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Life satisfaction scores similar for healthy and chronically ill children
Children with chronic illness had lower parentally reported general health scores compared to healthy children; however, life satisfaction scores were similar between groups. Evidence Rating: 3...
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Liberal platelet transfusion does not expedite patent ductus arteriosus closure
1. For preterm infants with echocardiographically-confirmed patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) within the first 14 days of life, there was no significant difference in the timing of PDA closure between...
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Maternal gratitude linked to improved medical staff functioning
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) medical staff who were exposed to maternal expressions of gratitude had higher scores in procedural and therapeutic planning and prosocial behaviors in response to...
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Hydrocortisone in very preterm infants does not improve rates of...
1. There were no significant differences in rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and mortality at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age (PMA) as a composite outcome in ventilator-dependent very preterm...
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Health care use stable after feeding tube placement in children with...
The 5-year survival rate in neurologically impaired children after feeding tube placement was 75.8%. There were no significant differences in unplanned hospital days 2 years prior to feeding tube...
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Plagiocephaly/brachycephaly associated with lower cognitive and academic...
1. Children with positional plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly (PPB) had significantly lower scores in global cognitive ability (GCA), nonverbal reasoning, verbal, and working memory scores compared to...
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Significant unreimbursed costs linked to care coordination for medically...
The estimated nonreimbursed staff costs of care coordination for medically complex children was conservatively estimated to be 145-210% per child per month. Evidence Rating: Level 4 (Below Average)...
View ArticleStudy finds that pediatric residents rarely perform neonatal intubation
1. Advance practitioners and neonatal fellows had the highest rates of neonatal tracheal intubation (TI) attempts in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and delivery room (DR), while residents had...
View ArticleParents of children with autism report greater difficulty accessing health care
1. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) was estimated to be 2.5% in children 3-17 years of age. Parents of children with ASD were...
View ArticleRates of neurodevelopmental impairment unchanged in infants born ≤500g in Japan
The rate of neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in infants born ≤500g in Japan between 2003-2012 was 59%, and the prevalence of NDI did not significantly change over the 10-year period. Evidence Rating...
View ArticlePreterm birth associated with lower high school academic performance
1. In this retrospective cohort study, birth at earlier gestational age (GA) was associated with worse survival rates and increased hospitalization rates in the first 10 years of life, with respiratory...
View ArticleRecurrence of Group B Streptococcal infection similar in shortened and...
The rates of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) bacteremia recurrence in infants with an initial course of late-onset infection who received shortened and prolonged IV antibiotic therapy were 1.8% and 2.3%,...
View ArticleLarge proportion of late preterm infants and older admitted to the NICU
1. Infants ≥ 34 weeks’ gestational age (GA) comprised 75% of the median proportions of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions across level II-IV NICUs, and only 15% of this group were...
View ArticlePalliative care consultation linked to lower deaths by failed code resuscitation
1. Among deaths at one, large children’s hospital, the most common mode of inpatient death was withdrawal of life sustaining technologies, followed by nonescalation of care during or at the time of...
View ArticlePrenatal and postnatal homelessness linked with poorer health outcomes
1. Children <4 years of age with a history of prenatal or postnatal homelessness were more likely to have prior hospitalizations, fair or poor health status and developmental risk compared to...
View ArticleLongitudinal BMI growth curves for preterm infants internally validated
Body mass index (BMI) growth curves generated with longitudinal data for preterm infants demonstrated an initial decline in BMI driven by weight, followed by a linear increase in weight that was more...
View ArticleRisk of autism in offspring linked to maternal pregestational diabetes and...
1. Maternal prepregnancy obesity without pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was associated with a slightly increased risk of having a child with a...
View ArticleExtreme preterm birth linked to hypertension at school age
1. Within a cohort of infants born extremely preterm (EPT), there were elevated rates of high systolic blood pressure (SBP≥90%ile) and hypertension (SBP≥95%ile) when these children reached school age....
View ArticleLowering public insurance income limits shifts costs to families and hospitals
1. Simulations that lowered the public insurance eligibility to 300%, 200% and 100% of the federal poverty line (FPL) resulted in a sizeable and increasing number of theoretically uncovered...
View ArticleNeonatal neuroimaging with strong negative predictive value for developmental...
1. In multivariate analyses, adverse late cranial ultrasound findings (CUS) were an independent risk factor for full scale IQ scores <70 (FSIQ <70). Adverse late cranial ultrasound findings and...
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