Christian Achim Maiwald, Christoph E Schwarz, Katrin Böckmann, Laila Springer, Christian F Poets, Axel R Franz
{"title":"Response to: 'Randomised crossover study on pulse oximeter readings from different sensors in very preterm infants' by Sharma <i>et al</i>.","authors":"Christian Achim Maiwald, Christoph E Schwarz, Katrin Böckmann, Laila Springer, Christian F Poets, Axel R Franz","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327973","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Moran Hausman-Kedem, Stephanie Libzon, Aviva Fattal Valevski, Gustavo Malinger, Nina Krajden Haratz, Itay Tokatly Latzer, Amit Blumovich, Jonathan Roth, Shlomi Constantini, Dror Mandel, Liat Ben-Sira, Shelly I Shiran
{"title":"Clinical and neuroimaging patterns of perinatal intracranial haemorrhage in fetuses and term-born neonates: a prospective observational cohort study.","authors":"Moran Hausman-Kedem, Stephanie Libzon, Aviva Fattal Valevski, Gustavo Malinger, Nina Krajden Haratz, Itay Tokatly Latzer, Amit Blumovich, Jonathan Roth, Shlomi Constantini, Dror Mandel, Liat Ben-Sira, Shelly I Shiran","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To characterise perinatal, clinical and neuroimaging patterns and aetiology of perinatal intracranial haemorrhage (pICH), and to assess potential differences between cases diagnosed antenatally and postnatally.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective, observational, single-centre study of 110 consecutive cases of pICH identified in the fetal or neonatal period or diagnosed with presumed pICH between 2014 and 2023. Prematurity-related cases were excluded. Antenatal and postnatal MRI data were analysed for patterns and mechanisms of haemorrhage and their potential aetiology. Potential associations between pICH with perinatal and clinical risk factors were also explored.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-nine of the 110 included cases (53.6%) were diagnosed antenatally (termination of pregnancy, n=22), and postnatal data on 81/88 (92%) children were available. Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) was the most common haemorrhage type (83/110 (75.5%)) and was more common prenatally (p=0.004). Subpial haemorrhage was exclusively diagnosed postnatally (p<0.001), and it was more commonly detected in primigravida women (p=0.013). The germinal matrix was the most common origin of IVH (n=56, 50.9%) occuring more frequently prenatally (p<0.001), whereas sinus venous thrombosis-related IVH was more commonly detected postnatally (p=0.002). Subdural haemorrhage was associated with haematological abnormalities (p=0.023). Genetic disorders caused 31.9% of the cases (15 of 47 tested cases). Genetic disorders and associated congenital anomalies were more common in the prenatally diagnosed group (p=0.038 and p=0.04, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The patterns and pathogenesis of pICH appear to be different for prenatally and postnatally diagnosed cases and for types of haemorrhages. Given the important role of genetic factors in prenatal intracranial haemorrhage, next-generation sequencing is indicated in these cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142543328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mitchell David Johnson, David Gerald Tingay, Elizabeth J Perkins, Arun Sett, Bianca Devsam, Ellen Douglas, Julia K Charlton, Paul Wildenhain, Jennifer Rumpel, Michael Wagner, Vinay Nadkarni, Lindsay Johnston, Heidi M Herrick, Tyler Hartman, Kristen Glass, Philipp Jung, Stephen D DeMeo, Rebecca Shay, Jae H Kim, Jennifer Unrau, Ahmed Moussa, Akira Nishisaki, Elizabeth E Foglia
{"title":"Factors that impact second attempt success for neonatal intubation following first attempt failure: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates.","authors":"Mitchell David Johnson, David Gerald Tingay, Elizabeth J Perkins, Arun Sett, Bianca Devsam, Ellen Douglas, Julia K Charlton, Paul Wildenhain, Jennifer Rumpel, Michael Wagner, Vinay Nadkarni, Lindsay Johnston, Heidi M Herrick, Tyler Hartman, Kristen Glass, Philipp Jung, Stephen D DeMeo, Rebecca Shay, Jae H Kim, Jennifer Unrau, Ahmed Moussa, Akira Nishisaki, Elizabeth E Foglia","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326501","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the factors associated with second attempt success and the risk of adverse events following a failed first attempt at neonatal tracheal intubation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on intubations performed in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and delivery room from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates (NEAR4NEOS).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Eighteen academic NICUs in NEAR4NEOS.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Neonates requiring two or more attempts at intubation between October 2014 and December 2021.