Importance Current algorithms for management of neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) result
in medical intervention for large numbers of uninfected infants. We developed multivariable …

Objective To assess the outcomes in actively managed extremely preterm infants after
admission to a neonatal intensive care unit. Study design Retrospective cohort of 255 infants …

Objective To determine whether exposure to any antenatal corticosteroids is associated with
a lower rate of death at each gestational age at which administration is currently …

Individuals born extremely preterm (before 28 weeks of gestation) comprise only about 0.7%
of births in the United States and an even lower proportion in other high resource countries …

There is a wide variation in neonatal mortality rates across regions and countries. Japan has
one of the lowest neonatal mortality rates in the world; in particular, the mortality rate of …

Objective. Long-term outcome, including school-age function, has been infrequently
reported in infants born at ages as young as 23–26 weeks' gestation. The objective of this …

Objective The objective of this study was to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis
to quantify prognosis and identify factors associated with variations in reported mortality …

For nearly three decades, the preterm birth rate has been steadily increasing in the United
States, rising by more than 30% during this time period. 1 However, after peaking at 12.8 …

Compared with term infants, late preterm infants are immature physiologically and
metabolically, and have higher risks for medical complications such as respiratory distress …

Physicians caring for pregnant women and their preterm infants have used corticosteroids
since Liggins and Howie reported in 1972 that prenatal betamethasone decreased the …