein, Karen J. Johnson, Shahnaz Duara, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Kristi L. Watterberg, Robin K. Ohls, Julie Rohr, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Dale L. Phelps, Nirupama Laroia, Linda J. Reubens, Erica Burnell, Pablo J. Sánchez, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Walid A. Salhab, James Allen, Alicia Guzman, Gaynelle Hensley, Melissa H. Lepps, Melissa Martin, Nancy A. Miller, Araceli Solis, Diana M. Vasil, Kerry Wilder, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Brenda H. Morris, Beverly Foley Harris, Anna E. Lis, Sarah Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, Patti L. Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Bradley A. Yoder, Roger G. Faix, Jill Burnett, Jennifer J. Jensen, Karen A. Osborne, Cynthia Spencer, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, T. Michael O'Shea, Nancy J. Peters, Beena G. Sood, Rebecca Bara, Elizabeth Billian, Mary Johnson, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Harris C. Jacobs, Vineet Bhandari, Pat Cervone, Patricia Gettner, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, and Janet Taft

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Positive pressure, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, 030225 pediatrics, Fraction of inspired oxygen, medicine, Intubation, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Continuous positive airway pressure, Treatment Failure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Pulmonary Surfactants, medicine.disease, Surgery, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Anesthesia, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Airway Extubation, Apgar score, Female, Morbidity, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objectives To identify variables associated with successful elective extubation, and to determine neonatal morbidities associated with extubation failure in extremely preterm neonates. Study design This study was a secondary analysis of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network's Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomized Trial that included extremely preterm infants born at 240/7 to 276/7 weeks' gestation. Patients were randomized either to a permissive ventilatory strategy (continuous positive airway pressure group) or intubation followed by early surfactant (surfactant group). There were prespecified intubation and extubation criteria. Extubation failure was defined as reintubation within 5 days of extubation. Results Of 1316 infants in the trial, 1071 were eligible; 926 infants had data available on extubation status; 538 were successful and 388 failed extubation. The rate of successful extubation was 50% (188/374) in the continuous positive airway pressure group and 63% (350/552) in the surfactant group. Successful extubation was associated with higher 5-minute Apgar score, and pH prior to extubation, lower peak fraction of inspired oxygen within the first 24 hours of age and prior to extubation, lower partial pressure of carbon dioxide prior to extubation, and non-small for gestational age status after adjustment for the randomization group assignment. Infants who failed extubation had higher adjusted rates of mortality (OR 2.89), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (OR 3.06), and death/ bronchopulmonary dysplasia (OR 3.27). Conclusions Higher 5-minute Apgar score, and pH prior to extubation, lower peak fraction of inspired oxygen within first 24 hours of age, lower partial pressure of carbon dioxide and fraction of inspired oxygen prior to extubation, and nonsmall for gestational age status were associated with successful extubation. Failed extubation was associated with significantly higher likelihood of mortality and morbidities. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT00233324 .

Published
2017

20. Evaluating Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Guidelines for 24-27 Week Gestational Age Infants

Author

Michele C. Walsh, Bradley A. Yoder, Lisa A. Wrage, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Marie G. Gantz, Neil N. Finer, Abhik Das, Nancy S. Newman, Rosemary D. Higgins, Kurt Schibler, Dale L. Phelps, Roger G. Faix, Waldemar A. Carlo, and Abbot R. Laptook

Subjects
Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, genetic structures, medicine.medical_treatment, Cryotherapy, Article, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, medicine, Humans, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Neonatology, extremely premature infant, business.industry, Postmenstrual Age, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, Retinopathy of prematurity, medicine.disease, eye diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Female, Age of onset, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objective To determine if current retinopathy of prematurity screening guidelines1 adequately identify treatable ROP in a contemporary cohort of extremely low gestation infants. Study Design Data from the Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Pulse Oximetry Randomized Trial were used. Inborn infants 24 0/7 to 27 6/7 weeks gestational age with consent prior to delivery were enrolled in 2005-2009. Severe retinopathy of prematurity (Type 1 retinopathy of prematurity or treatment with laser, cryotherapy, or bevacizumab) or death was the primary outcome for the randomized trial. Examinations followed then current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) screening recommendations, beginning by 31-33 weeks postmenstrual age.2,3 Results 1316 infants were enrolled in the trial. 997 of the 1121 who survived to first eye exam had final retinopathy of prematurity outcome determined. 137 (14% of 997) met criteria for severe retinopathy of prematurity and 128 (93%) of those had sufficient data (without missing or delayed exams) to determine age of onset of severe retinopathy of prematurity. Postmenstrual age at onset was 32.1 to 53.1 wks. In this referral center cohort, 1.4% (14/997) developed severe retinopathy of prematurity after discharge. Conclusion Our contemporary data support the 2013 AAP screening guidelines for ROP for infants 24 0/7 to 27 6/7 weeks gestational age.1 Some infants do not meet treatment criteria until after discharge home. Post-discharge follow-up of infants who are still at risk for severe ROP is crucial for timely detection and treatment.

Published
2014

21. Association between Policy Changes for Oxygen Saturation Alarm Settings and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Infants Born Very Preterm

Author

David P. Carlton, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Maegan C. Simmons, Jody Hessling, Rebecca Bara, W. Kenneth Poole, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Brenda B. Poindexter, Andrea M. Knoll, Colleen Mackie, Kurt Schibler, Gregory M. Sokol, Dennis Wallace, Kathy J. Auten, Karen J. Johnson, Georgia E. McDavid, Yvonne Loggins, M. Bethany Ball, Carmen Garcia, Lucy Miller, Nancy A. Miller, Athina Pappas, Ellen C. Hale, Allison H. Payne, Kristin M. Basso, Carol H. Hartenberger, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Shawna Rodgers, Edward F. Donovan, Estelle E. Fischer, Kristi L. Watterberg, Karen Martin, Gaynelle Hensley, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Luc P. Brion, Tarah T. Colaizy, Jon E. Tyson, David K. Stevenson, Lijun Chen, Kate Bridges, Andrew W. Palmquist, Seetha Shankaran, Marian M. Adams, Anna Maria Hibbs, Sara B. DeMauro, Dianne E. Herron, Diane I. Bottcher, Anna E. Lis, Girija Natarajan, John A. Widness, Marie G. Gantz, Emilee Little, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Shirley S. Cosby, Melissa H. Leps, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Rosemary D. Higgins, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Joanne Finkle, C. Michael Cotten, Walid A. Salhab, Barbara D. Alexander, Ronald N. Goldberg, Barbara J. Stoll, Abhik Das, Elizabeth E. Foglia, Mary Hanson, Elisa Vieira, Beverly Foley Harris, Myra H. Wyckoff, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Diana M. Vasil, Kimberley A. Fisher, Holly L. Mincey, Magdy Ismail, Martin Keszler, A. R. Laptook, Sara C. Martin, Kristin Kirker, Melinda S. Proud, Robin K. Ohls, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Alicia Guzman, Angelita M. Hensman, Margaret M. Crawford, Nancy S. Newman, Lizette E. Lee, Benjamin Carper, Waldemar A. Carlo, Jennifer A. Keller, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Lenora Jackson, Greg Muthig, Monica V. Collins, Cathy Grisby, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Stacey Tepe, Katrina Burson, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Michael S. Caplan, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Jacky R. Walker, Lara Pavageau, Edward F. Bell, Janet S. Morgan, and Barbara Schmidt

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Retinopathy of prematurity, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Odds, 03 medical and health sciences, Pulse oximetry, ALARM, 0302 clinical medicine, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, 030225 pediatrics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, medicine, sense organs, 030212 general & internal medicine, skin and connective tissue diseases, business, Oxygen saturation (medicine)
Abstract

Objective To determine the impact of policy changes for pulse oximetry oxygen saturation (SpO2) alarm limits on neonatal mortality and morbidity among infants born very preterm. Study design This was a retrospective cohort study of infants born very preterm in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Infants were classified based on treatment at a hospital with an SpO2 alarm policy change and study epoch (before vs after policy change). We used a generalized linear mixed model to determine the effect of hospital group and epoch on the primary outcomes of mortality and severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and secondary outcomes of necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and any ROP. Results There were 3809 infants in 10 hospitals with an SpO2 alarm policy change and 3685 infants in 9 hospitals without a policy change. The nature of most policy changes was to narrow the SpO2 alarm settings. Mortality was lower in hospitals without a policy change (aOR 0.63; 95% CI 0.50-0.80) but did not differ between epochs in policy change hospitals. The odds of bronchopulmonary dysplasia were greater for hospitals with a policy change (aOR 1.65; 95% CI 1.36-2.00) but did not differ for hospitals without a policy change. Severe ROP and necrotizing enterocolitis did not differ between epochs for either group. The adjusted odds of any ROP were lower in recent years in both hospital groups. Conclusions Changing SpO2 alarm policies was not associated with reduced mortality or increased severe ROP among infants born very preterm.

