Early neonatal death (ENND), defined as the death of a newborn between zero and seven
days after birth, represents 73% of all postnatal deaths worldwide. Despite a 50% reduction …

Importance Since 2004-2007, national guidelines and recommendations have been
developed for the management of extremely preterm births in Sweden. If and how more …

Objectives To describe neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years corrected age for children
born alive at 22-26, 27-31, and 32-34 weeks' gestation in 2011, and to evaluate changes …

Importance Hospitals use rates from the best quartile or decile as benchmarks for quality
improvement aims, but to what extent these aims are achievable is uncertain. Objective To …

Purpose To synthesize the body of knowledge on the factors influencing the QoL of mothers
and fathers of preterm infants. Methods A scoping review was performed. Publications …

Importance Administration-to-birth intervals of antenatal corticosteroids (ANS) vary. The
significance of this variation is unclear. Specifically, to our knowledge, the shortest effective …

Importance Severe morbidity in very preterm infants is associated with profound clinical
implications on development and life-course health. However, studies of racial/ethnic …

Breast milk feeding (BMF) is associated with lower neonatal morbidity in the very preterm
infant (< 32 weeks gestation) and breastfeeding is beneficial for maternal health. Previous …

Breastfeeding confers multiple benefits for the health and development of very preterm
infants, but there is scarce information on the duration of breastfeeding after discharge from …

OBJECTIVES: To examine trends in survival without major morbidity and its individual
components among very low birth weight infants across California and assess remaining …