Francesca Miselli, Licia Lugli, Luca Bedetti, Sofia Mazzotti, Martina Buttera, Alberto Berardi
{"title":"Timing and adequacy of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis: new insights for future guidelines.","authors":"Francesca Miselli, Licia Lugli, Luca Bedetti, Sofia Mazzotti, Martina Buttera, Alberto Berardi","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327432","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327432","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"227"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141537390","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}
Katsuya Hirata, Kimiko Ueda, Satoyo Ikehara, Kanami Tanigawa, Kazuko Wada, Tadashi Kimura, Keiichi Ozono, Tomotaka Sobue, Hiroyasu Iso
{"title":"Growth and respiratory status at 3 years of age after moderate preterm, late preterm and early term births: the Japan Environment and Children's Study.","authors":"Katsuya Hirata, Kimiko Ueda, Satoyo Ikehara, Kanami Tanigawa, Kazuko Wada, Tadashi Kimura, Keiichi Ozono, Tomotaka Sobue, Hiroyasu Iso","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327033","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the association between gestational age at birth and the risk of growth failure and respiratory symptoms at 3 years of age.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cohort study using the Japan Environment and Children's Study database.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>A total of 86 158 singleton infants born without physical abnormalities at 32-41 weeks of gestation were enrolled between January 2011 and March 2014.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Growth failure (weight <10th percentile and height <10th percentile) and respiratory symptoms (asthma and wheezing) at 3 years of age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the risk of growth failure and respiratory symptoms in the moderately preterm, late preterm and early term groups compared with the full-term group after adjusting for socioeconomic and perinatal factors. Multiple imputation was used to reduce the attrition bias related to missing data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The respective adjusted ORs (95% CI) of growth failure and respiratory symptoms for the moderate preterm, late preterm and early term groups compared with the full-term group were as follows: weight <10th percentile, 2.29 (1.48-3.54), 1.43 (1.24-1.71) and 1.20 (1.12-1.28); height <10th percentile, 2.34 (1.59-3.45), 1.42 (1.25-1.60) and 1.15 (1.09-1.22); asthma, 1.63 (1.06-2.50), 1.21 (1.04-1.41) and 1.16 (1.09-1.23); and wheezing, 1.39 (1.02-1.90), 1.37 (1.25-1.51) and 1.11 (1.06-1.17).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Moderate preterm, late preterm and early term births were associated with a higher risk of growth failure and respiratory symptoms at 3 years of age than full-term births, with an inverse dose-response pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"145-150"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141562508","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}
{"title":"Cost of operating a human milk bank in the UK: a microcosting analysis.","authors":"Hema Mistry, Gillian Weaver, Natalie Shenker","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327543","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327543","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveGlobally, demand for donor human milk (DHM) is increasing with WHO guidelines recommending DHM as the first line nutrition for premature infants in the absence or shortfall of maternal milk. Policymakers and clinicians currently have limited knowledge regarding costs incurred by human milk banks (HMBs) making the planning and resourcing of these services challenging. This study aimed to evaluate costs in a national network of HMBs in the UK.</p><p><strong>Design and setting: </strong>All 14 UK HMBS were invited to complete a bottom-up microcosting survey from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 covering four key areas: Staffing, equipment, donor screening and incidental costs. Total annual salary costs included on-costs (ie, national insurance, pensions), qualifications, overheads (ie, non-staff costs) and capital overheads. The annual equivalent costs for each equipment item were based on the total cost over its useful life and discounted at 3.5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>10 out of 14 milk banks provided responses with more complete datasets returned by larger milk banks. Staffing costs ranged from £24 983 to £476 194 (n=9, mean: £159 798) and considerable expertise was provided voluntarily or from non-costed staffing. Other costs included equipment (n=7, range: £2600-£51 453, mean: £19 279), donor screening (n=6, range: £925-£38 057, mean: £18 570), incidentals (n=6, range: £650-£109 996, mean: £23 774). The total annual cost of operating a milk bank annually was £202 719 (range, £27 583-£675 699) to provide between 205 and 3495 litres of DHM. The cost per litre averaged £173.49 (range, £95.94-£274.88).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The average cost of DHM is currently higher than current cost recovery tariffs and this study likely under-represents total costs. This study provides useful benchmarking data for future economic analyses, trial development and service planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"133-137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12013539/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142339976","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}