Published
2019

22. Apolipoprotein E genotype and outcome in infants with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy

Author

C Michael, Cotten, Ricki F, Goldstein, Scott A, McDonald, Ronald N, Goldberg, Walid A, Salhab, Waldemar A, Carlo, Jon E, Tyson, Neil N, Finer, Michele C, Walsh, Richard A, Ehrenkranz, Abbot R, Laptook, Ronnie, Guillet, Kurt, Schibler, Krisa P, Van Meurs, Brenda B, Poindexter, Barbara J, Stoll, T Michael, O'Shea, Shahnaz, Duara, Abhik, Das, Rosemary D, Higgins, Seetha, Shankaran, and Susan, DeLan

Subjects
Apolipoprotein E, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Encephalopathy, Infant, Newborn, Biology, medicine.disease, Article, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Cerebral palsy, Cohort Studies, Apolipoproteins E, Internal medicine, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Nervous System Diseases, Allele, DNA Primers, Cohort study
Abstract

Adults with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene alleles e4 and e2 are at high risk of poor neurological outcome after brain injury. The e4 allele has been associated with cerebral palsy (CP), and the e2 allele has been associated with worse neurological outcome with congenital heart disease. This study was done to test the hypothesis that the APOE genotype is associated with outcome among neonates who survive after hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). We conducted a cohort study of infants who survived HIE and had 18–22 mo standardized neurodevelopmental evaluations to assess associations between disability and the APOE genotypes e3/e3, e4/–, and e2/–. A total of 139 survivors were genotyped. Of these, 86 (62%) were of the e3/e3, 41 (29%) were of the e4/–, and 14 (10%) were of the e2/– genotypes. One hundred and twenty-nine infants had genotype and follow-up data; 26% had moderate or severe disabilities. Disability prevalence was 30 and 19% among those with and without the e3/e3 genotype, 25 and 26% among those with and without the e2 allele, and 18 and 29% among those with and without the e4 allele, respectively. None of the differences were statistically significant. CP prevalence was also similar among genotype groups. Disability was not associated with the APOE genotype in this cohort of HIE survivors.

Published
2013

23. Donor human milk largely replaces formula-feeding of preterm infants in two urban hospitals

Author

Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Christina J. Valentine, Laura P. Ward, C Smith, N M Delfosse, Kurt Schibler, Ardythe L. Morrow, C Auer, and Anne J. Lagomarcino

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Birth weight, Mothers, Gestational Age, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, Hospitals, University, Hospitals, Urban, Formula feeding, Birth Weight, Humans, Medicine, Milk Banks, Ohio, Motivation, Milk, Human, business.industry, Extramural, Obstetrics, Breast Milk Expression, Infant, Newborn, Infant, food and beverages, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, Quality Improvement, Infant Formula, Breast Feeding, Infant formula, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Breast feeding
Abstract

To determine acceptance of donor human milk (DM) for feeding preterm infants and whether offering DM, alters mothers' milk (MM) feeding.Infant feeding data were collected from medical records of 650 very preterm infants enrolled between 2006-2011 in two hospital level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Cincinnati, Ohio. The study was conducted during the implementation of a program offering 14 days of DM.From 2006-2011, any DM use increased from 8 to 77% of infants, largely replacing formula for the first 2 weeks of life; provision of MM did not change. DM was more likely to be given in the first 2 weeks of life, if infants never received MM or were1000 g birth weight, but DM use did not differ by sociodemographic factors.Offering DM dramatically increased human milk feeding and decreased formula use, but did not alter MM feeding in hospital.

Published
2012

24. Patterns of Oxygenation, Mortality, and Growth Status in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial Cohort

Author

Charles R. Rosenfeld, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Edward F. Bell, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Kristi L. Watterberg, Alicia Guzman, Lucy Miller, Ruth Everett-Thomas, James P. Kiley, Faithe Hamer, Marie G. Gantz, M. Bethany Ball, Beverly Foley Harris, Karen J. Johnson, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Susan Barnett, Kate Bridges, Sarah Lillie, Pat Cervone, Laura Grau, Gaynelle Hensley, Kerry Wilder, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Ellen C. Hale, Maynard Rasmussen, David K. Stevenson, Kristen Angela, Betty K. Hastings, Kurt Schibler, Angelita M. Hensman, Nancy S. Newman, Amy K. Hutchinson, Kim Francis, Nancy Peters, Mary Anne Berberich, Dennis Wallace, Beena G. Sood, Brenda H. Morris, Michele C. Walsh, Michael S. Caplan, John A. Widness, Harris C. Jacobs, Dawn Andrews, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Mary Johnson, Ivan D. Frantz, Nathan Morris, Sarah Martin, Alan H. Jobe, Diana M. Vasil, T. Michael O'Shea, Shahnaz Duara, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Ronald N. Goldberg, Dale L. Phelps, Margaret M. Crawford, Sharon F. Freedman, Shirley S. Cosby, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, C. Michael Cotten, Ellen Nylen, Monica V. Collins, Elizabeth Billian, Patricia Gettner, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Richard A. Polin, Waldemar A. Carlo, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Roger G. Faix, Gary David Markowitz, James A. Lemons, Katherine A. Foy, Abbot R. Laptook, James Allen, Brenda B. Poindexter, Kimberly A. Fisher, Bradley A. Yoder, David K. Wallace, Seetha Shankaran, Walid A. Salhab, Brenda L. MacKinnon, JoAnn Poulsen, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Susie Buchter, Karen A. Osborne, Nancy A. Miller, Jill Burnett, Arlene Zadell, William Oh, Sharon L. Wright, Juliann M. Di Fiore, Kathy J. Auten, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Vineet Bhandari, Barbara Alexander, Renee Bridge, Melinda S. Proud, Holly L. Mincey, Julie Rohr, Janet Taft, Cynthia Spencer, Cathy Grisby, Robin K. Ohls, Bonnie S. Siner, Monica Konstantino, Abhik Das, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Paul Wozniak, Melissa Martin, Linda J. Reubens, Barbara J. Stoll, Jennifer J. Jensen, Hong Li, Anthony J. Piazza, David P. Carlton, Wade Rich, Dianne E. Herron, Amanda R. Irene, Vivien Phillips, Georgia E. McDavid, Jody Hessling, Araceli Solis, Carol J. Blaisdell, Erica Burnell, Nirupama Laroia, Richard J. Martin, Kathy Arnell, Rebecca Bara, Clarence Demetrio, John M. Fiascone, Jonathan M. Klein, Anna E. Lis, Melissa H. Lepps, Vivek Narendran, Anne Furey, Jon E. Tyson, Edward F. Donovan, Dan Gingras, James W. Pickett, Rosemary D. Higgins, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Pablo J. Sánchez, Dorothy B. Gail, and Neil N. Finer

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_treatment, Positive pressure, Gestational Age, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, Hypoxemia, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Surface-Active Agents, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Continuous positive airway pressure, Hypoxia, Oxygen saturation, Survival rate, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Infant, Newborn, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Infant, Pulmonary Surfactants, Oxygenation, medicine.disease, Oxygen, Survival Rate, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Cardiology, Small for gestational age, Female, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Objective To characterize actual achieved patterns of oxygenation in infants born appropriate vs small for gestational age (SGA) randomized to a lower (85-89%) vs higher (91%-95%) oxygen saturation target in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial. To determine the association between achieved oxygen saturation levels and survival in infants born appropriate vs SGA enrolled in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial. Study design Median oxygen saturation and intermittent hypoxemia events ( 0/7 -27 6/7 weeks of gestation while receiving supplemental oxygen during the first 3 days of life. Results Lower target infants who were small for gestational age had the lowest oxygen saturation and highest incidence of intermittent hypoxemia during the first 3 days of life. The lowest quartile of oxygen saturation (≤92%) during the first 3 days of life was associated with lower 90-day survival for both infants born appropriate and SGA. An increased incidence of intermittent hypoxemia events during the first 3 days of life was associated with lower 90-day survival only in infants born SGA. Conclusion Lower achieved oxygen saturation during the first 3 days of life was associated with lower 90-day survival in extremely preterm infants. Infants born SGA had enhanced vulnerability to lower oxygen saturation targets as evidenced by lower achieved oxygen saturation and an association between increased intermittent hypoxemia events and lower survival. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00233324.

Published
2016

25. Grade and laterality of intraventricular haemorrhage to predict 18-22 month neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birthweight infants

Author

Stephanie L. Merhar, Kurt Schibler, Meredith E. Tabangin, and Jareen Meinzen-Derr

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Multivariate analysis, business.industry, Obstetrics, MEDLINE, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Sepsis, Low birth weight, Text mining, Intraventricular hemorrhage, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Laterality, Severity of illness, medicine, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Aims To determine whether extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with bilateral compared to unilateral intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18–22 months.

