99nicu Blog
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Welcome to my blog which I hope will provide a forum for discussion on topics that are of interest to Neonatologists, trainees, all health care professionals and in some cases parents of those we care for. My intent is to post opinions and analysis on both items from the media and literature that pertain to neonates.
99nicu Blog
5d ago
Had a chance to attend #TEIBIO - Transference (of knowledge Entrepreneurship ) & Innovation in Biotech . inspirational talk on rare diseases awareness day and topics were bringing hope to paediatrics #nicu: by address ..read more
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6M ago
I don’t need to expand on how Internet and social media have shifted the paradigm for professional discussion. You know this! Painful it is, but I wanted to share that I have decided to close my Twitter/X account. I will miss you ..read more
99nicu Blog
6M ago
The 99nicu.org web site is built on the Invision Power Board software. In the next version (v5) there will be a major overhaul of the user interface, allowing for an even better way of presenting and browsing content here. You can get a ..read more
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1y ago
Fantastic put together webinar by neonatal transport Seneo work neonatal transport group. Here are some favorite suggestions. ?Ear Muffs ?Air mattress ?Blanky with mum swell ?Fuzzy toy. ?Thank the ..read more
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1y ago
Giving bronchodilators to preemies on a ventilator has certainly been tried before. The major issue to contend with is getting the drug to where it is supposed to be. Anyone reading who has a child ..read more
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1y ago
If you work in NICU you will have seen many babies who have passed through the stages of apnea, weaned off respiratory support and have reached a sufficient weight for discharge but alas will just not ..read more
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1y ago
This post is special to me. A redemption of sorts. When I was a fellow in Edmonton in the early 2000s my fellowship project was to see whether heliox (helium/oxygen) given to piglets with meconium ..read more
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1y ago
Precision medicine is a growing field in which genetic factors, environment, metabolism and even lifestyle are taken into account when deciding who should receive a treatment or not. When it comes to ..read more
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1y ago
A couple years back at the Canadian Pediatric Society annual meeting a discussion broke out about extubating infants to higher levels of CPAP. Conventional thinking had been to use levels ..read more
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1y ago
I would like to introduce to you doctor Angela Gregoraci, a Spanish neonatologist, who has just completed a two-month observership in our NICU in Turku, Finland. Our unit here in Turku, is a tertiary center, with single-family rooms and- even more importantly- with families having the possibility to stay with and care for their sick ..read more