Donor human milk reduces the risk of NEC in very preterm infants: RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.76; RD −0.03, 95% CI −0.05 to −0.01; 11 trials, 2261 infants Probably little or no effect on late‐onset invasive infection or mortality before hospital discharge cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Longer skin to skin care time in the delivery room reaps great benefits with breastfeeding ! Just 45 minutes or more can make a big difference! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39180237/ #neoTwitter

Review of current antibiotic choices for early & late onset sepsis in UK NICUs. Current antifungal prophylaxis policies and practices in UK NICUs. Paul Clarke Vennila Ponnusamy BAPM Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals StPetersNICU

Observational study of two epochs pre/post prophylactic dextrose gel 4 at risk infants ⬇️ adm to NICU due to hypoglycemia (2.7% vs. 6.5%) ⬇️incidence of hypoglycemia (32% vs. 43.3%) ⬆️ exclusive breastmilk use at discharge (47% vs. 37.3%). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39363038/ #neoTwitter

So proud of our wonderful proactive & dynamic MDT 💫so much support from our @HSEWestNorthWes friends & colleagues at The NEVIS ventilation worksop ❤️ Jean James Áine Binchy Sharon Hynes Frank Kirrane

Graphic abstract of this paper Journal of Perinatology nature.com/articles/s4137… The umbilical venous blood has SO2 of 80-85% and DCC can reduce FiO2 needed during resuscitation to achieve target SpO2. Anup Katheria AAP Neonatal cordclamping.org

Dear #neotwitter and AAP Neonatal - based on a request from some colleagues, I will start posting a #Neographic every Sunday with minimal text so that you can use these figures for your PowerPoint slides. Starting with a simple figure of fetal circulation & PPHN heart Clara Song

Obstetric & Neontal Emergency Simulation ICAPSS so privileged to have these fantastic resources 💜👨‍⚕️🏥👩‍⚕️ Áine Binchy Carreen Patterson Sharon Hynes Frank Kirrane @HSEWestNorthWes

An excellent demo of interprofessional teamwork at today's shoulder dystocia sim - dynamic teams working as one to manage this challenge. All hands are on deck to ensure mum and baby get safe, effective, quality care ✅🍼 Well done and thank you to our learners and faculty!

ICAPSS Carreen Patterson Sharon Hynes Yvonne O'Brien Bronwyn Reid McD @HSEWestNorthWes Neonatal UHG National Simulation Office Paul O'Connor One of the best #IPE session, #ShoulderDystocia & #NeonatalResus. Truly a great example of #codesigning and well #tested scenario. Focused #learningobjective +#Systemprobing, opportunity for #QI. Well done all 👏

Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients Manual Of Medicine #Nutrition #nutrients

Go ahead and cuddle newborns receiving therapeutic hypothermia In 60 CoolCuddles over 93.12 h, respiratory parameters, HR or neurollgical function stable No evidence of interference with temperature control Weak benefit to pain scores 🙂 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39451123/ #neoTwitter

Study finds dose response (in graphic) to skin to skin care (STSC) for #preemies < 32 weeks at birth Effect seen with a mean of 17 minutes of STSC per day! We can and should aim to do better! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39004169/ #neoTwitter #kangaroocare

Meet Charlotte, born at 28+2 in Galway University Hospital. Pop over to our FB page to read Charlottes story #MyPretermJourney #WPD2024 #WorldPrematurityDay2024 @saoltagroup

We are appealing for newborn sized baby cardigans for the NICU in Galway. Please 🙏

Neonatologists have been using sodium bicarbonate for 30 years without any evidence to back its use. Setting up BASE Trial has revealed the huge variation in practice in the UK but the challenge is the lack of equipoise in both directions.

Congratulations to medical student Joshua Hazan Mea for the presentation of his work on steroids and LUS Research Institute of the MUHC (The Institute)

Using a photo-opaque cover on the sternum may allow you to use transcutaneous bilirubin measurements while on phototherapy with accuracy. Spare some pokes to the wee ones! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39271553/ #neoTwitter

Congenital heart defects.

It will be really interesting to see the outcomes from this trial #ottertrial #nihr #infantGOR Neonatal Surgery BDA Neonatal Dietitians Interest Group southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/post/southampt…