Published
2012

26. Growth Outcomes of Preterm Infants Exposed to Different Oxygen Saturation Target Ranges from Birth

Author

Cristina T. Navarrete, Lisa A. Wrage, Waldemar A. Carlo, Michele C. Walsh, Wade Rich, Marie G. Gantz, Abhik Das, Kurt Schibler, Nancy S. Newman, Anthony J. Piazza, Brenda B. Poindexter, Seetha Shankaran, Pablo J. Sánchez, Brenda H. Morris, Ivan D. Frantz, Krisa P. Van Meurs, C. Michael Cotten, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Edward F. Bell, Kristi L. Watterberg, Rosemary D. Higgins, Shahnaz Duara, Marie Gantz, Alan H. Jobe, Michael S. Caplan, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Bonnie S. Siner, Arlene Zadell, Julie DiFiore, Monika Bhola, Harriet G. Friedman, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Edward F. Donovan, Vivek Narendran, Kimberly Yolton, Kate Bridges, Barbara Alexander, Cathy Grisby, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Holly L. Mincey, Jody Hessling, Teresa L. Gratton, Ronald N. Goldberg, Ricki F. Goldstein, Patricia Ashley, Kathy J. Auten, Kimberley A. Fisher, Katherine A. Foy, Sharon F. Freedman, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Melody B. Lohmeyer, William F. Malcolm, David K. Wallace, Barbara J. Stoll, Ira Adams-Chapman, Susie Buchter, David P. Carlton, Sheena Carter, Sobha Fritz, Ellen C. Hale, Amy K. Hutchinson, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Gloria V. Smikle, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Anna M. Dusick, James A. Lemons, Gary J. Myers, Leslie D. Wilson, Faithe Hamer, Ann B. Cook, Dianne E. Herron, Carolyn Lytle, Heike M. Minnich, Mary Anne Berberich, Carol J. Blaisdell, Dorothy B. Gail, James P. Kiley, W. Kenneth Poole, Jamie E. Newman, Betty K. Hastings, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Carolyn Petrie Huitema, James W. Pickett, Dennis Wallace, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, David K. Stevenson, Susan R. Hintz, M. Bethany Ball, Barbara Bentley, Elizabeth F. Bruno, Alexis S. Davis, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Lynne C. Huffman, Jean G. Kohn, Melinda S. Proud, Renee P. Pyle, Nicholas H. St. John, Hali E. Weiss, John M. Fiascone, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Anne Furey, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Ellen Nylen, Ana Brussa, Cecelia Sibley, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Vivien A. Phillips, Kirstin J. Bailey, Fred J. Biasini, Maria Hopkins, Kristen C. Johnston, Sara Krzywanski, Kathleen G. Nelson, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Richard V. Rector, Leslie Rodriguez, Amanda Soong, Sally Whitley, Sheree York, John A. Widness, Michael J. Acarregui, Jonathan M. Klein, Tarah T. Colaizy, Karen J. Johnson, Diane L. Eastman, Charles R. Bauer, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Maria Calejo, Alexis N. Diaz, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Andrea Garcia, Kasey Hamlin-Smith, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Sylvia Hiriart-Fajardo, Helina Pierre, Arielle Rigaud, Alexandra Stroerger, Robin K. Ohls, Janell Fuller, Julie Rohr, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Jean Lowe, Rebecca Montman, Luc Brion, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Walid A. Salhab, Roy J. Heyne, Sally S. Adams, James Allen, Lijun Chen, Laura Grau, Alicia Guzman, Gaynelle Hensley, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Jackie Hickman, Melissa H. Lepps, Linda A. Madden, Nancy A. Miller, Janet S. Morgan, Araceli Solis, Lizette E. Torres, Catherine Twell Boatman, Diana M Vasil, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Esther G. Akpa, Nora I. Alaniz, Susan Dieterich, Patricia W. Evans, Charles Green, Beverly Foley Harris, Margarita Jiminez, Anna E. Lis, Karen Martin, Sarah Martin, Georgia E. McDavid, M. Layne Poundstone, Stacey Reddoch, Saba Siddiki, Maegan C. Simmons, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Sharon L. Wright, Beena G. Sood, Athina Pappas, Rebecca Bara, Elizabeth Billian, Laura A. Goldston, Mary Johnson, Vineet Bhandari, Harris C. Jacobs, Pat Cervone, Patricia Gettner, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, Janet Taft, Christine G. Butler, Nancy Close, Walter Gilliam, Sheila Greisman, Elaine Romano, and Joanne Williams

Subjects
Male, Birth weight, Positive pressure, Growth, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Fraction of inspired oxygen, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Oximetry, Oxygen saturation (medicine), business.industry, Postmenstrual Age, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Retinopathy of prematurity, Oxygenation, medicine.disease, Respiration, Artificial, Oxygen, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

To test whether infants randomized to a lower oxygen saturation (peripheral capillary oxygen saturation [SpO2]) target range while on supplemental oxygen from birth will have better growth velocity from birth to 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) and less growth failure at 36 weeks PMA and 18-22 months corrected age.We evaluated a subgroup of 810 preterm infants from the Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomized Trial, randomized at birth to lower (85%-89%, n = 402, PMA 26 ± 1 weeks, birth weight 839 ± 186 g) or higher (91%-95%, n = 408, PMA 26 ± 1 weeks, birth weight 840 ± 191 g) SpO2 target ranges. Anthropometric measures were obtained at birth, postnatal days 7, 14, 21, and 28; then at 32 and 36 weeks PMA; and 18-22 months corrected age. Growth velocities were estimated with the exponential method and analyzed with linear mixed models. Poor growth outcome, defined as weight10th percentile at 36 weeks PMA and 18-22 months corrected age, was compared across the 2 treatment groups by the use of robust Poisson regression.Growth outcomes including growth at 36 weeks PMA and 18-22 months corrected age, as well as growth velocity were similar in the lower and higher SpO2 target groups.Targeting different oxygen saturation ranges between 85% and 95% from birth did not impact growth velocity or reduce growth failure in preterm infants.

Published
2015

27. Hospital and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low-birth-weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis and spontaneous intestinal perforation

Author

Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Kimberly Yolton, Vivek Narendran, Edward F. Donovan, Jean J. Steichen, Kurt Schibler, T Gratton, B Alexander, and Tushar A. Shah

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Developmental Disabilities, Birth weight, Population, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Article, Child Development, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, medicine, Humans, education, Enterocolitis, education.field_of_study, Obstetrics, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Infant, Newborn, Infant, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, Low birth weight, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Intestinal Perforation, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, medicine.symptom, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

We sought to determine the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) in surviving extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW

Published
2011

28. Prolonged Initial Empirical Antibiotic Treatment is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Premature Infants

Author

Kurt Schibler, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Ardythe L. Morrow, and Venkata S. Kuppala

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, medicine.drug_class, Birth weight, Antibiotics, Breast milk, Logistic regression, Cohort Studies, Sepsis, Enteral Nutrition, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Risk Factors, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Infant Mortality, Humans, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Medicine, Registries, Ohio, Retrospective Studies, Milk, Human, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, medicine.disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Multivariate Analysis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Female, business, Premature rupture of membranes, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objective To investigate the outcomes after prolonged empirical antibiotic administration to premature infants in the first week of life, and concluding subsequent late onset sepsis (LOS), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and death. Study design Study infants were ≤32 weeks gestational age and ≤1500 g birth weight who survived free of sepsis and NEC for 7 days. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to determine independent relationships between prolonged initial empirical antibiotic therapy (≥5 days) and study outcomes that control for birth weight, gestational age, race, prolonged premature rupture of membranes, days on high-frequency ventilation in 7 days, and the amount of breast milk received in the first 14 days of life. Results Of the 365 premature infants who survived 7 days free of sepsis or NEC, 36% received prolonged initial empirical antibiotics, which was independently associated with subsequent outcomes: LOS (OR, 2.45 [95% CI, 1.28-4.67]) and the combination of LOS, NEC, or death (OR, 2.66 [95% CI, 1.12-6.3]). Conclusions Prolonged administration of empirical antibiotics to premature infants with sterile cultures in the first week of life is associated with subsequent severe outcomes. Judicious restriction of antibiotic use should be investigated as a strategy to reduce severe outcomes for premature infants.