Sophie Guillaumont, Marie Vincenti, Fanny Thomas, Helena Huguet, Marie-Christine Picot, Hamouda Abassi, Anne-Cecile Huby, Daniela Laux, Julie Thomas-Chabaneix, Laurence Cohen, Arhur Gavotto, Pascal Amedro
{"title":"Implications of right aortic arch prenatal diagnosis: the multicentric nationwide ARCADE cohort.","authors":"Sophie Guillaumont, Marie Vincenti, Fanny Thomas, Helena Huguet, Marie-Christine Picot, Hamouda Abassi, Anne-Cecile Huby, Daniela Laux, Julie Thomas-Chabaneix, Laurence Cohen, Arhur Gavotto, Pascal Amedro","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327242","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to describe the various presentations of the prenatally diagnosed isolated right aortic arch (RAA), that is, without associated congenital heart defect and to evaluate the impact of prenatal diagnosis of isolated RAA in terms of postnatal outcome.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In this multicentric retrospective study, from 2010 to 2019, all live births with a prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of isolated RAA were included, with a 1-year postnatal follow-up. The concordance between the different diagnostic steps (prenatal ultrasound, postnatal ultrasound and postnatal CT scan) was evaluated using Gwet's AC1 coefficient.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 309 cases of prenatally diagnosed RAA were analysed, most of which had a left ductus arteriosus (83%). The concordance between prenatal and postnatal ultrasound diagnosis was excellent regarding the RAA type (AC1=0.97, 95% CI=(0.94 to 0.99)). The rare discrepancies mainly involved non-diagnosed or misdiagnosed double aortic arch (2%). CT scan was performed in 108 neonates (35%) and the concordance between prenatal ultrasound and postnatal CT scan was good regarding the RAA diagnosis (AC1=0.80, 95% CI=(0.69 to 0.90)) but poor regarding the distribution of brachiocephalic vessels (AC1=0.21, 95% CI=(0.06 to 0.36)). An associated genetic anomaly was sought for in half of the cases and identified in 4% of the cohort. During the first year of life, 50 (18%) infants presented with vascular ring symptoms and 24 (8%) underwent aortic arch surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This multicentric nationwide cohort of 309 prenatally diagnosed isolated RAA demonstrated the reliability of prenatal screening, highlighted the rare cases of discrepancies between prenatal and postnatal diagnosis and underlined the value of CT scan to improve the postnatal follow-up.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT04029064.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"138-144"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533425","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}
Dustin D Flannery, Alvaro Zevallos Barboza, Sagori Mukhopadhyay, Jeffrey S Gerber, Molly McDonough, Di Shu, Sean Hennessy, Kelly C Wade, Karen M Puopolo
{"title":"Antibiotic use among extremely low birth-weight infants from 2009 to 2021: a retrospective observational study.","authors":"Dustin D Flannery, Alvaro Zevallos Barboza, Sagori Mukhopadhyay, Jeffrey S Gerber, Molly McDonough, Di Shu, Sean Hennessy, Kelly C Wade, Karen M Puopolo","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326734","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess trends in antibiotic use across a large cohort of extremely low birth-weight (<1000 g; ELBW) infants admitted to academic and community neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the USA over a 13-year period.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Repeated cross-sectional cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Premier Health Database, a comprehensive administrative database of inpatient encounters from academic and community hospitals across the US.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>ELBW inborn infants admitted to NICUs from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2021.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>N/A MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Absolute and relative changes in (1) proportion of ELBW infants with antibiotic exposure and (2) days of therapy (DOT) per 1000 patient days, over time. Average annual differences were estimated using generalised linear regression with 95% CI. Disposition trends were also measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 36 701 infants admitted to 402 NICUs, the proportion exposed to antibiotics was essentially unchanged (89.9% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2021; absolute reduction of -0.6%); generalised linear regression estimated an annual absolute difference of -0.3% (95% CI (-0.6%) to (-0.07%); p=0.01). DOT per 1000 patient days decreased from 337 in 2009 to 210 in 2021, a 37.8% relative difference and annual relative difference of -4.3% ((-5.2%) to (-3.5%); p<0.001). Mortality was unchanged during the study period.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a substantial reduction in antibiotic DOT despite no substantive change in the proportion of infants exposed to antibiotics. This suggests the success of stewardship efforts aimed at antibiotic duration and highlight the need for improved approaches to identifying ELBW infants at highest risk of infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"151-156"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733378","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}
