journals.plos.org/digitalhealt... New paper out today from @tngchang.bsky.social from University of Nottingham with many collaborators (thanks). Excellent OA online extreme preterm mortality prediction tool with neat explainable element. Great for all perinatal teams.

🚀Calling all neonatal & paediatric researchers! Submit your abstract for #CEPAS2026 in Lyon (28–31 Oct) by 1 Apr 2026. Share your innovations, gain skills, and connect globally to shape the future of child health! www.cepas.org/abstracts?ut...

Our BiB trial manuscript now published in JAMA...Early Intratracheal Budesonide for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Our September newsletter is now available! Read this month's issue here for news, upcoming events, funding opportunities and recent publications in child health 👉 mailchi.mp/d56096f82afc...

Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin asks why, under an administration that says it is focused on making America healthy again, we are denigrating and discarding our single most cost-effective public health tools — vaccines. Read the full editorial: nej.md/4mtH8Xm #MedSky #PublicHealth

Sad to see this come to fruition. @stefanjohansson.nicuverse.org.ap.brid.gy your analysis gets a mention but despite the strengths it is dismissed...😔

Very thorough review and highlights early challenges FGR infants need to overcome. As highlighted, tricky to identify who truly is FGR vs constitutionally small.

Early days but a promising approach. Likely to be more challenging in my population of newborn infants but would be great to explore....

I've listened to almost all of these and they are great. Chatting about neonatal research and care. Well worth a listen for all involved in the care of newborns. Good work Mario and @espr-esn.bsky.social

Really interesting study pushing the boundaries on this tricky and often poor outcome condition. Perhaps a condition that one day will have a handful of centres with expertise to treat and hopefully improve outcomes.

The win ratio method is gaining traction in #RCTs. Is it just a trend or a smarter way to look at composite hierarchical outcomes? We break it down in our latest Stats, STAT!📊 in NEJM Evidence. youtube.com/watch?v=jKtF... #stats @nejm.org @sarahgorey.bsky.social @chardin.bsky.social @ai.nejm.org

Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that kills mosquitoes feeding on treated persons. In this trial in Kenya, ivermectin given once per month for 3 months led to a 26% lower incidence of malaria than albendazole. Full trial results: nej.md/4lIyNzB #MedSky #IDSky

Well done to Hannah Mitchell & her great team who produced this hugely important work: Contribution of ethnicity and deprivation to paediatric critical care outcomes in the UK, 2008–21: a national retrospective cohort study - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Impressive technological advancement.

Check out our new open access paper in @pediatricresearch.bsky.social . Highlighting the impact on thermal management, HIE and transport metrics following implementation of active therapeutic hypothermia by regional transport and referring centres for infants transferred for neo HIE rdcu.be/etXDT

Fabulous week hosted by @research4babies.bsky.social in Canada with our team member Syed, neonatal clinical fellow. Great hospitality Georg. Some amazing data on our new neonatal vital signs patch during cardiac arrest scenarios. Thanks for looking after Syed for another couple of weeks!

The evidence on infection outcomes of hospital-initiated kangaroo care is unclear. In @lancetchildadol.bsky.social, authors evaluate the role of hospital-initiated kangaroo care in preventing mortality, sepsis, and invasive infection in low-birthweight infants: tinyurl.com/46aunenf

Delighted to see the @nihr funded CCD study published today in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social Lots to celebrate: sex, ethnicity and IMD does not impact time to diagnosis for CYP w cancer. But also lots to improve: young people and certain diagnostic groups need urgent attention. #earlydiagnosis

Very interesting analysis. 3% difference in mortality if PDA actively treated. Perhaps results in more morbidity in expectant group survivors - not the case. One for the reading pile....

Wonderful, getting over many challenges to reach this accolade- well done!

We’re honoured to receive a Medilink Midlands Business Award with the University of Nottingham, celebrating our collaboration in the Partnership Between Academia and Business category.

Such a powerful tool. MRI born in my University, really recommend watching this fascinating 3 min video of where it started. Never be able to do research like this now, "I may have a cardiac arrest"! The images have moved on somewhat and we are just installing an 11T! m.youtube.com/watch?v=3nIX...

Strong conclusions "Their use should be standard of care for very preterm infants, or offering their use to parents should be standard practice. Just don’t expect them to improve neurological or developmental outcomes" - do you agree?

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What a refreshing read. Could apply in many settings. This "Forget the idea that a bubble bath or an essential oil diffuser will magically solve this." is so true. Recommend you read and share.

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A very worthwhile 3 minute read for those working in the NICU. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

With the NHS under pressure, there is a focus on tech to potentially free up time. Our new analysis explores when health technologies have had no or negative impact on staff time and looks at why ⬇️ buff.ly/124jwui

Interesting study. Does make me question, is the trigeminal reflex such a big player or is it a better seal with nasal interface?

We are delighted that SurePulse has been shortlisted for the 2025 Medilink Midlands Business Awards in the Partnership Between Academia and Business category!

Very exciting paper on UK NICU mothers own milk (MOM) has just been published online by Shalini Ojha's group: fn.bmj.com/content/earl... Strong social determinants of exclusive & any MOM. Highest risk of no/non exclusive are white mothers <26 years living in most deprived areas 1/

We’re thrilled to announce that we have successfully raised nearly £900,000 from both new and existing shareholders! 🎉 This latest investment is a testament to the confidence in our vision, and we are incredibly grateful for the continued support of our investors.

Swim shorts and board packed, Team Nottingham are all booked for PAS in Hawaii. Of course, some new data to present, people to catch up with, things to learn and some time to relax..... see you there

A new study using the National Neonatal Research Database in the UK suggests that the risk of death in extremely preterm infants decreases with each additional day of gestation buff.ly/3WxCOwi #neosky @donsharkey.bsky.social #neoEBM #EBNEOAlerts

New OA paper. Ever wanted quantification of importance of each gestational day on outcome in extremely preterm infants? Look no further! Some interesting observations here. C-section patterns very different to others such as US. Reductions in mortality most striking 1/2 fn.bmj.com/content/earl...

Open Access new paper. Using an off the shelf smartphone we demonstrate the power of a £/€/$200 technology to monitor neonatal transport vibration and noise exposure at scale. Look at the supplement to see how we can 'smart route' for safer transfer. fn.bmj.com/content/earl...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Not sure how this abstract got past the Reviewers! Just goes to show, don't just read the abstract.

What a fascinating read, I think I've found something that best describes me as a clinical academic - a 'physicianeer'. I started working life with an electronics & computing apprenticeship before working for an engineering company and then med school. Now Professor of Neonatology & Technologies...

fn.bmj.com/content/earl... in 2023, 71% of all UK births had access to servo controlled therapeutic hypothermia in their birth centre & on every neonatal transport. However, that leaves up to 377 infants with HIE needing to wait for the transport team to arrive. Time to reduce these inequalities.

Sometimes it's the little things that make the difference. In every kitchen area we've done away with kettle and have instant boiling water on tap. With up to 100 staff per day making hot drinks amazing how much time is saved waiting for the kettle to boil! #NHSefficiency Bear seems happy!

So proud to be a part of this group @neomindai.bsky.social Get excited about our next @pas2025.bsky.social pre-conference session. Look for the Friday pre-conference session!

So the new scrubs have arrived! We move into our new futuristic NICU next week @ Nottingham Centre for Newborn Care. So, so excited for our babies, families and staff.

www.ajog.org/article/S000... strong conclusion based purely on observational studies? Reduction in mortality surprising... where will obstetric colleagues go next?