Published
2011

29. Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis: The Burden of Group B Streptococcal and E. coli Disease Continues

Author

Ivan D. Frantz, Michele C. Walsh, Ellen C. Hale, Kristi L. Watterberg, Waldemar A. Carlo, Kurt Schibler, Rosemary D. Higgins, Abbot R. Laptook, Nellie I. Hansen, Brenda B. Poindexter, Andi L. Shane, Matthew J. Bizzarro, Stephanie J. Schrag, Roger G. Faix, Ronald N. Goldberg, Pablo J. Sánchez, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Abhik Das, Seetha Shankaran, Edward F. Bell, Krisa P. Van Meurs, and Barbara J. Stoll

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Birth weight, Bacteremia, medicine.disease_cause, Risk Assessment, Group B, Streptococcus agalactiae, Sepsis, Neonatal Screening, Streptococcal Infections, Intensive care, Escherichia coli, medicine, Humans, Registries, Age of Onset, Escherichia coli Infections, Escherichia coli infection, Retrospective Studies, Neonatal sepsis, business.industry, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Articles, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, United States, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Primary Prevention, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Immunology, Chemoprophylaxis, Female, business, Infant, Premature, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Guidelines for prevention of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection have successfully reduced early onset (EO) GBS disease. Study results suggest that Escherichia coli is an important EO pathogen. OBJECTIVE: To determine EO infection rates, pathogens, morbidity, and mortality in a national network of neonatal centers. METHODS: Infants with EO infection were identified by prospective surveillance at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network centers. Infection was defined by positive culture results for blood and cerebrospinal fluid obtained from infants aged ≤72 hours plus treatment with antibiotic therapy for ≥5 days. Mother and infant characteristics, treatments, and outcomes were studied. Numbers of cases and total live births (LBs) were used to calculate incidence. RESULTS: Among 396 586 LBs (2006–2009), 389 infants developed EO infection (0.98 cases per 1000 LBs). Infection rates increased with decreasing birth weight. GBS (43%, 0.41 per 1000 LBs) and E coli (29%, 0.28 per 1000 LBs) were most frequently isolated. Most infants with GBS were term (73%); 81% with E coli were preterm. Mothers of 67% of infected term and 58% of infected preterm infants were screened for GBS, and results were positive for 25% of those mothers. Only 76% of mothers with GBS colonization received intrapartum chemoprophylaxis. Although 77% of infected infants required intensive care, 20% of term infants were treated in the normal newborn nursery. Sixteen percent of infected infants died, most commonly with E coli infection (33%). CONCLUSION: In the era of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis to reduce GBS, rates of EO infection have declined but reflect a continued burden of disease. GBS remains the most frequent pathogen in term infants, and E coli the most significant pathogen in preterm infants. Missed opportunities for GBS prevention continue. Prevention of E coli sepsis, especially among preterm infants, remains a challenge.

Published
2011

30. Neonatal Candidiasis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Judgment

Author

Waldemar A. Carlo, Abbot R. Laptook, Ivan D. Frantz, Nancy A. Miller, Rachel L. Chapman, Abhik Das, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Daniel K. Benjamin, Neil N. Finer, Marie G. Gantz, Seetha Shankaran, Thomas J. Walsh, Brenda B. Poindexter, Kristi L. Watterberg, Ronald N. Goldberg, Barbara J. Stoll, T. Michael O'Shea, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Kurt Schibler, Michele C. Walsh, Rosemary D. Higgins, Kathy J. Auten, Pablo J. Sánchez, Edward F. Bell, Shahnaz Duara, and Dale L. Phelps

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Birth weight, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, Sepsis, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Humans, Medicine, Blood culture, Neonatal Candidiasis, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), Mortality rate, Candidiasis, Infant, Newborn, medicine.disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Survival Rate, Low birth weight, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Catheter-Related Infections, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine.symptom, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Invasive candidiasis is a leading cause of infection-related morbidity and mortality in extremely low birth weight ( METHODS: The study involved a prospective observational cohort of infants ≤1000 g birth weight at 19 centers of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. At each sepsis evaluation, clinical information was recorded, cultures were obtained, and clinicians prospectively recorded their estimate of the probability of invasive candidiasis. Two models were generated with invasive candidiasis as their outcome: (1) potentially modifiable risk factors; and (2) a clinical model at time of blood culture to predict candidiasis. RESULTS: Invasive candidiasis occurred in 137 of 1515 (9.0%) infants and was documented by positive culture from ≥1 of these sources: blood (n = 96); cerebrospinal fluid (n = 9); urine obtained by catheterization (n = 52); or other sterile body fluid (n = 10). Mortality rate was not different for infants who had positive blood culture compared with those with isolated positive urine culture. Incidence of candida varied from 2% to 28% at the 13 centers that enrolled ≥50 infants. Potentially modifiable risk factors included central catheter, broad-spectrum antibiotics (eg, third-generation cephalosporins), intravenous lipid emulsion, endotracheal tube, and antenatal antibiotics. The clinical prediction model had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.79 and was superior to clinician judgment (0.70) in predicting subsequent invasive candidiasis. CONCLUSION: Previous antibiotics, presence of a central catheter or endotracheal tube, and center were strongly associated with invasive candidiasis. Modeling was more accurate in predicting invasive candidiasis than clinical judgment.

Published
2010

31. Delivery Room Resuscitation and Short-Term Outcomes in Moderately Preterm Infants

Author

Carmen Garcia, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Estelle E. Fischer, John D.E. Barks, Rosemary D. Higgins, Kristi L. Watterberg, Mary Christensen, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Abbot R. Laptook, Ronnie Guillet, David K. Stevenson, Lijun Chen, Dianne E. Herron, Karen Martin, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Rachel Geller, Shirley S. Cosby, Teresa Chanlaw, C. Michael Cotten, Myra H. Wyckoff, Yvonne Loggins, Elisa Vieira, Seetha Shankaran, Patricia Luzader, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Jenna Gabrio, Jennifer Fuller, Diane I. Bottcher, Haresh Kirpalani, Carl T. D'Angio, Joanne Finkle, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Luc P. Brion, Cindy Clark, Janice Bernhardt, Barbara J. Stoll, Brenda B. Poindexter, Howard W. Kilbride, Jennifer Jennings, Matthew M. Laughon, Suhas G. Kallapur, Meena Garg, Margaret M. Crawford, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Pablo J. Sánchez, Jon E. Tyson, Uday Devaskar, Abhik Das, Tarah T. Colaizy, Angelita M. Hensman, Jacky R. Walker, Carol Hartenberger, Cathy Grisby, Barbara Alexander, Sarah Kandefer, Robin K. Ohls, Ronald N. Goldberg, Julie Gutentag, Shelley Handel, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Bonnie S. Siner, Sandy Sundquist Beauman, William E Truog, Sharon L. Wright, Athina Pappas, Girija Natarajan, Marliese Dion Nist, Marissa E. Jones, Jodi A. Ulloa, Kristin Kirker, Melinda S. Proud, Betty R. Vohr, Sara B. DeMauro, Nancy S. Newman, Dara M. Cucinotta, Waldemar A. Carlo, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Greg Muthig, Lizette E. Torres, Kimberley A. Fisher, Donia B. Campbell, Edward F. Bell, Lenora Jackson, Rosemary L. Jensen, Cheri Gauldin, Soraya Abbasi, Dan L. Ellsbury, Monica V. Collins, Greg Sokol, Stephanie Guilford, Ellen C. Hale, Ann Marie Scorsone, Barbara Schmidt, Kathy Johnson, Karen J. Johnson, Dennis Wallace, Julianne Hunn, M. Bethany Ball, Anne Holmes, Diane F. White, Richard A. Polin, Noah Cook, Tara Wolfe, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Shampa Saha, Ashley Williams, Diana M. Vasil, Monika Bajaj, Toni Mancini, Georgia E. McDavid, Elizabeth Rodgers, David P. Carlton, Sandra Wuertz, Rebecca Bara, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Sarah McGregor, Kurt Schibler, Anna Marie Hibbs, Michele C. Walsh, Nehal A. Parikh, Leif D. Nelin, Martin Keszler, Stephanie A. Wiggins, and Carl L. Bose

Subjects
Male, Resuscitation, medicine.medical_treatment, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Intubation, Intratracheal, Humans, Rupture of membranes, Medicine, Prospective Studies, Registries, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Continuous positive airway pressure, Respiratory system, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, business.industry, Delivery Rooms, Delivery room, Infant, Newborn, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Gestational age, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Anesthesia, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Infant, Premature, Cohort study
Abstract

Objectives To describe the frequency and extent of delivery room resuscitation and evaluate the association of delivery room resuscitation with neonatal outcomes in moderately preterm (MPT) infants. Study design This was an observational cohort study of MPT infants delivered at 290/7 to 336/7 weeks' gestational age (GA) enrolled in the Neonatal Research Network MPT registry. Infants were categorized into 5 groups based on the highest level of delivery room intervention: routine care, oxygen and/or continuous positive airway pressure, bag and mask ventilation, endotracheal intubation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation including chest compressions and/or epinephrine use. The association of antepartum and intrapartum risk factors and discharge outcomes with the intensity of resuscitation was evaluated. Results Of 7014 included infants, 1684 (24.0%) received routine care and no additional resuscitation, 2279 (32.5%) received oxygen or continuous positive airway pressure, 1831 (26.1%) received bag and mask ventilation, 1034 (14.7%) underwent endotracheal intubation, and 186 (2.7%) received cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Among the antepartum and intrapartum factors, increasing GA, any exposure to antenatal steroids and prolonged rupture of membranes decreased the likelihood of receipt of all levels of resuscitation. Infants who were small for GA (SGA) had increased risk of delivery room resuscitation. Among the neonatal outcomes, respiratory support at 28 days, days to full oral feeds and length of stay were significantly associated with the intensity of delivery room resuscitation. Higher intensity of resuscitation was associated with increased risk of mortality. Conclusions The majority of MPT infants receive some level of delivery room resuscitation. Increased intensity of delivery room interventions was associated with prolonged respiratory and nutritional support, increased mortality, and a longer length of stay.

