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In newborns, concentrated urine helps rule out UTI
August 8, 2019
SEATTLE – Dr. Raymond Parlar-Chun: “If urine is concentrated, you have [more confidence] that you don’t have a UTI if you’re negative.“
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N.Y. hospitals report near-universal CMV screening when newborns fail hearing tests
May 11, 2019
BALTIMORE – Screening by saliva swab, with urine PCR confirmation.
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In pediatric ICU, being underweight can be deadly
November 1, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Skinniest patients face the highest mortality risk, even more than the obese and overweight.
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Eat/sleep/console approach almost eliminates morphine for NAS
September 4, 2018
Abandon Finnegan scores and go to PRN morphine dosing.
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Short-course IV antibiotics okay for newborn bacteremic UTI
July 27, 2018
ATLANTA – There were few recurrences, no meningitis.
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More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
July 16, 2018
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
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NIH launches HEAL Initiative to combat opioid crisis
June 12, 2018
HEAL will expand Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW), a pilot study that will assess the prevalence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), understand current management approaches, and develop common approaches for larger-scale studies to decide the best practices for clinical care of infants with NOWS.
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Neonatal deaths lower in high-volume hospitals
June 1, 2018
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers examined the association between the risk of neonatal mortality and the day of the week of the birth.
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Which infants with invasive bacterial infections are at risk for adverse outcomes?
May 16, 2018
TORONTO - Adverse outcomes are associated with prematurity, ill appearance, and bacterial meningitis.
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Two changes are made to resuscitation practice in delivery room
November 17, 2017
One is in regard to heart rate assessment, the other to meconium.
