Practical Procedures

Dear Colleagues We have produced videos for percutaneous long line, scalp long lines and umbilical venous and arterial line insertion. They are available on the MPROvE website http://www.wonepedu.com/MPROvE.html There are also videos on human factors. Alok

I am curious. Do you lock your central venous catheters which are not in use? How often do you change the lock?

Hi all There seems to be a wide variation in survival and morbidity in babies < 26 weeks. The data from Sweden and Japan are much better than the ones from rest of the world. I would like to know if any one from Sweden or Japan will be willing to share their protocol in the management of Babies < 26 weeks. Thanks Mike Mike Sukumar MD Rockville USA

Dear all Lung echography is having more and more importance thanks to its pecularities (simple, repeatable, no X ray exposition to the newborn, small time to achieve data), and thaks to its information about newborn disease (TTN vs RDS, PNX). What is your experience?

Hi all We all know NRP recommends using right hand for pulse oximeter probe placement during resuscitation to avoid hyperoxia. How many of you continue this practice in the NICU after admission and for how long? I was surprised to see many large studies did not mandate a specific location for the oximeter probe. Would you be kind enough to share your unit protocol if you have any specific guidelines on this issue? Appreciate your thoughts! Mike Mike Sukumar MD Rockville USA

Dear all Can any one help me in finding video for inserting chest drain for pneumothorax and its proper way for fixation. Thanks

hello every one ,, i wonder if there is any techniques that would increase the chances for more successful UVC insertion ? we use feeding tube as UVC tube ( lack of facility ) , some drs, (especially in good sized baby) and in order to avoid placement of the tube in the liver , they put the first tube and advance it slowly , but if they feel any resistance , they put another tube (now we have 2 ) , the reason behind this technique is the first one stuck at the liver and the second one has no where to go so the only remained tract is toward the heart. i don't feel its right to do this , so any one has some answers ,,, if there is some useful techniques to im…

What is surface anatomy and proper palpation needed to define proper point of puncture to decrease failure rate in lumbar puncture especially in a sick neonate?

hi, i'm working in nicu , in our hospital feeding tube is used for umbilical vein catetherization and we have a lot of problem with iv line and blood sampling ,yesterday i tried to use double lumen , but i could not draw blood from it, what's the problem ? what can i do ?

Does anybody practice nasotracheal intubation in newborn? Any evidence for it? Sent from my RM-941_im_india_204 using Tapatalk