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Our Global Village Is Calling — Will You Show Up?

How long have you been a member of 99nicu? A year? Five years? Longer than some of your colleagues have been qualified? You might be surprised how far back this community goes. Our 99nicu community has more than 7,000 members from 76 countries. We have been around longer than Facebook has been in Europe, and almost as long as Twitter has existed at all — and despite being "old school", we have persevered. Many predicted that forums would disappear once social media took over. But looking at wher
nutrition

Preterm infants need more energy than cycling the Tour de France

Previous posts described that very preterm infants ex-utero are ‘programmed’ to grow at a similar rate to the fetus before birth, gaining about 2g/kg/day of protein (as well as gaining fat, water, minerals etc. etc.). A 25 week infants increases her birthweight by more than 400% (500g to 2500g) over 3 months of NICU stay. Thankfully, that rate of weight gain isn’t sustained into early infancy and protein needs dramatically reduce as the fetus/baby approaches term. Breastmilk alone cannot meet pr
CEPAS

99NICU Becomes a Partner of the CEPAS Conference 28-31 Oct 2026

We are pleased to announce that the 99NICU Community has become an official partner of the CEPAS Conference, 28-31 Oct 2026. CEPAS is an international conference dedicated to advancing knowledge and collaboration in neonatal and pediatric care, a new biennial meeting of the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) and the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR). In addition, the Global Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (GFCNI) is co-organiser. Through this partnership, 99NICU will
Preterm birth

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
nutrition

Breastmilk protein in cows and humans

The process of evolution resulted in breastmilk perfectly suited to the survival and developmental needs of the newborn of that species. Mammalian milk composition varies during the day, and over the days, weeks and months of breastfeeding. All species vary in macronutrient, micronutrient and bionutrient composition. Bionutrients (also known as immuno-nutrients, or functional components) are key to many of the benefits of getting the ‘right’ breastmilk, and there are 1000s of them - we’ll get to

EBNEO lectures on Youtube!

The Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO) had its 4th International Conference in Hyderabad, India, last November. Although being baised, as the chairman of EBNEO, the conference was a huge success, thanks to that the EBNEO was held in association with Indian Association of Pediatrics Neonatology Chapter. Without the IAP/NEOCON committee led by Dr Srinivas Murki, we would not have managed to set this conference up, that counted many hundreds of national delegates from all regions of Ind

Mother Tongue by Rebekka Karijord - a record we all should listen to

Our every-day job is to meet parents and their preterm infants. We have our professionalism, skills and family-centered care strategies. But how do we understand the large gap those families need to bridge, and how parenthood evolves when a child arrives too early? For myself, music has always been important (even essential!) in my own reflections about wider scopes. When it comes to parenthood, I can strongly recommend the record Mother Tongue by Rebekka Karijord, a Norwegian composer and

Swedish Dads FTW!

The photographer Johan Bävman is touring around the world with a photo exhibition about "Swedish Dads". The exhibition shows fathers on parental leave.  Swedish newspapers recently wrote about the reactions in Sydney, Australia (see exhibition before 26/9).  A (female) columnist in Sydney Morning Herald referred to the exhibition like "porn for stressed moms". I wouldn't agree on that headline but the column itself is interesting, and the reasoning about how the society could/should become

Science Showcase

I subscribe to the small Youtube channel Science Showcase curated by Andrew Maynard, a very enthusiastic researcher! Science Showcase collect video clips with scientific content aimed for a broader (public) audience. There is a contest going on and the best video will win 2000 USD. Just wanted share two interesting clips that are sort of relevant for neonatal staff. The first video is about epidemiology and its basic concepts. As you know, there are tons of clinical studies in neonata

99nicu Meetups - the previous one and the next one

First of all, my sincere thanks to everyone involved in the 99nicu Meetup, delegates for attending, speakers for giving great lectures, and partners for support! Despite a lower number of delegates than we had planned for (we did not pick the perfect dates for the Meetup...), I think we managed very well. We needed to downsize and slimline a lot, including changing the venue. But, content was king thanks to great lectures, and all interactions and networking. Given the great feedback

24 hours to go...

There is now only 24 hours until until the 99nicu Meetup starts. The roll-up arrived in time Today, I and @Francesco Cardona are printing and packing delegate folders, preparing USB-sticks and getting snacks for the welcome reception tomorrow night.  We are very excited to meet some of you tomorrow IRL, it will be a great meeting! Now back to our work here in the HQ's!

