This just got on my radar - @DrVickyPayne ’s paper on alcohol-impregnated port protectors (AIPPs) and risk of CLABSIs. Short version, they did not seem to work :( Vicky, so we just need to continue to Scrub the Hubs? #neomastodon #nicuverse […]

FYI - I will join the neo-crowd on #neosky in the proper way, as @johansson247.bsky.social NB - I will also keep hanging around here in the #nicuverse, being a believer of smaller spaces. But I see the advantages of the BSky. While I don’t feel focused in Big Shopping Mall contexts, with the […]

Interesting paper about plasma transfusions in preterm infants <32w, and the large variations in use in Europe! Liberal use in Sweden still… despite (per my gut feeling) more strict use nowadays. During my fellowship, we called FFP ”Vitamin P” because all got […] [Original post on nicuverse.org]

Ida Lagerström - a raising star in perinatal epidemiology and clinical obstetrics! She had her halftime-PhD seminar today, her thesis includes a very nice project (population-based register data etc) on term infants with Apgar Score 0 at 10’, and their short and long term outcomes. Stay tuned […]

Our NICU is packing up the holiday season. See you Stars and Electric Candles end of 2025!

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If you have five minutes :) we are still collecting data to our Survey on the if's and why's on probiotics use in preterm infants. Please consider to reply, link below. https://forms.office.com/e/0rbYem4Bwg #neomastodon

I have this oneliner when speaking to parents about potential long term outcomes that... "In the future, your child will probably become a tax payer" I know, this might be Sweden contextualised :) but my saying often makes parents laugh a bit even when they feel off track. But my point (and I […]

New example neonatal septic shock with significant LV dysfunction and tachycardia in the LV section. Shared by Dr Brahim Bensouda from Hopital Maisonneuve Rosemont Consideration for TnECHO before opting for vasopressor over inotropes in some of these phenotypes www.neocardiolab.com/tnecho-and-n...

Anyone aware of people sharing live feeds from #hottopics2024 ? And thanks @nicupodcast for doing your coverage from Washington! #neomastodon

I'm in the process of transcribing parent interviews for my #hie #phd mixed methods study. An emerging theme is that pathways and support often fall down for babies who are not expected to survive but then do, so this is a nicely timed publication. Parallel planning needed. Recognising […]

And today is #worldprematurityday ! Plan, do, act! https://www.efcni.org/activities/campaigns/wpd/ #neomastodon

Yesterday we had a journal club covering this article on the SALSA-maneuver: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-024-02099-8 While right now being on rotation in a NICU where SALSA is implemented, many questions were left unanswered. Why did so many term […] [Original post on nicuverse.org]