Published
2018

32. Outcome of Preterm Infants with Transient Cystic Periventricular Leukomalacia on Serial Cranial Imaging Up to Term Equivalent Age

Author

Subrata Sarkar, Seetha Shankaran, John Barks, Barbara T. Do, Abbot R. Laptook, Abhik Das, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Edward F. Bell, Pablo J. Sanchez, Susan R. Hintz, Myra H. Wyckoff, Barbara J. Stoll, Waldemar A. Carlo, Alan H. Jobe, Michael S. Caplan, Richard A. Polin, Martin Keszler, William Oh, Betty R. Vohr, Angelita M. Hensman, Barbara Alksninis, Kristin M. Basso, Robert Burke, Melinda Caskey, Katharine Johnson, Mary Lenore Keszler, Andrea M. Knoll, Theresa M. Leach, Emilee Little, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Elisa Vieira, Victoria E. Watson, Suzy Ventura, Michele C. Walsh, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Anna Marie Hibbs, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Nancy S. Newman, Allison H. Payne, Bonnie S. Siner, Monika Bhola, Gulgun Yalcinkaya, Harriet G. Friedman, William E. Truog, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Howard W. Kilbride, Cheri Gauldin, Anne Holmes, Kathy Johnson, Allison Knutson, Kurt Schibler, Edward F. Donovan, Cathy Grisby, Kate Bridges, Barbara Alexander, Estelle E. Fischer, Holly L. Mincey, Jody Hessling, Teresa L. Gratton, Lenora Jackson, Kristin Kirker, Greg Muthig, Jean J. Steichen, Stacey Tepe, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Kimberly Yolton, Ronald N. Goldberg, C. Michael Cotten, Ricki F. Goldstein, Patricia L. Ashley, William F. Malcolm, Kathy J. Auten, Kimberley A. Fisher, Sandra Grimes, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Melody B. Lohmeyer, Joanne Finkle, Matthew M. Laughon, Carl L. Bose, Janice Bernhardt, Gennie Bose, Diane Warner, Janice Wereszczak, David P. Carlton, Ira Adams-Chapman, Ellen C. Hale, Yvonne Loggins, Ann M. Blackwelder, Diane I. Bottcher, Colleen Mackie, Rosemary D. Higgins, Stephanie Wilson Archer, Gregory M. Sokol, Brenda B. Poindexter, James A. Lemons, Anna M. Dusick, Lu-Ann Papile, Carolyn Lytle, Abbey C. Hines, Heike M. Minnich, Dianne E. Herron, Lucy Smiley, Susan Gunn, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jon E. Tyson, Georgia E. McDavid, Esther G. Akpa, Julie Arldt-McAlister, Nora I. Alaniz, Katrina Burson, Pamela J. Bradt, Susan Dieterich, Allison Dempsey, Andrea F. Duncan, Patricia W. Evans, Claudia I. Franco, Carmen Garcia, Charles Green, Beverly Foley Harris, Margarita Jiminez, Janice John, Patrick M. Jones, Layne M. Lillie, Anna E. Lis, Terri Major-Kincade, Karen Martin, Sara C. Martin, Brenda H. Morris, Patricia Ann Orekoya, Stacey Reddoch, Shawna Rodgers, Saba Siddiki, Maegan C. Simmons, Daniel Sperry, Patti L. Pierce Tate, Laura L. Whitely, Sharon L. Wright, Leif D. Nelin, Sudarshan R. Jadcherla, Patricia Luzader, Christine A. Fortney, Gail E. Besner, Nehal A. Parikh, Dennis Wallace, Marie G. Gantz, W. Kenneth Poole, Margaret M. Crawford, Jenna Gabrio, Betty K. Hastings, Jamie E. Newman, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Carolyn M. Petrie Huitema, Kristin M. Zaterka-Baxter, David K. Stevenson, M. Bethany Ball, Marian M. Adams, Alexis S. Davis, Andrew W. Palmquist, Melinda S. Proud, Barbara Bentley, Elizabeth Bruno, Maria Elena DeAnda, Anne M. DeBattista, Beth Earhart, Lynne C. Huffman, Jean G. Kohn, Casey Krueger, Hali E. Weiss, Ivan D. Frantz, John M. Fiascone, Brenda L. MacKinnon, Anne Furey, Ellen Nylen, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Fred J. Biasini, Kristen C. Johnston, Kathleen G. Nelson, Cryshelle S. Patterson, Vivien A. Phillips, Sally Whitley, Uday Devaskar, Meena Garg, Isabell B. Purdy, Teresa Chanlaw, Rachel Geller, Neil N. Finer, David Kaegi, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Paul R. Wozniak, Kathy Arnell, Clarence Demetrio, Martha G. Fuller, Chris Henderson, Wade Rich, Yvonne E. Vaucher, Tarah T. Colaizy, Michael J. Acarregui, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Dan L. Ellsbury, John A. Widness, Karen J. Johnson, Donia B. Campbell, Diane L. Eastman, Nancy J. Krutzfield, Shahnaz Duara, Charles R. Bauer, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Sylvia Fajardo-Hiriart, Arielle Rigaud, Maria Calejo, Silvia M. Frade Eguaras, Michelle Harwood Berkowits, Andrea Garcia, Helina Pierre, Alexandra Stoerger, Kristi L. Watterberg, Jean R. Lowe, Tara Dupont, Janell F. Fuller, Robin K. Ohls, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Rebecca Montman, Barbara Schmidt, Haresh Kirpalani, Sara B. DeMauro, Aasma S. Chaudhary, Soraya Abbasi, Toni Mancini, Dara M. Cucinotta, Judy C. Bernbaum, Marsha Gerdes, Hallam Hurt, Noah Cook, Carl T. D'Angio, Dale L. Phelps, Ronnie Guillet, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Julie Babish Johnson, Erica Burnell, Linda J. Reubens, Cassandra A. Horihan, Rosemary L. Jensen, Emily Kushner, Joan Merzbach, Gary J. Myers, Mary Rowan, Holly I.M. Wadkins, Anne Marie Scorsone, Melissa Bowman, Julianne Hunn, Stephanie Guilford, Deanna Maffett, Osman Farooq, Diane Prinzing, Anne Marie Reynolds, Michael G. Sacilowski, Ashley Williams, Karen Wynn, Kelley Yost, William Zorn, Lauren Zwetsch, Luc P. Brion, R. Sue Broyles, Roy J. Heyne, Merle Ipson, Walid A. Salhab, Charles R. Rosenfeld, Diana M. Vasil, Lijun Chen, Alicia Guzman, Gaynelle Hensley, Jackie F. Hickman, Melissa H. Leps, Susie Madison, Nancy A. Miller, Janet S. Morgan, Lara Pavageau, Sally S. Adams, Cristin Dooley, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Lizette E. Lee, Linda A. Madden, Catherine Twell Boatman, Roger G. Faix, Bradley A. Yoder, Karen A. Osborne, Cynthia Spencer, Kimberlee Weaver-Lewis, Shawna Baker, Karie Bird, Jill Burnett, Michael Steffen, Jennifer J. Jensen, Sarah Winter, Karen Zanetti, T. Michael O'Shea, Robert G. Dillard, Lisa K. Washburn, Barbara G. Jackson, Nancy J. Peters, Korinne Chiu, Deborah Evans Allred, Donald J. Goldstein, Raquel Halfond, Carroll Peterson, Ellen L. Waldrep, Cherrie D. Welch, Melissa Whalen Morris, Gail Wiley Hounshell, Athina Pappas, Rebecca Bara, Laura A. Goldston, Geraldine Muran, Girija Natarajan, Mary Christensen, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Diane White, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Harris Jacobs, Christine G. Butler, Patricia Cervone, Patricia Gettner, Sheila Greisman, Monica Konstantino, JoAnn Poulsen, Elaine Romano, Janet Taft, and Joanne Williams

Subjects
Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adverse outcomes, Developmental Disabilities, Leukomalacia, Periventricular, Gestational Age, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Neonatal Screening, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, cardiovascular diseases, reproductive and urinary physiology, Ultrasonography, business.industry, Term equivalent age, Infant, Newborn, Brain, Infant, Cystic Periventricular Leukomalacia, nervous system diseases, Logistic Models, Increased risk, nervous system, Case-Control Studies, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Gestation, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome of preterm infants whose cystic periventricular leukomalacia “disappeared” on serial screening cranial imaging studies. STUDY DESIGN: Infants ≤26 weeks of gestation born between 2002 and 2012 who had cranial imaging studies at least twice, the most abnormal study at