Sébastien Joye, Ashraf Kharrat, Faith Zhu, Poorva Deshpande, Michelle Baczynski, Bonny Jasani, Seungwoo Lee, Luc L Mertens, Patrick J McNamara, Prakesh S Shah, Dany E Weisz, Amish Jain
{"title":"Impact of targeted neonatal echocardiography consultations for critically sick preterm neonates.","authors":"Sébastien Joye, Ashraf Kharrat, Faith Zhu, Poorva Deshpande, Michelle Baczynski, Bonny Jasani, Seungwoo Lee, Luc L Mertens, Patrick J McNamara, Prakesh S Shah, Dany E Weisz, Amish Jain","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327347","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327347","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Rationale: </strong>Preterm neonates needing rescue treatments with inotropes and/or inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) (acute critical illnesses, ACIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are at high risk of mortality. While targeted neonatal echocardiography consultations (TNE) are increasingly used to guide management, its clinical impact need evaluation.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate clinical outcomes in relation to TNE utilisation during episodes of ACIs among preterm neonates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study, conducted at two tertiary NICUs over 10 years, included neonates<37 weeks gestational age (GA) who developed ACIs. Patients receiving TNE-guided care (TNE within 24 hours of treatment initiation) were compared with non-TNE management. Outcomes included predischarge mortality, episode-related mortality (<7 days) and a new diagnosis of intraventricular haemorrhage≥grade 3 (IVH-3). Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) using propensity score was used to account for confounders, including site, birth years and baseline illness severity.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>Of 622 included patients, 297 (48%) had TNE; median (IQR) GA at ACI was 26.4 (25.0-28.4) weeks. TNE group demonstrated higher baseline mean airway pressure, oxygen requirement and heart rate and frequently received both inotrope and iNO during ACI. IPTW analysis revealed TNE was associated with lower mortality (adjusted OR (95% CI) 0.75 (0.59 to 0.95)), episode-related mortality (0.54 (0.40 to 0.72)) and death or IVH-3 (0.78 (0.62 to 0.99)). TNE group received more varied inotropic agents, demonstrated earlier improvements in blood pressures, without increasing overall inotrpoic burden.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among preterm neonates requiring rescue treatments with inotropes/iNO, TNE utilisation to guide clinical management may be associated with improved survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"200-206"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142124683","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}
Angret de Boer, Lien De Proost, Marieke de Vries, Marije Hogeveen, Martine C de Vries, E J T Joanne Verweij, Rosa Geurtzen
{"title":"Voices of experience: what Dutch parents teach us about values and intuition in periviable decisions.","authors":"Angret de Boer, Lien De Proost, Marieke de Vries, Marije Hogeveen, Martine C de Vries, E J T Joanne Verweij, Rosa Geurtzen","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327400","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327400","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>When extremely premature birth at the limits of viability is imminent, shared decision-making with parents regarding the infant's treatment is widely recommended. Aligning decisions with parental values can be challenging. So, this study aims to get insight into (1) what values parents considered important in their decision, (2) whether their decision was based on intuition and/or rational analysis and (3) parental suggestions on how to help explore and articulate values during prenatal counselling.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A qualitative study was performed among Dutch parents who experienced (imminent) extremely premature birth. Diversity was aimed for through purposive sampling. Semistructured interviews were conducted until saturation was achieved. Transcripts were coded and themes were derived from the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen interviews were performed. Results show what parents considered important in their decision, such as the infants' future, family life and 'giving a chance'. Most parents made their decision more intuitively rather than rationally, for others both coexisted. Particularly fathers and parents who opted for palliative comfort care experienced the decision as rational. Parents would have liked to explore values, but found it challenging. They suggested strategies and conditions to help explore and articulate their values during counselling, such as a multidisciplinary approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Various considerations and underlying values were found to be important. Parents recognise the influence of emotions and intuition in decision-making and struggle to articulate their values, emphasising the need for guidance. Healthcare providers should engage in open, personalised discussions to facilitate value exploration, enabling informed decisions aligned with parental values.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"171-176"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995133","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}
