Using the model equation we also developed a calculator available online which estimates the individual infant's risk of developing SIVH, after providing the seven clinical predictor variables (Figure 3). Final model applied to the indomethacin group: We also wanted to examine the effect of any ...
10 Hydrocortisone-exposed infants had fewer days with mechanical ventilation up to a postmenstrual age (PMA) of 36 weeks, despite no changes in survival to a PMA of 36 weeks without BPD. However, the impact of treatments to prevent BPD may be affected by baseline risk for BPD. In ...
That early surfactant administration via a minimally-invasive technique to preterm infants on CPAP results in a lesser duration of mechanical respiratory support, and a higher incidence of survival without BPD. Methods/Design Trial design Multicentre, randomised, masked, parallel controlled trial. Particip...
In this work, we provide a computational method of regularized logistic regression for discovering biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) from gene expression data. The successful identification of SPTB biomarkers will greatly benefit the interference of infant gestational age for reducing the risk...
(e.g., neonatal respiratory morbidity and NICU triage/admission) as well as infant mortality (death before 5 years of age)3,5. Prematurely born infants are at an elevated risk of developing chronic diseases that may include neurological disorders (e.g., learning disabilities) and cardiovascular...
In developed countries, survival has dramatically improved in the last few years. More than 50% of babies born at 24 weeks gestation are now regularly surviving long term [4]. Despite these improvements, providing adequate nutrition to preterm infants is challenging and growth failure is common [...
Their role is to obtain the randomisation, and then within 1 hour, after screening the infant as effectively as possible from the treating clinicians, to administer the intervention (sur- factant via MIST or sham treatment) in accordance with the randomised allocation. Their activities, including ...