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The international society disseminating neonatal clinical research evidence: #ebneoalerts curate, #ebneoreviews appraise, #ebneopolls survey.
Dec 11, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
Bill Benitz from @StanfordChild reviews the published trial evidence for preterm PDA closure management
#HotTopicsNeo2023 #neoTwitter #neoEBM #PDA Image Published PDA RCTs have been consistent in their findings of no benefit of PDA closure Image
Dec 7, 2020 6 tweets 6 min read
Next up in "New Approaches to Cooling" Deirdre Murray of @CUH_Cork discussing “Neurodevelopmental Outcomes after Mild HIE.” Read more about Prof. Murray and her work: infantcentre.ie/who-we-are-2/o…

#HotTopicsNeo2020 @HotTopicsNeo Murray begins by defining the population discussed in her lecture: those with encephalopathy 2/2 perinatal asphyxia.

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Dec 7, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
Last in the Rx for BPD trio at #HotTopicsNeo2020: Dr. Reese Clark of @MEDNAX with: "What Drugs are we Using? Practice Variability and Potential Harm." Read more about Dr. Clark's distinguished care:
blog.mednax.com/mednax-neonato…
@HotTopicsNeo Reese: Talk to focus on steroid use. To begin, what postnatal steroids are we using? Dexamethasone and hydrocortisone most common systematic exposures, budenoside most common inhaled exposure.

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Dec 7, 2020 8 tweets 8 min read
Next up in #HotTopicsNeo2020: Erik Jensen of @ChildrensPhila discussing how the baseline risk of BPD impacts the number needed to treat when considering effective therapies.

chop.edu/doctors/jensen…

@HotTopicsNeo Presentation builds on recently published report in @JPediatr: drugs to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Effect of Baseline Risk on the Number Needed to Treat
jpeds.com/article/S0022-…

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Dec 7, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
From the last session on periviability at @HotTopicsNeo, let’s get the pulse of the #neoEBM community with a few surveys (thread) #HotTopicsNeo2020 What is the earliest gestational age, assuming dating is correct, where you (or your hospital) routinely offer active postnatal resuscitation if desired by the family
Dec 7, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
First up in: "Pharmacotherapy for BPD: We Know Less than We Think We Do" at #HotTopicsNeo2020 is Dr. Gerri Baer (@thegerribaer), Team Leader for Neonatology @US_FDA, discussing "Challenges in Studying Drugs for BPD"
@HotTopicsNeo #neoEBM Baer: no (zero, zilch, none!) drugs approved in the USA to prevent or treat BPD.

Highlights various cohorts demonstrating the ongoing high burden of BPD:

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Dec 7, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Dr. Mikael Norman discuss care of periviable infants in Sweden #HotTopicsNeo2020 Changes in survival in Sweden, with survival at 22 weeks' gestation around 50% and increasing thereafter
Dec 7, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
Dr. Bührer discusses active care of tiny preterm infants in Germany #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Highlights that this is a grey zone, where parental desires should be support
Dec 7, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Dr. Joseph Kaempf shares data from a systematic review and meta-analysis on whether neurodevelopment outcomes are changing over time in extremely premature infants #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM The objective of the review was to evaluate within NICU or within cohort trends in NDI over time
Dec 6, 2020 6 tweets 6 min read
The Jerold F Lucey Keynote lecture delivered by Martin Elliott #LuceyLectureship #HotTopicsNeo2020 Lies and Their Impact in Academic Medicine @HotTopicsNeo #neoEBM Some recent liars have been caught - but not all. #HotTopicsNeo2020
Dec 6, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
PREMOD2 @NeoAnup's EBNEO Impact Article of the Year 2019 #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM So when deferred cord clamping is not thought to be feasible, is cord milking a suitable alternative in terms of severe IVH? #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM
Dec 6, 2020 4 tweets 5 min read
A brief history of EBNEO up next at #HotTopicsNeo2020 delivered by @nbamat and @Boyleem #neoEBM along with some excellent (a-hem!) mugshots of *some* of the EBNEO team! #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM
Dec 6, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
Are we paying too much for too little? @VPrasadMDMPH discusses the use of nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Monthly costs for orphan drug prices for rare conditions
Dec 6, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
In discussing therapies for skeletal dysplasia, @mikebbober highlights these are a heterogeneous group of unique disorders #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Best-practice guidelines for delivery and evaluation of patients with skeletal dysplasia ajog.org/article/S0002-… and skeletaldysplasia.org
Dec 6, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
LMA for neonates?

Dr. Trevisanuto @UniPadova shares evidence regarding its use for neonatal resuscitation. #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Potential advantages of LMA use in neonates
Dec 6, 2020 10 tweets 5 min read
Telemedicine for neonatal resuscitation? @jenfang0908 shares the opportunities #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Can technology and telemedicine help close the gap in the mortality disparity for inborn and outborn infants?
Dec 6, 2020 10 tweets 6 min read
Drs. Myra Wyckoff @UTSWNews and Jonathan Wyllie provide an update on @Ilcor_org guidelines for neonatal life support #HotTopicsNeo2020 #neoEBM Here is a link to the summary of updated guidelines: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…
Jul 30, 2020 11 tweets 9 min read
A thread to formally introduce the #ebneoscouts campaign!

1/ The rate of neonatal research output continues to rise. There are now nearly 10 publications indexed with "Infant, Premature" per day!

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Dec 11, 2019 6 tweets 7 min read
To conclude the hypoglycemia debate at #HotTopicsNeo2019: Jane Harding of @AucklandUni and @AucklandLiggins. Do you have a @Wikipedia page? She does en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Hard… (!) @HotTopicsNeo At what glucose threshold level should you treat? Harding transparent up front: I DONT KNOW. Not for lack of effort. CHYLD study published in @NEJM large prospective cohort w/continuous glucose monitoring. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26465984
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Dec 9, 2019 19 tweets 9 min read
Next up is Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimha talking on systemic hypotension in PPHN. Satyan is a Professor and Pediatrician-in-Chief at UC Davis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics.
#HotTopicsNeo2019 Image A brief talk on the definition of hypotension, cardiac output, pre and afterloads.
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