What a lovely piece on one of my favorite science writers! Ed Yong is not here made the world of #microbes magical and relatable and went on to explain #COVID19 concepts for us all. I already preordered his new book and can’t wait til it is delivered!

Deferred clamping of umbilical cord reduces risk of death in premature babies by at least a third, suggest two studies. First article ➡️ hubs.li/Q02cXbYN0 Second article ➡️ hubs.li/Q02cX8Tf0

Lina F. Chalak, MD MSCS UT Southwestern Pediatrics Thanks Lina! 💕

NRP vs. PALS: Confused as to whether you should be using #NRP or #PALS guidelines while resuscitating at 3 month old BPD infant in the NICU? Considerations from American Academy of Pediatrics and AHA Science by Dr. Sawyer @BeenaDoc Vishal Kapadia et al doi.org/10.1542/peds.2… Neonatal Resuscitation Symposium AAP Neonatal

“ When you insist that we must have error-free lives, the main thing that happens is not that error goes away, it's that you stop hearing about it.” - Amy Edmondson This week, how to make the most of our mistakes. open.spotify.com/episode/0xy2w9…

In the 16 month since Texas passed its no-exception abortion ban, according to JAMA IM study there were an estimated 212,000 rapes and a resulting 26,000 pregnancies in Texas. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

This review: - aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of administering probiotics after gastrointestinal surgery for the postoperative management of neonates born from 35 weeks of gestation. - identified one RCT (recruiting 61 neonates) - full text: cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Do you/your trainees maintain procedure logs? Do you wish it was automated, not manual? Well, it's possible to automatically log procedures from the EHR. In this study, the accuracy of the automated system was higher by 78% #medtwitter #neotwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Kicked off @Pancan PurpleStride team efforts in at the DFW event last week! Sharing stories and talking with people reminded me why this fight is important. Great connecting- not just as a provider, but as a fellow warrior with a story. Join our team! bit.ly/3XCI6qC💜

This is an important date. Time to get to work UTSW Simmons Cancer Center UTSW Radiation Oncology UTSW Surgery!