Karla R. Ferrelli

TL;DR: Preterm neonates initially managed with either n CPAP or PS with rapid extubation to nCPAP had similar clinical outcomes to those treated with PS followed by a period of mechanical ventilation, suggesting an approach that uses early nCP AP leads to a reduction in the number of infants who are intubated and given surfactant.

TL;DR: ELBW infants completing evaluation were at a high risk for severe disability, and Multivariate logistic regression suggested cystic periventricular leukomalacia, congenital malformation and severe intraventricular hemorrhage were the characteristics most highly associated with severe disability.

TL;DR: Involvement in a multicenter, multistate quality improvement collaborative focused on infants requiring pharmacologic treatment for NAS was associated with increases in standardizing hospital patient care policies and decreases in health care utilization.

TL;DR: Although probiotic-supplemented feedings improve growth velocity in ELBW infants, there was no improvement in the percentage of infants with growth delay at 34 weeks PMA.

TL;DR: In this article, a prospective randomized controlled trial of infants born 24 0/7 to 27 6/7 weeks' gestation who were assigned randomly to occlusive wrap or no wrap was conducted, and the primary outcome was all cause mortality at discharge or 6 months corrected age.