Published
2018

33. Impact of Optimized Breastfeeding on the Costs of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants

Author

Tarah T. Colaizy, Melissa C. Bartick, Briana J. Jegier, Brittany D. Green, Arnold G. Reinhold, Andrew J. Schaefer, Debra L. Bogen, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Alison M. Stuebe, Alan H. Jobe, William Oh, Betty R. Vohr, Rachel V. Walden, Barbara Alksninis, Angelita M. Hensman, Martha R. Leonard, Lucy Noel, Teresa M. Leach, Victoria E. Watson, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Michele C. Walsh, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Nancy S. Newman, Bonnie S. Siner, Harriet G. Friedman, Edward F. Donovan, Kurt Schibler, Jean J. Steichen, Barbara Alexander, Cathy Grisby, Marcia Worley Mersmann, Holly L. Mincey, Jody Hessling, Teresa L. Gratton, Barbara J. Stoll, Ira Adams-Chapman, Ellen C. Hale, Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, Sheena Carter, Rosemary D. Higgins, Linda L. Wright, Elizabeth M. McClure, Brenda B. Poindexter, James A. Lemons, Anna M. Dusick, Darlene Kardatzke, Carolyn Lytle, Diana D. Appel, Lon G. Bohnke, Greg Eaken, Dianne E. Herron, Lucy C. Miller, Leslie Richard, Leslie Dawn Wilson, Abhik Das, W. Kenneth Poole, Lisa Ann Wrage, Betty K. Hastings, Jeanette O'Donnell Auman, Sarah Taylor, David K. Stevenson, Susan R. Hintz, M. Bethany Ball, Jean G. Kohn, Joan M. Baran, Julie C. Lee-Ancajas, Nicholas H. St. John, Waldemar A. Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Kathleen G. Nelson, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Kirstin J. Bailey, Fred J. Biasini, Stephanie A. Chopko, Monica V. Collins, Shirley S. Cosby, Vivien A. Phillips, Richard V. Rector, Neil N. Finer, Yvonne E. Vaucher, Jack M. Anderson, Maynard R. Rasmussen, Kathy Arnell, Clarence Demetrio, Martha G. Fuller, Christopher Henderson, Donna Posin, Edward F. Bell, Charles R. Bauer, Shahnaz Duara, Amy Mur Worth, Ruth Everett-Thomas, Alexis N. Diaz, Elaine O. Mathews, Kasey Hamlin-Smith, Lisa Jean-Gilles, Maria Calejo, Silvia M. Frade, Silvia Hiriart-Fajardo, Yamiley Gideon, Sheldon B. Korones, Henrietta S. Bada, Tina Hudson, Kimberly Yolton, Marilyn G. Williams, Abbot R. Laptook, Walid A. Salhab, R. Sue Broyles, Susie Madison, Jackie F. Hickman, Alicia Guzman, Sally S. Adams, Linda A. Madden, Elizabeth T. Heyne, Cristin Dooley, Seetha Shankaran, Virginia Delaney-Black, Yvette R. Johnson, Rebecca Bara, Geraldine Muran, Deborah Kennedy, Laura A. Goldston, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Patricia Gettner, Monica Konstantino, Elaine Romano, Nancy Close, Walter S. Gilliam, and JoAnn Poulsen

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Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Neonatal intensive care unit, Breastfeeding, Infant, Premature, Diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, 030225 pediatrics, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Milk, Human, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Postmenstrual Age, Infant, Newborn, Health Care Costs, medicine.disease, Infant mortality, digestive system diseases, Infant Formula, United States, Low birth weight, Breast Feeding, Models, Economic, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, Necrotizing enterocolitis, medicine.symptom, business, Monte Carlo Method, Infant, Premature
Abstract

Objective To estimate risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants as a function of preterm formula (PF) and maternal milk intake and calculate the impact of suboptimal feeding on the incidence and costs of NEC. Study design We used aORs derived from the Glutamine Trial to perform Monte Carlo simulation of a cohort of ELBW infants under current suboptimal feeding practices, compared with a theoretical cohort in which 90% of infants received at least 98% human milk. Results NEC incidence among infants receiving ≥98% human milk was 1.3%; 11.1% among infants fed only PF; and 8.2% among infants fed a mixed diet ( P = .002). In adjusted models, compared with infants fed predominantly human milk, we found an increased risk of NEC associated with exclusive PF (aOR = 12.1, 95% CI 1.5, 94.2), or a mixed diet (aOR 8.7, 95% CI 1.2-65.2). In Monte Carlo simulation, current feeding of ELBW infants was associated with 928 excess NEC cases and 121 excess deaths annually, compared with a model in which 90% of infants received ≥98% human milk. These models estimated an annual cost of suboptimal feeding of ELBW infants of $27.1 million (CI $24 million, $30.4 million) in direct medical costs, $563 655 (CI $476 191, $599 069) in indirect nonmedical costs, and $1.5 billion (CI $1.3 billion, $1.6 billion) in cost attributable to premature death. Conclusions Among ELBW infants, not being fed predominantly human milk is associated with an increased risk of NEC. Efforts to support milk production by mothers of ELBW infants may prevent infant deaths and reduce costs.

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2015

34. Incidence, management, and outcomes of cardiovascular insufficiency in critically ill term and late preterm newborn infants

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Seetha Shankaran, Rosemary D. Higgins, Waldemar A. Carlo, Abbot R. Laptook, Conra Backstrom Lacy, Erika Fernandez, Ivan D. Frantz, Kristi L. Watterberg, Kurt Schibler, Michele C. Walsh, Brenda B. Poindexter, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Roger G. Faix, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Douglas E. Kendrick, Ronald N. Goldberg, Karen A. Osborne, Abhik Das, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Edward F. Bell, Barbara J. Stoll, Bradley A. Yoder, and Pablo J. Sánchez

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Inotrope, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Mean arterial pressure, Term Birth, medicine.medical_treatment, Critical Illness, Gestational Age, Article, Pregnancy, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, Mechanical ventilation, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, medicine.disease, Respiration, Artificial, Surgery, Blood pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to characterize the incidence, management, and short-term outcomes of cardiovascular insufficiency (CVI) in mechanically ventilated newborns, evaluating four separate prespecified definitions. STUDY DESIGN Multicenter, prospective cohort study of infants ≥34 weeks gestational age (GA) and on mechanical ventilation during the first 72 hours. CVI was prospectively defined as either (1) mean arterial pressure (MAP)

Published
2014

35. Respiratory outcomes of the surfactant positive pressure and oximetry randomized trial (SUPPORT)

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Michele C. Walsh, Roger G. Faix, Charles R. Bauer, Dale L. Phelps, Abhik Das, Gary J. Myers, Betty R. Vohr, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Abbot R. Laptook, Nancy S. Newman, Anna Bodnar, Marie G. Gantz, Ira Adams-Chapman, Kimberly Yolton, Neil N. Finer, T. Michael O'Shea, Kurt Schibler, Susan R. Hintz, Timothy P. Stevens, Peter G. Szilagyi, Roy J. Heyne, Jamie E. Newman, Athina Pappas, Waldemar A. Carlo, Janell Fuller, Rosemary D. Higgins, Elisabeth C. McGowan, Wade Rich, Deanne E. Wilson-Costello, Ricki F. Goldstein, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Patricia W. Evans, Bradley A. Yoder, Michael J. Acarregui, Yvonne E. Vaucher, and Barbara Do

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Male, medicine.medical_treatment, Positive pressure, Article, law.invention, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Randomized controlled trial, Heart Rate, law, Surveys and Questionnaires, Positive airway pressure, medicine, Intubation, Humans, Continuous positive airway pressure, Oximetry, Prospective Studies, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, medicine.diagnostic_test, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, business.industry, Delivery Rooms, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Insufflation, Pulmonary Surfactants, medicine.disease, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, United States, Oxygen, Pulse oximetry, Treatment Outcome, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Anesthesia, Croup, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, business, Infant, Premature
Abstract

To explore the early childhood pulmonary outcomes of infants who participated in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Randomized Trial (SUPPORT), using a factorial design that randomized extremely preterm infants to lower vs higher oxygen saturation targets and delivery room continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) vs intubation/surfactant.The Breathing Outcomes Study, a prospective secondary study to the Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Randomized Trial, assessed respiratory morbidity at 6-month intervals from hospital discharge to 18-22 months corrected age (CA). Two prespecified primary outcomes-wheezing more than twice per week during the worst 2-week period and cough longer than 3 days without a cold-were compared for each randomized intervention.One or more interviews were completed for 918 of the 922 eligible infants. The incidences of wheezing and cough were 47.9% and 31.0%, respectively, and did not differ between the study arms of either randomized intervention. Infants randomized to lower vs higher oxygen saturation targets had a similar risk of death or respiratory morbidity (except for croup and treatment with oxygen or diuretics at home). Infants randomized to CPAP vs intubation/surfactant had fewer episodes of wheezing without a cold (28.9% vs 36.5%; P.05), respiratory illnesses diagnosed by a doctor (47.7% vs 55.2%; P.05), and physician or emergency room visits for breathing problems (68.0% vs 72.9%; P.05) by 18-22 months CA.Treatment with early CPAP rather than intubation/surfactant is associated with less respiratory morbidity by 18-22 months CA. Longitudinal assessment of pulmonary morbidity is necessary to fully evaluate the potential benefits of respiratory interventions for neonates.

