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A New Society Dedicated to Fighting Newborn Sepsis

Neonatal sepsis remains one of the leading causes of death and harm in newborns worldwide, and it disproportionately affects babies in low- and middle-income settings. This week at the PAS 2026 conference, a new global initiative took its first formal step: the Newborn Sepsis Society held its founding meeting. The Society brings together clinicians, researchers, and partner organizations across disciplines and borders, with a shared mission: to improve outcomes for newborns worldwide by advancin
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CEPAS 2026 programme is now online- which got us thinking: how do YOU do conferences?

The interactive scientific programme for CEPAS 2026 is now online, and if you haven't explored it yet — check out https://www.cepas.org/scientific-programme. Built on more than 15 years of collaboration between the European Academy of Paediatrics, the European Society for Paediatric Research, and GFCNI, the CEPAS programme brings together science, clinical practice, advocacy and paediatric training in one place. Sessions, topics, networking opportunities — it's all there, and it's a lot. Which b
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🎉 20 Years of 99nicu 🎉

On May 11, 2026, 99nicu turns 20. It’s a moment that feels deeply meaningful to me. When I shared the very first words on 99nicu back in 2006, and celibrated our first birth day in 2007, the idea was simple: to create a web-based space where NICU staff could “share and care.” This was before social media as we know it today, when like-minded people gathered on bulletin boards in the era of what we then called Web 2.0 (Wikipedia), guided by the belief that “information wants to be free.” (Those r
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New Translation Features: Neonatal care has no borders, and neither should our 99nicu community

Dear 99nicu friends, Some of you might have already noticed our 99nicu page has been going through small improvements. We keep thinking about how to make this page more friendly for you, our users. What would it take to make us a page you visit often, or maybe even your starting page? Last week I implemented an RSS feed with the newest papers in neonatal medicine. As 99nicu, we cannot guarantee you access to full texts, but at least we can show you new research being published every single day—f
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Quality of life in adults born extremely preterm - and large gap between what we know and what we need to know

Sweden is a good country to be born extremely preterm. Neonatal intensive care is centralized and pretty much equally organized, and outcomes are regarded as good and similar throughout the country. Like in most other European countries, the welfare system enables equal access for all, practically at no cost for families. Sweden has been at the forefront of the slide of the ”window of viability”, i.e. at which gestational age extremely preterm infants are offered intensive care. I don’t know how
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99Nicu - Alive And Kicking (Again)

Although there are still things to polish on 99nicu.org, I am relieved that the web site is back on-line again.   With time, the technology became out-dated and we came to a point where we had to do something to vitalize and update 99nicu.   I am certain that the new software we use for 99nicu will improve your experience. However, as content is king, the vitality of 99nicu will rely on activity by all members making up this community.   Our move to a more solid ground, technology-wise, will be
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Neoknowledge.org - Freshly New Web Site With Neonatology Content

Take a moment and visit www.neoknowledge.org, a freshly new web site with neonatology content. On of the 99nicu members, associate professor Gautham Suresh, working at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon/NH, USA, started this e-resource. It has only been online for a few months but already contains lots of useful information. The web site is principally a portal. One of the great features it the collection of educational videos. The video clip on endotracheal intubation of newbor
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2nd EBNEO in Istanbul – as succesful as in Stockholm 2011

I write this while waiting at the Istanbul airport, on my way home to Stockholm. Still full of impressions from the 2nd EBNEO conference that ended earlier today.   The conference was originally planned to be held in Cairo, Egypt, but in the last minute we took the decision to change to a venue in Istanbul. We worried about that the current social and political instability in Egypt could interfere with the conference. Although such a risk was probably very small I think most speakers and delegat
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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

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