The Incubator

Send us a textAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. Papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped below.enjoy!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please find the titles and links to the articles mentioned in this week's journal club and timestamps for your convenience:02:30 - Effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone Initiated 7 to 14 Days After Birth in Ventilated Preterm Infants on Mortality and Neurodevelopment at 2 Years’ Corrected Age: Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/278231307:50 - Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/51595018:30 - Temporal Trends in Neurodevelopmental Outcomes to 2 Years After Extremely Preterm Birth. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/278214926:00 - An assessment of dexmedetomidine as an opioid-sparing agent after neonatal open thoracic and abdominal operations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01175-732:23 - Association of time of day and extubation success in very low birthweight infants: a multicenter cohort study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01168-639:27 - Caffeine citrate for apnea of prematurity—One dose does not fit all a prospective study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01172-w43:40 - Early High-Dose Caffeine Improves Respiratory Outcomes in Preterm Infants. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/50148:35 - Low Rate of Spontaneous Closure in Premature Infants Discharged with a Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A Multicenter Prospective Study. https://jpeds.com/retrieve/pii/S002234762100702255:36 - Effects of single family room architecture on parent–infant closeness and family centered care in neonatal environments—a single-center pre–post study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01137-z60:53 - Asynchronous telemedicine for clinical genetics consultations in the NICU: a single center’s solution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01070-164:00 - Cortical hemodynamic activity and pain perception during insertion of feeding tubes in preterm neonates: a randomized controlled cross-over trial. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01166-8As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textDawn Raffel's book: The Strange Case of Dr. Couney was chosen as one of NPR’s best books of 2018 and awarded a 2019 Christopher Award for books that affirm the highest values of the human spirit. As Dawn Raffel recounts, Dr. Couney used incubators and careful nursing to keep previously doomed infants alive, while displaying these babies alongside sword swallowers, bearded ladies, and burlesque shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and venues across the nation. How this turn-of-the-twentieth-century émigré became the savior to families with premature infants—known then as “weaklings”—as he ignored the scorn of the medical establishment and fought the rising popularity of eugenics is one of the most astounding stories of modern medicine. Dr. Couney, for all his entrepreneurial gusto, is a surprisingly appealing character, someone who genuinely cared for the well-being of his tiny patients.----As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd.Enjoy!As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. Papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped below.enjoy!01:50 - Reviewing recordings of neonatal resuscitation with parents. https://fn.bmj.com/content/106/4/34610:55 - Associations between family presence and neonatal intubation outcomes: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates: NEAR4NEOS https://fn.bmj.com/content/106/4/39219:28 - A Retrospective Review Following the Addition of Clonidine to a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment Algorithm. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.632836/full25:03 - Trial of aerosolised surfactant for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/09/archdischild-2021-32164530:15 - Interface leakage during neonatal CPAP treatment: a randomised, cross-over trial. https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/28/archdischild-2021-32157933:55 - Changes in Physicians' Perceptions and Practices on Neonatal Pain Management Over the Past 20 Years. A Survey Conducted at Two Time-Points. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.667806/full39:02 - The Experience of Housing Needs Among Families Caring for Children With Medical Complexity. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/148/1/e202001893747:10 - Home Visiting for NICU Graduates: Impacts of Following Baby Back Home. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/148/1/e202002939752:25 - An Infant Carrier Intervention and Breastfeeding Duration: A Randomized Controlled Trial. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/148/1/e202004971756:37 - Severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Very Preterm Infants in the United States. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/148/1/e202003000758:41 - Human milk feeding and cognitive outcome in preterm infants: the role of infection and NEC reduction. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01367-z61:27 - Validity of Random Triglyceride Levels in Infants Receiving Parenteral Nutrition. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.601915/full62:4As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textJuliette Lee is a pediatric nurse from Cambridge in the U.K. She was born extremely preterm in the 1990's and has since worked with other adult preterm to create the adult premie advocacy network (www.adultpreemies.com). She also took part in a large study of former preterm adults that you can find at the following link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31732683/This was undoubtedly a great discussion.Enjoy!As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd.As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. Papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped below.enjoy!03:35 - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/278145914:35 - https://jpeds.com/retrieve/pii/S002234762031567523:35  - https://jpeds.com/retrieve/pii/S002234762100229828:40 -  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.04640:08 - https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(21)00219-5/fulltext47:45 - https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(21)00114-1/fulltext51:48 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01097-457:08 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-00808-763:20 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01082-x68:04 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00988-w70:35 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-00911-974:40 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-0746-677:14 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01021-w78:30 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-00850-581:02 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01081-y82:38 -  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01035-483:50 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00963-5As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textDr. Katherine Horan is a neonatologist from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Massachusetts. She has gone on multiple field missions with Doctors Without Borders in West Africa. She recounts her experience in various settings including Chad, South Sudan, Mali and the Ivory Coast. She also gives amazing tips on how to get started in global health work for anyone interested.Enjoy!As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd.As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. Papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped below.enjoy!06:05 - Extremely Low Birth Weight and Accelerated Biological Aging. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/6/e202000123013:48 - Early Determination of Prognosis in Neonatal Moderate or Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/6/e202004867819:55 - Use of Probiotics in Preterm Infants.h ttps://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/6/e202105148523:20 - Use of Probiotics to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/278022828:00 - Comparison of Respiratory Support After Delivery in Infants Born Before 28 Weeks’ Gestational Age. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/278051340:49 - Parent–infant skin-to-skin contact reduces the electrical activity of the diaphragm and stabilizes respiratory function in preterm infants. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01607-251:00 - Lung mechanics and respiratory morbidities in school-age children born moderate-to-late preterm. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01538-y59:00 - Early prediction of neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 years in children born extremely preterm. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01564-wAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textBetsy Pilon is the executive director of the nonprofit organization HOPE FOR HIE. Hope for HIE provides awareness, education and support to families and providers dealing with neonatal and pediatric hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.  Learn more at www.hopeforhie.org or on twitter @HopeforHIECheck out the other half of this discussion on just say HIE (hope for HIE's podcast) where we delve into the challenges and opportunities that clinicians face during the care of  patients stricken by HIE.As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd.As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. Papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped below.enjoy!01:30 - Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa202648613:45 - Influence of different breast expression techniques on human colostrum macronutrient concentrations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00989-918:00 - Migration of cyclohexanone and 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone from a neonatal enteral feeding system into human milk. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01036-322:50 - Changes in macronutrients of human milk after bolus feeding: a simulation study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-00899-227:45 - Maternal dietary fat intake during pregnancy and newborn body composition. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00922-0 32:40 - Body adiposity and oral feeding outcomes in infants: a pilot study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00975-134:55 - Breastfeeding and growth trajectory from birth to 5 years among children exposed and unexposed to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00932-y38:55 - The effects of probiotic supplementation on the gene expressions of immune cell surface markers and levels of antibodies and pro-inflammatory cytokines in human milk. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-020-00875-w45:14 - Comparison of standard versus high-dose ibuprofen for the treatment of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01046-149:00 - Patent ductus arteriosus shunt elimination results in a reduction in adverse outcomes: a post hoc analysis of the PDA RCT cohort. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01002-z56:19 - Temporal and seasonal variations in incidence of stage II and III NEC—a 28-year epidemiologic study from tertiary NICUs in Connecticut, USA. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-00961-761:15 - Invasive mechanical ventilation at 36 weeks post-menstrual age, adverse outcomes with a comparison of recent definitions of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01102-w62:35 - High CPAP vs. NIPPV in preterm neonates — A physiological cross-over study. httAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

Send us a textDr. Matt Siuba is critical care physician from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and is the leading thinker of the zentensivist philosophy.  On this episode we dive into the various ways in which we can put zentensivism into practice in the NICU.  Matt Siuba can be found on twitter @msiuba ... Enjoy!As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd.As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!