Busy HQ before the 99nicu Meetup next week

There's a lot going in at the 99nicu Headquarters right now, as we prepare for the 99nicu Meetup starting on Monday 12/6. USB-sticks and lanyards in preparation Really looking forward to the meeting. Depending on how things run, we may twitter semi-live, and we will also video-record as many lectures as our memory cards allow. It won't be pro-quality but good enough to view and learn. Ciao for now! Stefan

Thoughts on future Meetups

During final preparations for the 99nicu Meetup (yes, there are still empty seats, so you can still register ), we have discussed how to think out-of-the-box for future Meetups. Is it really the best idea for us to run by the classic conference format and setup? Given the experience for this years Meetup, maybe not. Especially since regular meetings are connected to larger financial risks, and 99nicu is still an project that runs on philanthropic fuels. One idea is that the 2018 Meetu

99nicu Meetup and the Periscope test run

For the 99nicu Meetup, not only the venue but also the budget is down-sized  So, there won't be funding for the kind of web cast we originally planned.  Instead we plan to use Periscope, the live streaming service that (I think) is a Twitter-owned service. It seems from the Periscope test run below, that the image quality from using a smartphone is not superb (despite having the latest model!) but if you plan coming to the 99nicu Meetup and are experienced with Periscope Producer, plea

99nicu Meetup, the same great program in a down-sized venue

Maybe we were a bit too optimistic about the 99nicu Meetup, when we booked a big and fancy venue However, we will not be 200 people on the meeting, or at least, we cannot take the risk NOT becoming 200 people. While you will still be able to book accommodation at the Clarion Hotel, we will run the conference in a smaller aula for 80 people at "my hospital". The aula (i.e. our hospital) is within 1200 meter walking distance from Clarion Hotel. So, in short, the same great program i

Why the 99nicu Meetup is priced at ~630 USD, and how we aim to release it for free

As you may have noticed, we have opened the registration for the 99nicu Meetup 12-15 June. I hope many of you will be able to come! Click here for more infor! We got some feedback from a member in an African country about the fee for the meeting, which is 5600 SEK (excl VAT) corresponding to ~630 USD, and whether we had plans to add a differentiated lower fee for members coming from middle- and low-income countries. I really wished we could offer a reduced fee but to with a limited num

First registrations filed to the Meetup in June

As planned before the end of 2016, we have completed the program for the 99nicu Meetup in June 2017. You can find the program on this page, where we will also post the registration link around the 20th of January 2017. However, we have already the first two members registered who wanted to spend remains of educational funds for 2016   I look forward very much to this meeting, the program is great and it will be a joy to meet you IRL!

Evidence-Based Neonatology

I am waiting to board the flight from Stockholm to Philadelphia, to attend the 3rd Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO) conference. Although being biased (as part of the organizing committee), I think the meeting will be great! You can follow the meeting on www.ebneo.org, on the hashtag #ebneo2015 And, I think the EBNEO Society, the principal organizer of the conference, has an important mission: to increase the knowledge about evidence-based neonatology, and how to apply its principals in neonata

Link to like: Evidence Updates

I know - many of us want less emails... But the emails from Evidence Updates are great! Evidence Updates (a collaboration project by the BMJ Group and McMaster University) assists your reading of new research by grading articles by "Relevance" and "News-worthiness". For example, this trial on D-vitamin supplementation of preterm infants showed up in an email alert, an article I had missed otherwise.   1. You need to Register (here!) 2. Choose your clinical interest ("Pediatri

Link to like: Newborn's photo gallery

If you need to show images of common and less common physical findings, the "Link to like" is the photo gallery compiled by MD Janelle Aby, at the Stanford School of medicine. Perfect for teaching of students and fresh fellows.   I used it myself today when we discussed nose deviations of the newborn, and I could illustrate differences between a nose septal dislocation and the much more common septum deviation due to the fetus having the nose "stuck" in the uterine wall.   The photo gallery is "

Happy holidays!

I just want to say Happy Holidays to everyone, on behalf of the whole 99nicu Team! We don't share any New Year's promises for 2014, but there are exciting news in the pipeline. Besides polishing corners off the new software, we have plans for at least one educational activity...   Sincere thanks to everyone contributing with questions, expertise and experience in the forums!   Best wishes for the New Year!

Tips To Interpret Scientific Claims

Do we not read and talk about research findings more often than we critically discuss methods that led to the findings we discuss? Trained in clinical epidemiology, I often believe we should discuss methods more, especially before we move into processes of changing clinical protocols on treatments and diagnostic methods. EBM! Nature published a very nice article about how to interpret research claims. The idea was rather to aim the article towards non-scientists but I think their advice is

Link To Like: Neonatalresearch.org

Back in the early Internet days, Portals with link collections were hot and big business. Today, we use search engines and "google" whatever we need to know. And, we have learned the URLs to the sites we use most often by heart.   But, there are still a some really good web based resources that is worth to be promoted and high-lighted. That's my idea with a series of posts with "Links to like"   First out is neonatalresearch.org, a professional and yet personal blog by professor Keith J. Barring

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

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

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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