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The primary outcome was successful intubation on the second attempt, with severe tracheal intubation-associated events (TIAEs) or severe desaturation (≥20% decline in oxygen saturation) being secondary outcomes. Multivariate regression examined the associations between these outcomes and patient characteristics and changes in intubation practice.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>5805 of 13 126 (44%) encounters required two or more intubation attempts, with 3156 (54%) successful on the second attempt. Second attempt success was more likely with changes in any of the following: intubator (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.56 to 2.07), stylet use (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.36 to 2.01) or endotracheal tube (ETT) size (OR 2.11, 95% CI 1.74 to 2.56). Changes in stylet use were associated with a reduced chance of severe desaturation (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61 to 0.90), but changes in intubator, laryngoscope type or ETT size were not; no changes in intubator or equipment were associated with severe TIAEs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Successful neonatal intubation on a second attempt was more likely with a change in intubator, stylet use or ETT size.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11349927/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139989171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles A Stanley, Philip J Weston, Deborah L Harris, Diva D De León, Jane E Harding
{"title":"Role of beta-hydroxybutyrate measurement in the evaluation of plasma glucose concentrations in newborn infants.","authors":"Charles A Stanley, Philip J Weston, Deborah L Harris, Diva D De León, Jane E Harding","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326865","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Glucose in Well Babies (GLOW) Study showed that there are two phases of low glucose concentrations in healthy newborn infants: an initial phase in which plasma concentrations of ketones are low; and a second phase in which low glucose concentrations are accompanied by elevated concentrations of ketones. The implications of these two phases for the brain differ depending on whether ketones are available as alternative substrate for brain metabolism. The purpose of this study was to estimate the duration of these two phases of neonatal low glucose concentrations in 66 healthy breastfed newborns from the GLOW Study during the first 5 days of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sum of glucose and beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB) was used as a proxy for the total concentrations of insulin-dependent fuels for the brain; a threshold value below 4 mmol/L was taken to indicate the presence of relative hyperinsulinism and a BOHB concentration above 0.5 mmol/L to indicate ketonaemia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The first phase of low glucose concentrations lasted a median of 40 hours and in 15% of infants, this persisted beyond 60 hours. Fifty (76%) of the 66 infants subsequently had ketonaemia, which resolved at a median age of 76 hours (range 41->120 hours).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data suggest that monitoring BOHB concentrations may be useful for interpreting glucose concentrations in newborns and screening for persistent hyperinsulinism.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11366039/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allan C Jenkinson, Yohei Minamitani, Theodore Dassios, Anne Greenough
{"title":"Influence of clinical experience on newborn manikin mask ventilation performance using a respiratory function monitor.","authors":"Allan C Jenkinson, Yohei Minamitani, Theodore Dassios, Anne Greenough","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326637","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326637","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139478161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tara L FitzGerald, Kate L Cameron, Reem A Albesher, Benjamin F Mentiplay, Rheanna M Mainzer, Alice C Burnett, Karli Treyvaud, Ross A Clark, Peter J Anderson, Jeanie Ly Cheong, Lex W Doyle, Alicia J Spittle
{"title":"Associations between physical activity and development in preschool-aged children born <30 weeks' gestation: a cohort study.","authors":"Tara L FitzGerald, Kate L Cameron, Reem A Albesher, Benjamin F Mentiplay, Rheanna M Mainzer, Alice C Burnett, Karli Treyvaud, Ross A Clark, Peter J Anderson, Jeanie Ly Cheong, Lex W Doyle, Alicia J Spittle","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326045","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the effect of physical activity (PA) on development (motor, cognitive, social-emotional) in children 4-5 years old born <30 weeks' gestation, and to describe subgroups of children at risk of low PA in this cohort.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Longitudinal cohort study.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>123 children born <30 weeks were recruited at birth and assessed between 4 and 5 years' corrected age.