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We have a great episode of journal club for you this week. We talk about feed fortification, magnesium for neuroprotection, car seat testing and much more. We also have a new edition of the EBNEO article of the month commentary this week. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Have a nice Sunday!

You can find the articles discussed on today's episode below 👇

Early Human Milk Fortification in Infants Born Extremely Preterm: A Randomized Trial. Salas AA, Gunawan E, Nguyen K, Reeves A, Argent V, Finck A, Carlo WA.Pediatrics. 2023 Aug 8:e2023061603. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061603. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37551512

Sooner Is Better: Early Human Milk Fortification for Hospitalized Preterm Infants <29 Weeks. Belfort MB.Pediatrics. 2023 Aug 8:e2023062391. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062391. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37551455

Prenatal Intravenous Magnesium at 30-34 Weeks' Gestation and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Offspring: The MAGENTA Randomized Clinical Trial. Crowther CA, Ashwood P, Middleton PF, McPhee A, Tran T, Harding JE; MAGENTA Study Group.JAMA. 2023 Aug 15;330(7):603-614. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.12357.PMID: 37581672

Discontinuation of Car Seat Tolerance Screening and Postdischarge Adverse Outcomes in Infants Born Preterm. Braun D, Kaempf JW, Ho NJ, Nguyen MH, Passi R, Burgos AE, Volodarskiy M, Villosis MFB, Gupta M, Habeshian TS, Tam HK, Litam KB, Hong QL, Dong CC, Getahun D.J Pediatr. 2023 Jun 22;261:113577. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113577. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37353144

Discontinuing Predischarge Car Seat Tolerance Tests: Is it too Premature? Shah MD.J Pediatr. 2023 Aug 2:113663. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113663. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37541426

Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate and adverse gastrointestinal outcomes in Preterm infants-a systematic review and meta-analysis. Prasath A, Aronoff N, Chandrasekharan P, Diggikar S.J Perinatol. 2023 Jun 30. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01710-8. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37391507

This week, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Dustin Flannery for our monthly EBNEO article of the month commentary written in collaboration with Dr. Alvaro Proaño

Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants. Kampmann B, Madhi SA, Munjal I, Simões EAF, Pahud BA, Llapur C, Baker J, Pérez Marc G, Radley D, Shittu E, Glanternik J, Snaggs H, Baber J, Zachariah P, Barnabas SL, Fausett M, Adam T, Perreras N, Van Houten MA, Kantele A, Huang LM, Bont LJ, Otsuki T, Vargas SL, Gullam J, Tapiero B, Stein RT, Polack FP, Zar HJ, Staerke NB, Duron Padilla M, Richmond PC, Koury K, Schneider K, Kalinina EV, Cooper D, Jansen KU, Anderson AS, Swanson KA, Gruber WC, Gurtman A; MATISSE Study Group.N Engl J Med. 2023 Apr 20;388(16):1451-1464. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2216480. Epub 2023 Apr 5.PMID: 37018474

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