neonatology

From prenatal diagnosis through real‑time NICU neurocritical monitoring and lifelong follow‑up, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is celebrating a decade and a half of integrated neurologic care that is unmatched in Southern California.

If a sufficiently large fraction of India’s frontline birth attendants can be brought to competence in the choreography of the first breath, the country’s neonatal mortality curve, can be made to bend. This deserves clinical seriousness, research attention, and sustained support.

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's has launched the first Neuro Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neuro NICU) in the Los Angeles region.

FAU researchers are developing a new suctioning technique for ventilation in new born babies, “SMART-NEO” When babies are born weeks or even months too early, they often cannot breathe unassisted. To keep their lungs clear, mucous has to be cleared several times a day through the ventilation tube – a necessary but risky procedure. Researchers […]

Author ORCID Identifier 0000-0001-6826-5337 (Morshedi) 0000-0002-9395-0907 (Griffiths-Randolph) 0000-0003-1980-5469 (Baraki) 0000-0003-1327-8979 (Martins) 0000-0002-1047-8003 (Warsof) DOI 10.25884/jam1-gp21 Document Type Original Research Subcategory Perinatology Abstract Background: The average rate of preterm birth in the US in 2021 was 10.1%. Although the rate of mortality from preterm birth h…

Associate Professor Xia Zhou and her team developed Joey, a soft, lightweight sensing fabric necklace that can easily be worn by mothers to monitor their Kangaroo Mother Care practices with their babies.

Pediatrics & Neonatology - Juniper Publishers Abstract Objectives: This study evaluates the risk factors associated with meconium-stained amniotic fluid in neonates managed in the special care baby unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Methods: This case-control study was performed in DMCH from 1st March to 31st December 2011. One hundred fifty-two neonates were selected purposively. …

Expert Commentary Thanks to Dr. Wibberley and Dr. Eswaran for providing this infographic on a tough topic – neonatal resuscitations. Usually, deliveries in the emergency department cause a dichotomy of emotions – initial anxiety, then relief and happiness. Most of our deliveries tend to be quick, precipitous, with hopefully just enough warning for us to grab gloves and remember where the baby war…

This week the Arizona Bioindustry Association recognized NeoLight , a company cofounded by a team of Arizona State University students in 2014, won a 2018 AZBio Fast Lane Award for the company’s success moving from the initial development stage to commercialization. In the short time since cofounders Vivek Kopparthi, Sivakumar Palaniswamy, Chase Garrett and Deepak Krishnaraju won $7,000 in fundin…