Published
2013

36. Early empiric antibiotic use in preterm infants is associated with lower bacterial diversity and higher relative abundance of Enterobacter

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Doyle V. Ward, Mekibib Altaye, Ardythe L. Morrow, Zhuoteng Yu, Diana H. Taft, Kurt Schibler, Corryn Greenwood, Anne J. Lagomarcino, and David S. Newburg

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Neonatal intensive care unit, medicine.drug_class, Population, Antibiotics, Enterobacter, Gestational Age, DNA, Ribosomal, Sepsis, Cohort Studies, Ampicillin, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, medicine, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, education, Ohio, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Microbiota, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Biodiversity, medicine.disease, DNA Fingerprinting, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Intestines, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Gentamicin, Female, Gentamicins, business, Infant, Premature, medicine.drug
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Objectives To determine the impact of empiric ampicillin and gentamicin use in the first week of life on microbial colonization and diversity in preterm infants. Study design The 16s ribosomal DNA community profiling was used to compare the microbiota of 74 infants born ≤32 weeks gestational age by degree of antibiotic use in the first week of life. The degree of antibiotic use was classified as 0 days, 1-4 days, and 5-7 days of antibiotic administration. All of the antibiotic use was empiric, defined as treatment based solely on clinical suspicion of infection without a positive culture result. Results Infants who received 5-7 days of empiric antimicrobial agents in the first week had increased relative abundance of Enterobacter ( P = .016) and lower bacterial diversity in the second and third weeks of life. Infants receiving early antibiotics also experienced more cases of necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, or death than those not exposed to antibiotics. Conclusions Early empiric antibiotics have sustained effects on the intestinal microbiota of preterm infants. Intestinal dysbiosis in this population has been found to be associated with elevated risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, or death.

Published
2013

37. Use of Antihypotensive Therapies in Extremely Preterm Infants

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Abhik Das, Abbot R. Laptook, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Bradley A. Yoder, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Nancy S. Newman, Brenda B. Poindexter, Pablo J. Sánchez, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ivan D. Frantz, Seetha Shankaran, Beau Batton, Barbara J. Stoll, Kurt Schibler, Matthew M. Laughon, Edward F. Bell, Lei Li, Michele C. Walsh, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Roger G. Faix, Ronald N. Goldberg, Kristi L. Watterberg, and Rosemary D. Higgins

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Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Blood Pressure, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, Infant outcomes, Illness severity, Medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, business.industry, Extremely preterm, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Extremely Preterm Infant, Drug Utilization, Blood pressure, Treatment Outcome, Infant, Extremely Premature, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Regression Analysis, Observational study, Female, Hypotension, business
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationships among blood pressure (BP) values, antihypotensive therapies, and in-hospital outcomes to identify a BP threshold below which antihypotensive therapies may be beneficial. METHODS: Prospective observational study of infants 230/7 to 266/7 weeks’ gestational age. Hourly BP values and antihypotensive therapy use in the first 24 hours were recorded. Low BP was investigated by using 15 definitions. Outcomes were examined by using regression analysis controlling for gestational age, the number of low BP values, and illness severity. RESULTS: Of 367 infants enrolled, 203 (55%) received at least 1 antihypotensive therapy. Treated infants were more likely to have low BP by any definition (P < .001), but for the 15 definitions of low BP investigated, therapy was not prescribed to 3% to 49% of infants with low BP and, paradoxically, was administered to 28% to 41% of infants without low BP. Treated infants were more likely than untreated infants to develop severe retinopathy of prematurity (15% vs 8%, P = .03) or severe intraventricular hemorrhage (22% vs 11%, P < .01) and less likely to survive (67% vs 78%, P = .02). However, with regression analysis, there were no significant differences between groups in survival or in-hospital morbidity rates. CONCLUSIONS: Factors other than BP contributed to the decision to use antihypotensive therapies. Infant outcomes were not improved with antihypotensive therapy for any of the 15 definitions of low BP investigated.

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2013
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38. The investment case for preventing NICU-associated infections

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Vivek Narendran, Barbara Rose, Beth Haberman, Karen W. Sparling, Kurt Schibler, Edward F. Donovan, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, and Michael Lake

Subjects
Cross infection, medicine.medical_specialty, Neonatal intensive care unit, health care facilities, manpower, and services, education, Psychological intervention, Bacteremia, Article, Intensive care, Bloodstream infection, Medicine, Humans, Intensive care medicine, Retrospective Studies, Cross Infection, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Retrospective cohort study, Health Care Costs, Length of Stay, medicine.disease, Quality Improvement, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Multivariate Analysis, Intensive Care, Neonatal, Incremental costs, business
Abstract

Background Nosocomial [hospital-associated or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-associated] infections occur in as many as 10 to 36% of very low-birth-weight infants cared for in NICUs. Objective To determine the potentially avoidable, incremental costs of care associated with NICU-associated bloodstream infections. Study Design This retrospective study included all NICU admissions of infants weighing 401 to 1500 g at birth in the greater Cincinnati region from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2007. Nonphysician costs of care were compared between infants who developed at least one bacterial bloodstream infection prior to NICU discharge or death and infants who did not. Costs were adjusted for clinical and demographic characteristics that are present in the first 3 days of life and are known associates of infection. Results Among 900 study infants with no congenital anomaly and no major surgery, 82 (9.1%) developed at least one bacterial bloodstream infection. On average, the cost of NICU care was $16,800 greater per infant who experienced NICU-associated bloodstream infection. Conclusion Potentially avoidable costs of care associated with bloodstream infection can be used to justify investments in the reliable implementation of evidence-based interventions designed to prevent these infections.

Published
2012

39. Neonatal Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants From the NICHD Neonatal Research Network

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T. Michael O'Shea, Neil N. Finer, Pablo J. Sánchez, Brenda B. Poindexter, Edward F. Bell, Nellie I. Hansen, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ivan D. Frantz, Abbot R. Laptook, Michele C. Walsh, Roger G. Faix, Shampa Saha, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Dale L. Phelps, Rosemary D. Higgins, Ronald N. Goldberg, Abhik Das, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Kristi L. Watterberg, Barbara J. Stoll, Kurt Schibler, Nancy S. Newman, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Seetha Shankaran, Ellen C. Hale, and Shahnaz Duara

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Gestational Age, Prenatal care, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, medicine, Humans, Respiratory distress, Obstetrics, business.industry, Mortality rate, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.), medicine.disease, United States, Survival Rate, Low birth weight, Intraventricular hemorrhage, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Female, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This report presents data from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network on care of and morbidity and mortality rates for very low birth weight infants, according to gestational age (GA). METHODS: Perinatal/neonatal data were collected for 9575 infants of extremely low GA (22–28 weeks) and very low birth weight (401–1500 g) who were born at network centers between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2007. RESULTS: Rates of survival to discharge increased with increasing GA (6% at 22 weeks and 92% at 28 weeks); 1060 infants died at ≤12 hours, with most early deaths occurring at 22 and 23 weeks (85% and 43%, respectively). Rates of prenatal steroid use (13% and 53%, respectively), cesarean section (7% and 24%, respectively), and delivery room intubation (19% and 68%, respectively) increased markedly between 22 and 23 weeks. Infants at the lowest GAs were at greatest risk for morbidities. Overall, 93% had respiratory distress syndrome, 46% patent ductus arteriosus, 16% severe intraventricular hemorrhage, 11% necrotizing enterocolitis, and 36% late-onset sepsis. The new severity-based definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia classified more infants as having bronchopulmonary dysplasia than did the traditional definition of supplemental oxygen use at 36 weeks (68%, compared with 42%). More than one-half of infants with extremely low GAs had undetermined retinopathy status at the time of discharge. Center differences in management and outcomes were identified. CONCLUSION: Although the majority of infants with GAs of ≥24 weeks survive, high rates of morbidity among survivors continue to be observed.

