EBNEO Commentaries and Articles of the Month

QUESTION (P) Among preterm infants born at less than 37 weeks’ gestation diagnosed with inguinal hernia during initial hospitalization, (I/C) does inguinal hernia repair before NICU discharge when compared to repair after NICU discharge and 55 weeks’ postmenstrual age (O) lead to more serious adverse events (T) in a 10-month observation period after randomization? METHODS Design: Multicenter, randomized clinical trial Allocation: The infants were randomly assigned when approximately 2 weeks away from anticipated NICU discharge in a 1:1 ratio to either early or late repair.Randomization was performed continuously in permutated blocks ranging from 2 to 4…

Rashida Javed and Harsha Gowda from UK review EbNeo January 2024 Article of the Month: Gupta S, Subhedar NV, Bell JL, et al. Trial of Selective Early Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus with Ibuprofen. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(4):314-325. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2305582. PMID: 38265644 READ HERE! Hear it on the Journal Club of the Incubator Podcast! Acta Commentary: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Javed - EBNEO commentary Patent ductus arteriosus PDA To treat early or not with ibuprofen.pdf Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is common in extreme preterm infants1, and its management is a subject of debate2. A large PDA of more than 1.5mm in diameter which is persi…

Rashida Javed and Harsha Gowda from University Hospitals, Birmingham, UK review EbNeo October Article of the Month "Kidman AM, Manley BJ, Boland RA, et al. Higher versus lower nasal continuous positive airway pressure for extubation of extremely preterm infants in Australia (ÉCLAT): a multicentre, randomised, superiority trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 Dec;7(12):844-851. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00235-3. Epub 2023 Oct 27. PMID: 38240784." READ HERE! Hear it discussed on the Incubator Podcast! Acta Commentary: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Javed - EBNEO Commentary Reducing extubation failure in extreme preterm infants higher vs.pdf …

Vonita Chawla from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences / Arkansas Children’s Hospital reviews the paper "Motojima Y, Nishimura E, Kabe K, Namba F. Management and outcomes of periviable neonates born at 22 weeks of gestation: a single-center experience in Japan. J Perinatol 2023; 43(11):1385-1391. PMID: 37393397" for EbNeo. READ HERE! Acta Commentary: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Chawla - EBNEO Commentary Management and outcomes of periviable neonates born at 22 weeks of.pdf 'In 1991, an amendment to the Eugenic Protection Act lowered the limit of viability to 22 weeks of gestation, in Japan (1). Backed by a robust prenatal care program (2), the Ja…

Lucy Loft, Kristin N Ferguson, and David G Tingay from Australia review the EbNeo September 2023 Article of the Month: "Dargaville PA, Kamlin COF, Orsini F, Wang X, De Paoli AG, Kanmaz Kutman HG, et al. Two-Year Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy in Preterm Infants. Follow-Up of the OPTIMIST-A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2023; 330:1054-63. PMID 37695601." Read here! Hear it discussed on the Incubator podcast! Acta Commentary: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Loft - EBNEO Commentary De%E2%80%90MIST%E2%80%90ifying the 2%E2%80%90year outcomes of non%E2%80%90invasive surfactant therapy.pdf "Minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST), …

Read Sara Stucker and Ellen Diego's EbNeo review of the paper "Abiramalatha T, Ramaswamy VV, Bandyopadhyay T, Somanath SH, Shaik NB, Pullattayil AK, Weiner GM. Interventions to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Neonates: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. JAMA Pediatrics 2022; 176:502-516. PMID 35226067." Read full review here! ACTA COMMENTARY: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Stucker - EBNEO commentary Umbrella review evaluating interventions to decrease risk of.pdf "Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) continues to affect preterm infants despite medical advances. Identifying effective prevention strategies is difficult due…

September EBNeo Article of the Month on the RCT by Salas AA, Gunawan E, Nguyen K, Reeves A, Argent V, Finck A, Carlo WA. Early Human Milk Fortification in Infants Born Extremely Preterm: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 1;152(3):e2023061603. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061603. PMID: 37551512; PMCID: PMC10471508 reviewed by See Siong How and Atul Malhotra from Monash University and Camilia Martin from Cornell University. Read here! Hear it discussed on the Incubator Podcast! #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOreviews #ActaPaediatrica Acta Paediatrica commentary: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - How - EBNEO commentary Early human milk forti…

EBNEO review of the study by Oliphant EA, McKinlay CJ, McNamara D, Cavadino A, Alsweiler JM. Caffeine to prevent intermittent hypoxaemia in late preterm infants: randomised controlled dosage trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2023 Mar;108(2):106-113. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324010. Epub 2022 Aug 29. PMID: 36038256 reviewed for EBNeo by Ayat Mohamed and Hassanein Moustafa from the Department of Neonatology, Newcross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Read here! #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOreviews #ActaPaediatrica #ADC Acta Paediatrica commentary by Ayat Mohamed and Hassanein Moustafa: Acta Paediatrica - 2024 - Mohamed - EB…

EBNEO review of the study Zhu X, et al on Nasal Oscillation Post-Extubation (NASONE) Study Group. Noninvasive High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation vs Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure vs Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation as Postextubation Support for Preterm Neonates in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Jun 1;176(6):551-559. PMID: 35467744 reviewed for EBNeo by Faeq Almudares and Bheru Gandhi from College of Medicine/Division of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital. Read here! #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOreviews #ActaPaediatrica #JAMApediatrics Acta Paediatrica commentary by Faeq Almudares an…

July EbNEO Article of the Month by Madhi SA, et al on the Potential for Maternally Administered Vaccine for Infant Group B Streptococcus published in the New England Journal of Medicine (doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2116045) reviewed for EBNeo by Dustin Flannery and Karen Puopolo from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Read here! EBNEO REVIEW Also hear it discussed on the Incubator Podcast #neotwitter #neoEBM #EBNEOreviews #ActaPaediatrica #NEJM Acta Paediatrica commentary by Dustin Flannery and Karen Puopolo: Acta Paediatrica - 2023 - Flannery - EBNEO Commentary Safety and immunogenicity of GBS vaccine in pregnancy and.pdf …