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While waiting @ Heathrow I just want announce the return of the social media icons for 99nicu's Facebook page, Twitter feed and LinkedIn group! These icons are now visible in the top right corner of the forum home page. Also connect with 99nicu there!

One appreciated feature on 99nicu.org has been the promotion of published "Leading articles" in the scientific press, in collaboration with Acta Paediatrica, Archives of Disease and Chilldhood and Neonatology. This feature has been in a resting state... after the switch to a new software for the forums. Now, we have decided to re-publish the best of previous articles in a newly opened forum, dedicated for Leading articles. There are many really good articles in our old collection of Leading articles, worth to be high-lighted. When we are done with re-publishing the "Best of..." we will start promoting new Leading articles, and with a Journal Club twist

I am very glad to announce that there will be a 2nd Evidence-based Neonatology conference, in Cairo, Egypt, 13-16 March 2013. The registration has just opened on www.ebneo2013.com The programme looks very interesting, and topics include: Fetal and neonatal programming Hyperbilirubinemia in the preterm infant Necrotizing enterocolitis- prevention and treatment Preterm brain damage Preterm aEEG and its prognostic ability: what is known? Observational and randomized data in transfusion for preterms – what is the comparison? PDA revisited – Patent ductus arteriosus: to treat or not to treat? Evidence for placental transfusion in term and preterm infants Transfusio…

Medical errors leading to complications and even deaths, directly or indirectly, occur in all hospitals around the world. NICUs are not immune from such errors. Many errors are because of system faults and can be prevented. The best way to prevent errors is to learn from our mistakes. Therefore, many NICUs have some sort of reporting system in place in which errors (of omission or commission) are reported. We have decided to open up a forum dedicated for sharing reports related to errors (including near-misses), which happen in your NICUs. In a true spirit of learning and improving ourselves, we are interested in finding ways of disentangling the possible causes of th…

There is a neonatology section opened on Reddit.com, an initiative taken by the 99nicu administrator JACK. The section, or "subreddit", is not an official part of 99nicu.org. But, we believe that presence on Reddit will expose the general public to neonatology. Some content in open discussions here at 99nicu might also be suitable for posting there, attracting neonatal staff present on Reddit to sign up for a 99nicu membership. Just after the opening, a junior high school student asked about life as a neonatologist . JACK posted the query in the Education forum, and you can also view the original question here.

99nicu has now its own group on LinkedIn! Click here!

Today 99nicu has its birthday! Six years has passed since we officially opened 99nicu.org. Join the anniversary thread in the Lounge (members only). Greetings to everyone from the virtual Headquarter!

The 99nicu Team has just grown bigger and better, with the addition of new 99nicu ambassadors! Yaser El-saba, specialist senior registrar, Dubai, UAE Alistair Hill, neonatal nurse, Plymouth, UK Raja R. Nandyal, consultant neonatologist and associate professor, Oklahoma City, USA Mir Shahbingov Marri, pediatrician, Quetta, Pakistan Saed Ahmad, Saed Ahmad, pediatritian, Lahore , pakistan Andrew Kapetanakis, consultant neonatologist, London, UK Devaraj Sambalingam, fellow neonatology, New York, USA Welcome to all of you! Together with the original Team-members (myself, Hesham Abdel-Hady, Habib Alam Raza, Selvan Rathinasamy, and Francesco Cardona) we will continu…

We now introduce 99nicu Polls - monthly polls about lots of aspects of neonatal care, NICU work, nursing etc-etc. Every poll will appear in forum it belongs to, topic-wise. One does not need to log in to vote, but members who wish to post comments will need to log in, as usual. The first 99nicu Poll is about pulse oximetry screening, and whether you do this or not in well babies before discharge from the maternity ward. Click here to find it, in the Cardiovascular forum. If you wish to suggest questions/answer in future polls, please email info@99nicu.org or post suggestions below.

With all the buzz about Facebook’s public offering, we are proud to report that 99nicu has reached 500 likes on its facebook page. Our presence on the most popular social media site is primarily aimed at finding new users. Current users are informed about the latest news and discussions on the 99nicu site. For example our recent article on the new iphone and android apps caused the latest stir on our facebook page. Additionally feel free to “like” any of our articles on our 99nicu site. You find the button right beneath the article headline. This will help spreading the word about our site. So - come join us on https://www.facebook.com/99nicu as well! Tell us what…