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Hi all, Our new app, called Neodiagnosis, is available for FREE for iOS and Android smartphones or iPads or tablets. Please download it and use it during your daily work. The app provides definitions and short descriptions for common conditions in the NICU such as metabolic disorders (from abnormal state screen) CLABSI, BPD, VAP, Stages of ROP, NEC etc. It also provides direct links to latest PubMed articles, Clinical images, ICD-10 codes and Wikipedia article for a particular condition. Please download - Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avsideas.neodiagnosis iOS (Apple): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neodiagnosis/id1048210537?mt=8 Please rat…

Hi 99NICU community! My name is Katarzyna and I’m a junior doctor from Poland. My name translates to english Kate, but unfortunately my surname doesn’t translate to Middleton, so I still have to work If you could see my CV, you would notice that I list „Scandinavian literature” and „European capitals” on my list of hobbies. Actutally, the truth is that I love to travel and (the weird part) while traveling, I love visiting NICUs and observing everyday work of people who work there. Encouraged by Stefan and Francesco I’ve just started a blog on the 99nicu platform. The link is >>here<<. I wholeheartedly invite you to visit, read and share your opinions! …

Hello every one I hope you all doing very well i want to talk with you about an important topic in our daily work . Stress with Nicu . we all face difficult time , difficult parents as well , but i want to share these two stories which give you a clear view about the massive stress we are facing here in libya . the first story about abnormal baby delivered to a commander of a strong militia who pointed his gun toward my head when his sun passed away in his first day of life . he refused the congenital abnormality we had discovered about the baby and insisted that it is a medical mistake that caused the death . i escaped the clinic tha…

Hi Everyone Our unit has recently changed to electronic documentation of daily progress notes but we find it very difficult to unite everyone on one uniform progress notes so that everyone in the unit write on same format. this will ultimately help to shorten the discharge summary at the end of newborn NICU course and easy to dictate plus also it will help to familiarize any one to get an impression of what is going on with he patient currently and what has happened in the past without going through each and every note. I was wondering those who have electronic charting in their unit, how they cope with it. is there a fixed check mark notes template or you creat…

Hi, Stefan, I wish to thank you, the members of your team and all the participants for a successful 2017 99nicu meetup. The use of periscope for live streaming of the sessions was quite innovative, I followed some of the sessions right here in Nigeria. However, due to my work schedule i could not spend so much time. Therefore, i wish to request if it is possible to let us have a recorded version of the events that went down in Sweden. Thank you and looking forward to your usual prompt response. Dr Okposio Matthias Nigeria

During the 99nicu Meetup, @Ryan McAdams lectured and he had a large image on his last slide. One of the delegates asked about it and Ryan then told the most amazing story about his experiences in developing countries and the great gap between different health care settings in the world. Find his painting and story below in the Gallery. I add the image below the link. @Ryan McAdams, thanks a lot for sharing this, on the IRL meeting as well as here.

In a short period of time i´ve encountered 2 cases of lotus birth. As to my knowledge, no other mammal shows this `behaviour`? I wasn´t able to find any evidence of what the benefit (for the child) could be of leaving the placenta connected to the child. There are some suggestions that it would not benefit the child (in making the transition) and that it even could expose the infant to infection. I´m curious what evidence you could provide or what you´re expert opinion is in this case. Thank you in advance, Minthel van den Berg, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, NICU, Netherlands

Dear colleagues! Friday January 20th 2017 the first successful LISA procedure was made in NICU of National Research Center "Mother and Child", Minsk, Belarus. I guess we were the first in the country :). Baby girl 27 weeks, 990 grams from mother with chorioamnionitis. Still on CPAP (no ventilation), no Dopamine, looks well, few apneas. I know that nothing is certain but it is a step towards the right direction. Congrats to our team! Maybe it is too naive, but share our happiness, please :)!