Stine Yde Nielsen, Elke Hoffmann-Lücke, Tine Brink Henriksen, Camilla Mirian Hartvigsen, Rikke Bek Helmig, Mohammed Rohi Khalil, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Lars Henning Pedersen, May Murra, Eva Greibe
{"title":"Timing and dosage of intrapartum prophylactic penicillin for preventing early-onset group B streptococcal disease: assessing maternal and umbilical cord blood concentration.","authors":"Stine Yde Nielsen, Elke Hoffmann-Lücke, Tine Brink Henriksen, Camilla Mirian Hartvigsen, Rikke Bek Helmig, Mohammed Rohi Khalil, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Lars Henning Pedersen, May Murra, Eva Greibe","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326986","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Timing of administration of antibiotics and concentrations in maternal blood and the umbilical cord blood are important prerequisites for optimal intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) of neonatal early-onset group B streptococcus (GBS) disease. This cohort study aimed to explore penicillin concentrations in mothers and infants at birth in relation to time elapsed from administration to delivery and to the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for GBS.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Penicillin G concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord blood in relation to time and dose from administration to time of delivery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 44 mother-infant dyads, median maternal penicillin G concentration was 0.2 mg/L (IQR 0-0.8 mg/L; range 0-1.6 mg/L). Median infant penicillin G concentration was 1.2 mg/L (IQR 0.5-5.0 mg/L; range 0-12.7 mg/L). In all infants (N=38) born less than 4 hours after the latest IAP administration, penicillin G concentrations far exceeded MIC (0.125 mg/L), even after short time intervals between IAP administration and birth. The highest plasma concentrations were reached in umbilical cord blood within 1 hour from IAP administration to birth.For 44 mother-infant dyads, maternal concentrations were very low compared with their infants'; particularly, very high concentrations were seen in the 20 infants with only one dose of IAP.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>High concentrations of penicillin G were found in umbilical cord blood of infants born less than 4 hours after IAP administration, well above the MIC for GBS.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"128-132"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12013538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140904031","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-2025-328631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-328631","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":"110 2","pages":"115"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143472079","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}
Arun Sett, Gillian Foo, Alvin Ngeow, Niranjan Thomas, Penny P L Kee, Amir Zayegh, Kate A Hodgson, Susan M Donath, David G Tingay, Peter G Davis, Brett J Manley, Sheryle R Rogerson
{"title":"Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study.","authors":"Arun Sett, Gillian Foo, Alvin Ngeow, Niranjan Thomas, Penny P L Kee, Amir Zayegh, Kate A Hodgson, Susan M Donath, David G Tingay, Peter G Davis, Brett J Manley, Sheryle R Rogerson","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327172","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the accuracy of pre-extubation lung ultrasound (LUS) to predict reintubation in preterm infants born <32 weeks' gestation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective diagnostic accuracy study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Two neonatal intensive care units.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Anterior and lateral LUS was performed pre-extubation. The primary outcome was the accuracy of LUS scores (range 0-24) to predict reintubation within 72 hours. Secondary outcomes were accuracy in predicting (1) reintubation within 7 days, (2) reintubation stratified by postnatal age and (3) accuracy of lateral imaging only (range 0-12). Pre-specified subgroup analyses were performed in extremely preterm infants born <28 weeks' gestation. Cut-off scores, sensitivities and specificities were calculated using receiver operating characteristic analysis and reported as area under the curves (AUCs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred preterm infants with a mean (SD) gestational age of 27.4 (2.2) weeks and birth weight of 1059 (354) g were studied. Thirteen were subsequently reintubated. The AUC (95% CI) of the pre-extubation LUS score for predicting reintubation was 0.63 (0.45-0.80). Accuracy was greater in extremely preterm infants: AUC 0.70 (0.52-0.87) and excellent in infants who were <72 hours of age at the time of extubation: AUC 0.90 (0.77-1.00). Accuracy was poor in infants who were >7 days of age. Lateral imaging alone demonstrated similar accuracy to scanning anterior and lateral regions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In contrast to previous studies, LUS was not a strong predictor of reintubation in preterm infants. Accuracy is increased in extremely preterm infants. Future research should focus on infants at highest risk of extubation failure and consider simpler imaging protocols.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12621001356853.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"185-190"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142003482","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}