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Development was assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (MABC-2), Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (L-DCDQ), Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (Fourth Edition; WPPSI-IV), and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). To measure PA, children wore an accelerometer and parents completed a diary for 7 days. Effects of PA on developmental outcomes, and associations between perinatal risk factors and PA, were estimated using linear regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More accelerometer-measured PA was associated with better MABC-2 aiming and catching scores (average standard score increase per hour increase in PA: 0.54, 95% CI 0.11, 0.96; p=0.013), and lower WPPSI-IV processing speed index scores (average composite score decrease per hour increase in PA: -2.36, 95% CI -4.19 to -0.53; p=0.012). Higher accelerometer-measured PA was associated with better SDQ prosocial scores. Major brain injury in the neonatal period was associated with less moderate-vigorous and less unstructured PA at 4-5 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Higher levels of PA are associated with aspects of motor, cognitive and social-emotional skill development in children 4-5 years old born <30 weeks. Those with major brain injury in the neonatal period may be more vulnerable to low PA at preschool age.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139970826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonja Baldursdottir, Kolbrun Gunnarsdottir, Snorri Donaldsson, Baldvin Jonsson, Thomas Drevhammar
{"title":"Skin-to-skin stabilisation and uninterrupted respiratory support for preterm infants after birth: feasibility of a new and simplified rPAP system.","authors":"Sonja Baldursdottir, Kolbrun Gunnarsdottir, Snorri Donaldsson, Baldvin Jonsson, Thomas Drevhammar","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326409","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The rPAP respiratory support system, used for delivery room stabilisation with nasal prongs, has been shown to reduce the need for intubation in extremely preterm infants. A simplified version of the system has been developed. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of providing uninterrupted respiratory support with the simplified rPAP from birth up to 4 hours of life and to assess ease of use for skin-to skin stabilisation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a non-randomised feasibility study conducted at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Respiratory support with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and positive pressure ventilation if needed was given with the simplified rPAP using heated humidified gases. Respiratory support was provided in the delivery room, during transportation and in the neonatal unit, for a maximum of 4 hours.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>32 preterm infants with a mean (SD) gestational age of 33.4 weeks (±1.2) were included. Of 17 infants born vaginally, 13 were stabilised skin-to-skin. The remaining infants were stabilised on a resuscitation table. All infants received CPAP and nine received positive pressure ventilation. 31 infants received continued support during transport and after arrival in the neonatal unit. Minor interruptions in CPAP support occurred in all infants. The study did not reveal problems with usability of the system.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is feasible to stabilise preterm infants with the simplified respiratory support system both skin-to-skin and on a resuscitation table, and to provide continued respiratory support with the same system during transportation and in the neonatal unit.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT04244890.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fantoms.","authors":"Ben J Stenson","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-328108","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-328108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503062/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Untangling the physiology and pathophysiology of neonatal hypoglycaemia.","authors":"Kathryn Beardsall, Ajay Thankamony","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327009","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142003483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul Clarke, Nicholas D Embleton, Mary Fewtrell, Dominic J Harrington, Anne M Kelly, Naomi Moris, Alexander Patto, Vennila Ponnusamy, Vimal Vasu, Martin J Shearer
{"title":"Vitamin K: missed at peril-the case for extra supplementation to prevent deficiency in breastfed preterm infants.","authors":"Paul Clarke, Nicholas D Embleton, Mary Fewtrell, Dominic J Harrington, Anne M Kelly, Naomi Moris, Alexander Patto, Vennila Ponnusamy, Vimal Vasu, Martin J Shearer","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326737","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326737","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}