Sutirtha Roy

EPOS™: Electronic Presentation Online System, is the European Society of Radiology's online database for electronic scientific exhibits. Since its inception in 2003, myriads of electronic posters that had been submitted to them, EPOS™ made all those chef-d'œuvres permanently available online, completely free of charge. Amidst their archive, one of the remarkable presentations of 2017 (ECR 2017 / C-1668) called: “Transfontanellar ultrasound in preterm infants – a survival guide for the young radiologist on call” (beside ECR 2014 / C-0527), I think would be of very special interest to all the 99nicu nCUS enthusiasts. Electronic Poster: ‘ECR 2017 / C-1668’ is a joint initiative by the outstanding specialists of Cluj Napoca, Romania and Bern, Switzerland. Courtesy: I. Ciocan and W. L. Pabst.

Here goes the Scottish experience. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. nCUS: A guideline for the performance of routine cranial USS for preterm infants.

Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound (nCUS) screening epitomized. Courtesy: Erik Beek and Floris Groenendaal. Department of Radiology and Neonatology of the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital and the University Medical Centre of Utrecht. The Netherlands.

Definitely, it would be great to have a feedback-loop amidst our interested members and guests through the exchange of recent advances along with good old but indispensable pearls in the realm of neonatal cranial ultrasound screening (nCUS) via these shared links in this series. Any relevant nCUS update linking all the 99 nicu enthusiasts would be much appreciated. Courtesy Dr. Taco Geertsma, The Netherlands.

Neurosonography: a relatively simple and unique modality of neuroimaging, that's available to the neonates almost from the very dawn of our emerging speciality. Technological advances and ever-increasing experience with obtaining and interpreting cranial ultrasonography (CUS) images have led to its widespread acceptance, yielding valuable insight into the anatomy of the preterm and term newborn brain. And here goes one of the most impressive evidence based online clinical resources of CUS with a new domain address.

Almost 18 years ago when NAROF came into existence included the following overture: In 1993, newborn specialist Dr. Jeffrey Maisels (unfortunately, there's silent typo, not to be missed with the spelling of this legendary neo's surname in the website) described neonatology as "a vast and uncontrolled experiment undertaken without informed consent and with possibly undesirable results." Journey amorphous, revisited.

This scientific brief was prepared based on results of evidence synthesis and a WHO expert consultation. The WHO COVID-19 LENS (Living Evidence Synthesis) working group consolidated available evidence, based on rapid reviews of the literature and results of a living systematic review on pregnancy and COVID-19 (up to October 7, 2020), on potential mechanisms of vertical transmission of infectious pathogens, feasibility of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2, data related to interpretation of positive SARS-CoV-2 virologic and serologic neonatal tests, lessons from diagnosis of other congenital infections, and existing proposed definitions to classify timing of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Quest for more Evidenced Based Clinical Resources: Best Practice Guidelines by NICU Brain Sensitive Care Committee of Swedish Medical Center on Neonatal Early Intervention. Redefining intra and post NICU Neuro-rehabilitation of the susceptible newborn population, through planned integration of ‘healing environment’ during the golden hours of life. Neonatal Neuro-protective Best Practice Guidelines NICU Brain Sensitive Care Committee Swedish Medical Center.pdf

An astoundingly lyrical introduction of "Spitzer's Laws of Neonatology" written by none other than the great neonatal-web pioneer Ray Duncan resonates like this: “Spitzer's Laws have been handed down to us from the very dawn of Neonatology, or perhaps one should say from the meconium-stained birth of our fine specialty. In those days, men were men, women were women, giants walked the earth, computers were the size of moving vans, and neonatology fellows were on call every other night but still found time for basic research on prostaglandins in fetal sheep. The subtler interpretations and corollaries of these laws have been lost in the mists of time, but they still contain useful kernels of truth for the post-modern pediatric house officer”. http://www.neonatology.org/pearls/spitzer.html This link culminates with a fascinating communication by Spitzer himself dated back to January 18, 1997. And of course here goes the so called tongue-in-cheek study Tony Ryan as well: https://www.nature.com/articles/jp2013103 ending up with the famous Oscar Wilde quote: ‘Experience is merely the name men give to their mistakes’. Courtesy: Alan Spitzer, Ray Duncan, Keith J. Barrington.

Plain Radiographic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease; clinico-academic resource material with meticulous detailing of descriptive images and standardised taxonomical approach from the realm of classical neonatal medicine. Courtesy: Colin McMahon, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, Texas Heart Institute, Edward B. Singleton Diagnostic Imaging Service.

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