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Department of Brilliant Ideas

EBNEO2013 - follow the conference on Twitter!

I am on the way to the 2nd EBNEO conference, waiting in the airport to board. As you probably know, the 2nd EBNEO conference was scheduled in Cairo/Egypt. Due to current circumstances, the conference was moved in the last minute to Istanbul/Turkey. I am very glad and grateful towards the conference president Hesham Abdel-Hady (aka hehady here at 99nicu). It is really a major achievement to make EBNEO happen a 2nd time! There will be no webcast this time, but you will be able to follow
Department of Brilliant Ideas

Snow cannot interfere with my datasets

I have a week off clinical duties for research. After the weather forecast yesterday, I brought my laptop and dataset home, as I realized it could be difficult to get to work. So, now I sit here analysing the effect of maternal BMI on infant health (more to be read in journals near you in 2013...), with a great snow storm outside our house. It's winter, and a very good one ! Almost as good as the exciting odds ratios coming up on my laptop screen!
Department of Brilliant Ideas

24weekers - a movie that affirms the value of life

@24weekers started to follow our twitter account @99nicu - which draw my attention to "24weekers" - a film project by the journalist/film producer Alan Entwistle who became the father of a baby born at 24 weeks gestation. A film that "affirms the value of life". The project seeks crowd-sourced funding through Kickstarter (here!). Moved by the trailer, I really hope that enough people will contribute. This movie would be important document, for the public, for health care professionals, for
Department of Brilliant Ideas

It's not all about motherhood in maternity wards and NICUs

Sweden is a good country for parents and when it comes to becoming a father, I think our society is becoming more and more "inclusive". Illustrated by the welcoming photo outside the maternity ward, an infant - with the father in the background. In our Karolinska NICUs we are "rooming-in" parents in family rooms, where the baby is taken care of by the parents as much as possible. We promote the presence of both parents. When only one parent is staying over, it is not uncommon that the fathe
Department of Brilliant Ideas

Scrutinizing the near-final programme for EBNEO 2013...

I am just reading the yet unofficial and near-final programme for the 2nd EBNEO-conference, scheduled 13-16 March 2013 in Egypt. Topics will (probably) include: Mode of delivery and morbidity in the preterm infant? Developing a cheap surfactant for the third world – planning stages of a large RCT Survival without disability to age 5 years after neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity Resuscitation of the preterm infant Implementation of evidence based neonatology -
Department of Brilliant Ideas

99nicu housekeeping - 11000 meters above Turkey

Believe it or not, but I am sitting on 11000 meters in a jumbo-jet, on my way to Dubai. I fly Lufthansa - mit Internetz, to my surprise! 1 hour for 10 euros, I simply could not resist to try it It's not a superfast connection but enough to do some 99nicu house-keeping (i.e. validating a handful of new members), taking care of the latest emails and checking the news. Looking forward to this trip, planned since long. But, I nearly missed the plane in Stockholm, I jumped on the airport expr
Department of Brilliant Ideas

Time for a Tour to the Arabian Peninsula. PDA/epi-lectures guaranteed!

I will go on tour to the Arabian Peninsula, and lecture about PDA diagnosis and treatment, 25-29/5. My ambition is to share news and views on ductal problems, from my dual perspective as neonatologist and clinical epidemiologist. It will be my first visit to the region, and I am looking forward to it very much, not only for my wish to go on a guided tour of the Desert . First of all, I hope to meet many of you, as I know that many neonatal staff in the Arabic countries are active members
Department of Brilliant Ideas

I did technical maintenance. And survived.

During the last few days you might have noticed that 99nicu has been offline sometimes, due to technical maintenance. I needed to upgrade the software that 99nicu.org is based upon (vBulletin), and also need to compile new versions of the iOS and Android app. Since we started, I have done software installations and upgrades (auto-didactic with computers) but the more complex these softwares become, the more I sweat before I do this technical maintenance. And, I also feel kind of responsible
Department of Brilliant Ideas

Review articles of EBNEO topics now online at Acta Paediatrica

The conference Evidence-based Neonatology (EBNEO) in Stockholm 2011 was much about the 99nicu community going IRL. I am very happy that we managed to launch the event. And, as you may know already, there will be a 2nd EBNEO conference, 13-16 March 2013, in Egypt. But today I'd just like to tell everyone that review articles of topics presented at the 1st EBNEO in Stockholm are now available on-line, published in a digital supplement in Acta Paediatrica. All articles are available in free f
Department of Brilliant Ideas

the 99nicu iPhone app - soon official :)

The 99nicu iPhone app has just been approved by Apple and is now available on iTunes store. Free of charge and free from ads, of course. One nice feature is that posts from the app is marked "Posted from iPhone app" Here's the link to iTunes. On your iPhone, search in iTunes store for "99nicu" and you'll find it.
Department of Brilliant Ideas

the first 99nicu app - for telephones on Android (-s)

I should make this announcement later but cannot refrain from telling you half the story now There is now a 99nicu app, at least for telephones running Android. Click here to download it from Android market. One nice feature is... when you post from the app, your posts get marked "Posted from Android app". Please try! (you may wonder about the second half of the story... yes, we have an iphone app in pipeline... But the process to have it approved by Apple (Almighty) is more compli
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Happy Holidays!

I'd just like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! And, also thank all the many people sharing their expertise in the forums, both as questions and as comments. During 2011, we had some very positive emails from members telling how discussions here changed practise (and probably outcomes too). Which makes me believe even stronger in this kind of crowdsourcing. For next year, we will announce some new and cool features, ma
Department of Brilliant Ideas

Work with me!

I work at a Karolinska unit located at Danderyd Hospital, with 10.000 deliveries per year, the largest delivery unit in Sweden. In fact, almost 10% of ALL Swedish babies are born here (110.000 Swedes are born/year)! We have several vacant positions for qualified neonatologists. Work with me! Applicants must speak Swedish or other Scandinavian languages. PM me for more info or email the head of the unit bjorn.westrup@karolinska.se Click here for more info in Swedish, and here for

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