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Nicola C. Austin

Researcher at University of Otago

Publications -  41
Citations -  3009

Nicola C. Austin is an academic researcher from University of Otago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Low birth weight & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 37 publications receiving 2647 citations.

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Neonatal MRI to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants

TL;DR: Moderate-to-severe white-matter abnormalities on MRI were significant predictors of severe motor delay and cerebral palsy after adjustment for other measures during the neonatal period, including findings on cranial ultrasonography.
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Very preterm children show impairments across multiple neurodevelopmental domains by age 4 years

TL;DR: A substantial proportion of preschool children born very preterm show clinically significant problems in at least one neurodevelopmental domain, with impairment in multiple domains being common.
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Prophylactic systemic antifungal agents to prevent mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants

TL;DR: Prophylactic systemic antifungal therapy reduces the incidence of invasive fungal infection in very preterm or very low birth weight infants and Meta-analysis does not demonstrate a statistically significant effect on mortality.
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Neonatal Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight and Very Preterm Neonates: An International Comparison.

Prakesh S. Shah, +410 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared rates of a composite outcome of mortality or major morbidity in very-preterm/very low birth weight infants between 8 members of the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes.
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Selenium supplementation to prevent short-term morbidity in preterm neonates.

TL;DR: Benefits and harms of selenium supplementation in preterm or very low birthweight infants are assessed and a significant reduction in the proportion of infants having one or more episodes of sepsis associated with se lenium supplementation is shown.