Dr. Shetal Shah (@nicubatman on Instagram and the Other place) Harvard BIDMC Newborn Epidemiology and HSR conference, reminding us that 1. Health insurance for all children is a civil right and 2. Medicaid is the single biggest payor for US births

COLLABORATE, coming 2025, will determine the effects of donor milk, formula, and cow-milk fortifier on surgical NEC, survival & cognition in extremely preterm babies, key questions parents & clinicians have been asking for many years. Explainer & summary here: www.imperial.ac.uk/neonatal-dat...

The National Neonatal Research Database is an amazing collaborative effort by all neonatal units in England, Scotland & Wales. Read our Christmas Newsletter here sway.cloud.microsoft/TRwgQx0jRac9... @99nicu.bsky.social @neonatalnursesuk.bsky.social @

Sharing new paper from our workshop in #PAS2023 Navigating Information Overload on Social Media: Opportunities & Misadventures for Clinicians and Professionals www.newbornjournal.org/abstractArti... @briankingneo.bsky.social @souvikneo.bsky.social #neosky @ebneo.bsky.social @espr-esn.bsky.social

#52MoreChallenge Week 4! Northway WH Jr, Rosan RC, Porter DY. Pulmonary disease following respiratory therapy of hyaline-membrane disease. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. N Engl J Med. 1967; 276(7):357. PMID: 5334613. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5334613/ #neoSky #neoEBM #52MoreChallenge 1/6...

I guess it's not surprising that our organizations and journals must lag a bit in adoption of a new platform, but they are an important part of the conversation. Let's encourage whatever we're affiliated with to take the leap. We can log them here (currently pretty sparse) go.bsky.app/DwfZqQF

🌟 Save the Date! 🌟 Join us for the inaugural Congress of the European Paediatric Academic Societies (CEPAS) in Lyon, France, from 28–31 October 2026. Mission: Uniting paediatric professionals to advance child health through cutting-edge research, education, and collaboration.👉Learn more at cepas.org

The next AAP SONPM Journal Club is Thursday (December 12th) at 4:00 pm EST. Andrew Beverstock, neonatal fellow, will review the Diamond trial, with mentors Tanith Alexander (trial investigator) and Ariel Salas. #neosky #neoEBM Register - tinyurl.com/c87skbeh Trial- nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

#52MoreChallenge WEEK 3: Saigal S, Feeny D, Rosenbaum P, et al. Self-perceived health status and health-related quality of life of extremely low-birth-weight infants at adolescence. JAMA. 1996; 276(6):453. PMID: 8691552. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8691552/ #neoSky #neoEBM #52MoreChallenge 🧵1/5

A close look at the evidence-base for treating the most premature babies, as in international newborn early-life care guidelines (ILCOR, ERC and Euro-RDS consensus) - take a look and share your thoughts @ebneo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jp... @drbretty.bsky.social @donsharkey.bsky.social

@georgetownccf.bsky.social is holding a webinar open to all next Tuesday Dec 10th at 2p ET about Medicaid's financing structure and ways in which the new Congress may try to change it. This will be the first in a series of webinars. You can register here ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/12/03/r...

This is a great idea! 💡 ⬇️ #academicsky

There's been a proliferation of "systematic reviews". Are these AI tools playing some role? Authors (and editors, if applicable!) need to apply vigilant assessment of the quality of the reviews. Simply following a checklist does not make a review systematic. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yet another problem with systematic reviews: A living review update - @jclinepi.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

So look. I've given about 20 talks where I highlight clinical research waste, and I now always ask the audience if they recognize that figure below. The answer is *always* the same - overwhelmingly No. If *you* recognize it, because you are here and informed, you must help spread the word. Please.

Thank you for publishing! Outcomes of late preterm birth definitely deserves our attention. Don’t miss this recent and excellent commentary by Elaine Boyle et al. www.sfnmjournal.com/article/S174... #Neosky

Time for #52MoreChallenge WEEK 2 (rebroadcast on BlueSky): Fujiwara T, Maeta H, Chida S, Morita T, Watabe Y, Abe T. Artificial surfactant therapy in hyaline-membrane disease. Lancet. 1980 Jan 12;1(8159):55-9. PMID: 6101413. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6101413/ #neoSky #neoEBM #52MoreChallenge 🧵 1/6

I guess it's not surprising that our organizations and journals must lag a bit in adoption of a new platform, but they are an important part of the conversation. Let's encourage whatever we're affiliated with to take the leap. We can log them here (currently pretty sparse) go.bsky.app/DwfZqQF

Important article on Dexamethasone: Doyle LW, Mainzer R, Cheong JLY. Systemic Postnatal Corticosteroids, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, and Survival Free of Cerebral Palsy. JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 18, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4575 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I'm a bit obsessed w/ de-adoption. To that end... Love these slides f/ Dr. Audrey Hébert, who received the Braden Griffin Award @ the recent 25th Griffen Conference @ University of Massachusetts. "Time to break up with dopamine?" 🤣🤣🤣 www.crchudequebec.ulaval.ca/recherche/ch... #neoEBM #neoSky

Medicaid pays for half of births in the US. It’s the single largest insurer for kids. In some states >70% of Medicaid enrollees are children. When Medicaid is attacked, the losers are children.

Moving #52MoreChallenge (ClassicNeo non-RCTs) to BSky! (& repeating 1st month) Week 1 - of course - belongs to Dr. Mel Avery: Avery M, Mead J. Surface properties in relation to atelectasis & HMD. AMA J Dis Children. 1959;97(5,Pt1):517-23 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13649082/ #neoSky #neoEBM 🧵

World Prematurity Day: when I was junior resident (SHO) in an NICU, 1981, we saved our 1st 26 wker. Survival now 90%. 2005 my daughter was born at 24 wk; here day 1 & 19 years later, on her way to becoming a nurse. What a privilege to have spent 44 years in this field #NeoSky #worldprematurityday

To join our next webinar register here: 99nicu.org/99nicu-news/... #Neosky #NICU

This week, Dr. Jonathan Levin delivered the Douglas Richardson Memorial Lectureship at the 25th Griffin Symposium at U Mass Chan Medical School. Great talk on phenotyping of severe BPD towards precision management, directed (as the best talks are) simultaneously at research and clinical care. 🧵

On World Prematurity Day, I am deeply reminded of the wonders of caring for preterm babies and their families. As a neonatologist, I witness the remarkable resilience of these tiny fighters and the profound love and dedication of their families. Let's take a moment to remember. #worldprematurityday

If you haven’t caught up on the PLUSS trial results yet, published a few days ago in JAMA #neosky #nicusky Link to paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Link to editorial: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Link to audio podcast: edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/...

I don't want to rain on our (quite pleasant) Blue-Skied picnic over here, but we pediatricians are going eventually to need to wade back in to talking to folks about vaccines, Science, Medicaid &c and the clouds are going to roll in a bit. That's OK because it's what we do. Below thread might help👇

#Measles is making a comeback. It is not a benign disease and is highly contagious. www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/h...

We were so excited this week to have the incomparable @hhburris deliver the Marie McCormick Lecture in Neonatal-Perinatal Health Services Research and Epidemiology.

Time to regroup and like a phoenix, rising from the ashes, reunite here where the skies are so beautifully blue go.bsky.app/5GFC5VL #NeoSky

As a welcome to our new BlueSky Friends, we just got a 30% discount code for the book below through Oxford University Press. Happy reading! #NeoSky #NeoEBM global.oup.com/academic/pro... and enter code AMPROMD9 at checkout