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Government commits to Bill allowing three-day postnatal stay - New Zealand News Beep In the future, people will be offered a minimum of a three-day hospital stay after giving birth, despite warnings about lack of capacity.

Government commits to Bill allowing three-day postnatal stay

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Photo: 123RF In the future, people will be offered a minimum of a three-day hospital stay after giving…

Dr. Modupe Tunde-Byass addressed several critical topics during the JEPS Black Perinatal Health Panel, including the urgent issue of Black maternal mortality.

Watch the clip below and watch the full presentation at: https://perinataljustice.ubc.ca/research/presentations

Hypotension and Shock. Optimising treatments

A new single centre RCT of permissive hypotension (PH) compared to "standard treatment" (ST) of very preterm infants 24 to

Prolonging CPAP in the preterm to improve pulmonary outcomes

I wrote about this trial after last year's PAS meeting, mentioning that it looked like a potential significant improvement in respiratory care of the preterm The full publication confirms that is a real possibility. McEvoy CT, et al.…

New article: We incorporate neoclassical music during Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TnECHO). We've found that this music helps calm the baby, facilitating smoother and more efficient image acquisition www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...

How often do my neo colleagues use PEG routinely in prem gut to improve feeding tolerance? If so which prems? #neobluesky

As usual he's on point 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #qualitycareforall

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In this RCT, Alshaikh et al. compare outcomes between preterm neonates born between 30 0/7 and 33 6/7 weeks who received early exclusive enteral feeding versus those who received conventional feeding.
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#neosky #neoEBM #EBNEOalerts

Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...

American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

This is so sad, but clearly necessary 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 @margaretatwood.bsky.social prescient ... #qualitycareforall

Almost no role in NICU either ....

‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth Christiane Amanpour has spent four decades as a celebrated journalist and war reporter. With disinformation rampaging through the media, she talks to Tim Adams about the threat of technocracy, Donald ...

‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’ -- Celebrated journalist Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j... via @theguardian.com #infodemic #misinformation #journalism

-dedicated Spanish live interpreter 8a-5p, 7 d/wk
-dedicated iPad on wheels in NICU to call phone/video interpreter
-"call-in" cards provided at NICU admission; phone # directly connects to interpreter, to then 3-way call the NICU or other hospital services; available in 5 most common languages

Managing pain in newborns: A multidimensional approach | Canadian Paediatric Society Preventing and managing an infant’s pain effectively is an essential component of newborn care. Experiencing untreated pain in early life has been associated with immediate negative effects and long-t...

Our updated CPS Position Statement on pain management in newborns is out!
Thank you Dr Marsha Campbell-Yeo for leading this very important work
@bcchresearch.bsky.social @canadianpreemies.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @nicumusings.bsky.social @ebneo.bsky.scps.ca
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Aloha! Excited to share our work demonstrating 1) electrical impedance tomography measuring FRC in premies with mask bCPAP >> ram cannula vent CPAP and 2) EIT as a potential tool for measuring pulmonary perfusion and V/Q mismatch in neonates at the bedside! #PAS2025

Also - check out our workshop entitled "Evaluating trustworthiness: identifying spin, fraud and deception in modern research" on Friday at 4:00 pm with @drabdulrazak.bsky.social, Rasheda Vereen and Atul Malhotra @ebneo.bsky.social

Planning simulation training for surfactant delivered via supraglottic airway. In Ethiopia , for our colleagues here, in Kenya, and in Nigeria @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social

In ÉCLAT, extubating extremely preterm infants to a CPAP of 10 (range 9-11 for 24 hrs) vs. 7 (range 6-8 for 24 hours) decreased extubation failure, without obvious safety issues.

PEEPophobes lament! 😪

Twelve tips for facilitating and implementing clinical debriefing programmes Contemporary clinical practice places a high demand on healthcare workforces due to complexity and rapid evolution of guidelines. We need embedded workplace practices such as clinical debriefing (C...

Twelve tips for facilitating & implementing clinical debriefing programmes

Andrew Coggins, Ramez Zaklama, @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social, Cristina Diaz-Navarro, Ross Scalese, Kristian Krogh, Walter Eppich

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Consideration for discharge planning
In ex #preemies Apneic events within 48 hours after 2 month vaccinations does increase but no difference in severity of such events.
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How does being born preterm affect long-term health? Liggins Institute in Auckland-led research has found that adults who were born preterm showed no statistically significant differences in diabetes, prediabetes, or dyslipidemia and had fewer cardiovas...

In the era of antenatal steroids, #preemies may not have similar long term risks as adults as they once did.
No ⬆️risk of diabetes, pre-DM, or dyslipidemia & ⬇️ cardiovascular events vs adults born at term.
⬆️ BP by age 50 seen among the preterm group
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#NeoSky #MedSky

Umbilical Cord pH Levels and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality This cohort study investigates the association between umbilical cord pH values and the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes among newborns in Denmark, which has universal umbilical cord pH measurement.

Yep 😉
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Joyeux Noël!!!

May also be a bad idea to restrict nutrition if no evidence ...

Very good point which we can explore with Cochrane. Personally I agree, no RCTs does not mean zero evidence. There may be well done observational studies to guide our practice.
Just that fluid restriction for symptomatic PDA is ingrained in our practice with very little to no evidence

Excited to launch the Journal of Clinical Insights in Neonatology, a collaboration between the Toronto Centre for Neonatal Health & University of Toronto Press! Inaugural issue to be published Spring 2025 #neosky #qualitycareforall

I want a girl with a short skirt and a long N-terminal decanoyl fatty acid side chain

-surfactant

Thrilled to see one of the PhD chapters win the Best Publication Award of the Year!

This project is truly deserving, as it supports early detection of cerebral palsy in babies through a high-performing clinic at MCH led by @atulmalhotra.bsky.social
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