Published
2010

40. Fucosyltransferase 2 non-secretor and low secretor status predicts severe outcomes in premature infants

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Suhas G. Kallapur, Mehdi Keddache, Meredith E. Tabangin, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Pengwei Huang, Ardythe L. Morrow, Barbara B. Warner, Kurt Schibler, Tanya Cahill, Xi Jiang, and David S. Newburg

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medicine.medical_specialty, Saliva, Genotype, Gastroenterology, Article, Sepsis, fluids and secretions, Genotype-phenotype distinction, Polymorphism (computer science), Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Internal medicine, Cause of Death, Infant Mortality, medicine, Humans, Ohio, Retrospective Studies, Enterocolitis, Polymorphism, Genetic, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, DNA, medicine.disease, Fucosyltransferases, Prognosis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Immunology, medicine.symptom, business, Infant, Premature, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

To investigate secretor gene fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) polymorphism and secretor phenotype in relation to outcomes of prematurity.Study infants were ≤32 weeks gestational age. Secretor genotype was determined from salivary DNA. Secretor phenotype was measured with H antigen, the carbohydrate produced by secretor gene enzymes, in saliva samples collected on day 9 ± 5. The optimal predictive cutoff point in salivary H values was identified with Classification and Regression Tree analysis. Study outcomes were death, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC, Bell's stage II/III), and confirmed sepsis.There were 410 study infants, 26 deaths, 30 cases of NEC, and 96 cases of sepsis. Analyzed by genotype, 13% of 95 infants who were non-secretors, 5% of 203 infants who were heterozygotes, and 2% of 96 infants who were secretor dominant died (P = .01). Analyzed by phenotype, 15% of 135 infants with low secretor phenotype died, compared with 2% of 248 infants with high secretor phenotype (predictive value = 76%, P.001). Low secretor phenotype was associated (P.05) with NEC, and non-secretor genotype was associated (P = .05) with gram negative sepsis. Secretor status remained significant after controlling for multiple clinical factors.Secretor genotype and phenotype may provide strong predictive biomarkers of adverse outcomes in premature infants.

Published
2010

41. Use of a body proportionality index for growth assessment of preterm infants

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M. Louise Lawson, Kurt Schibler, Edward F. Donovan, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Ardythe L. Morrow, Irene E. Olsen, and Amy Sapsford

Subjects
Male, Percentile, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Neonatal intensive care unit, Infant nutrition disorder, Article, Body Mass Index, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Intensive care, Humans, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Medicine, Ohio, Anthropometry, business.industry, Body Weight, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Case-control study, Reproducibility of Results, Gestational age, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Case-Control Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Body Composition, Female, business, Body mass index, Infant, Premature
Abstract

To evaluate the utility of weight-for-length (defined as gm/cm(3), known as the "ponderal index") as a complementary measure of growth in infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).This was a secondary analysis of infants (n=1214) of gestational age 26 to 29 weeks at birth, included in a registry database (1991-2003), who had growth data at birth and discharge. Weight-for-age and weight-for-length were categorized as small (10th percentile), appropriate, or large (90th percentile).Statistical agreement between the weight-for-age and weight-for-length measures was poor (kappa=0.02 at birth, 0.10 at discharge; Bowker test for symmetry, P.0001). From birth to discharge, the percentage of small-for-age infants increased from 12% to 21%, the percentage of small-for-length infants decreased from 10% to 4%, the percentage of large-for-age infants remained similar (1%), and the percentage of large-for-length infants increased from 5% to 17%. At discharge, 92% of the small-for-age infants were appropriate or large-for-length, and 19% of the appropriate-for-age infants were large-for-length.Weight-for-age and weight-for-length are complementary measures. Weight-for-length or other measures of body proportionality should be considered for inclusion in routine growth monitoring of infants in the NICU.

Published
2008

42. Urinary NGAL in premature infants

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Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Kurt Schibler, Prasad Devarajan, Qing Ma, Adrian P Lavery, Edward L Anderson, and Michael R. Bennett

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Urinary system, Birth weight, Population, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Gestational Age, Urine, Gastroenterology, Lipocalin-2, Internal medicine, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, medicine, Birth Weight, Humans, Prospective Studies, education, Ohio, education.field_of_study, Analysis of Variance, Respiratory distress, business.industry, Acute kidney injury, Infant, Newborn, Gestational age, Acute Kidney Injury, medicine.disease, Lipocalins, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Gestation, business, Biomarkers, Infant, Premature, Acute-Phase Proteins
Abstract

Premature infants are at unique risk for developing acute kidney injury (AKI) due to incomplete nephrogenesis, early exposure to nephrotoxic medications, and coexisting conditions such as patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Unfortunately, laboratory testing for the diagnosis of AKI in this population is problematic because of the physiology of both the placenta and the extra-uterine premature kidney. Recent research has led to the development of promising biomarkers for the early detection of AKI in children but there are no published reports in neonates. Our goal was to determine whether urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) was detectable in premature infants and to correlate levels with gestational age, birth weight (BW), or indomethacin exposure. We enrolled 20 infants in four BW groups: 500-750, 751-1000, 1001-1250, and 1251-1500 g. Urine was collected every day for the first 14 d of life. Neonates born at earlier gestational ages and lower BWs had higher urine NGAL levels (p < 0.01). We conclude that urine NGAL is easily obtained in premature infants and that it correlates significantly with both BW and gestational age. The use of urinary NGAL as a biomarker of AKI in premature infants warrants further investigation.

Published
2008

43. Empiric Antifungal Therapy and Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants with Invasive Candidiasis

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Barbara J. Stoll, Rachel G. Greenberg, Neil N. Finer, Marie G. Gantz, Brenda B. Poindexter, T. Michael O'Shea, Abbot R. Laptook, Ronald N. Goldberg, Waldemar A. Carlo, Ivan D. Frantz, Shahnaz Duara, Abhik Das, Rosemary D. Higgins, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Seetha Shankaran, Kathleen A. Kennedy, P. Brian Smith, Kurt Schibler, Kristi L. Watterberg, Michele C. Walsh, Kathy J. Auten, Thomas J. Walsh, Nancy A. Miller, Dale L. Phelps, Edward F. Bell, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Daniel K. Benjamin, Pablo J. Sánchez, and C. Michael Cotten

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Antifungal Agents, Neonatal intensive care unit, Birth weight, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Article, medicine, Humans, Candidiasis, Invasive, Survival rate, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Retinopathy of prematurity, medicine.disease, Survival Rate, Low birth weight, Treatment Outcome, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Infant, Premature, Cohort study
Abstract

Objective To assess the impact of empiric antifungal therapy for invasive candidiasis on subsequent outcomes in premature infants. Study design This was a cohort study of infants with a birth weight ≤1000 g receiving care at Neonatal Research Network sites. All infants had at least one positive culture for Candida. Empiric antifungal therapy was defined as receipt of a systemic antifungal on the day of or the day before the first positive culture for Candida was drawn. We created Cox proportional hazards and logistic regression models stratified on propensity score quartiles to determine the effect of empiric antifungal therapy on survival, time to clearance of infection, retinopathy of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, end-organ damage, and neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI). Results A total of 136 infants developed invasive candidiasis. The incidence of death or NDI was lower in infants who received empiric antifungal therapy (19 of 38; 50%) compared with those who had not (55 of 86; 64%; OR, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.08-0.86). There was no significant difference between the groups for any single outcome or other combined outcomes. Conclusion Empiric antifungal therapy was associated with increased survival without NDI. A prospective randomized trial of this strategy is warranted.

Published
2012

44. Pharmacokinetics of Levetiracetam in Neonates with Seizures

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Tonya Balmakund, Catherine M.T. Sherwin, Kurt Schibler, Alexander A. Vinks, Stephanie L. Merhar, Jing Shi, and Jareen Meinzen-Derr

Subjects
Male, Levetiracetam, medicine.medical_treatment, Article, Epilepsy, Pharmacokinetics, Seizures, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Convulsion, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Adverse effect, Volume of distribution, business.industry, Body Weight, Infant, Newborn, Piracetam, medicine.disease, Anticonvulsant, Creatinine, Anesthesia, Multivariate Analysis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Anticonvulsants, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Chromatography, Liquid, Half-Life, medicine.drug
Abstract

The pharmacokinetics of levetiracetam were determined prospectively in 18 neonates with seizures. Neonates were found to have lower clearance, higher volume of distribution, and a longer half-life as compared with older children and adults. Mild somnolence was the only adverse effect.

Published
2011

46. Optimal Timing of G-CSF Administration to Limit the Severity and Duration of Neutropenia and Infectious Complications Following Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy for Cancer in Children. † 903

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Kurt Schibler, Carol Bolinger, Carol S. Bruggers, and Marlene Eggers

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy, Pediatrics, business.industry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine, Cancer, macromolecular substances, Neutropenia, Intensive care medicine, business, medicine.disease
Abstract

Optimal Timing of G-CSF Administration to Limit the Severity and Duration of Neutropenia and Infectious Complications Following Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy for Cancer in Children. † 903

Published
1996

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