Publications by authors named "B Simma"
Aim: Associations between serum biomarkers S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) offer contradicting data in regard to neurocognitive outcome. The aim of our study was to provide another dataset to answer this question if S100B or NSE correlates to outcome in neonatal HIE. In addition, we investigate whether amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) also has predictive value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The current study determined the neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely preterm infants at 2 years of age.
Methods: All live-born infants 23-27 weeks of gestation born between 2011 and 2020 in Austria were included in a prospective registry. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of corrected age was assessed using Bayley Scales of Infant Development for both motor and cognitive scores, along with a neurological examination and an assessment of neurosensory function.
Aim: To determine short-term morbidity and mortality rates in the first state-wide Austrian neonatal cohort and comparison to (inter)national data.
Methods: Observational, population-based cohort study, analyzing data of preterm infants (<32 + 0 weeks of gestation) born between 2007 and 2020 ( = 501) in an Austrian state who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Outcome criteria were mortality, neonatal morbidities: bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH grades III-IV), severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP grades III-V) and survival-free of major complications.
Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze neurodevelopmental outcome of very and extremely preterm infants in Vorarlberg, Austria, accessed with neurodevelopmental testing, at the corrected age of 24 months. This article also compared these results with (inter)national data and analyzed the impact of perinatal parameters.
Methods: Population-based, retrospective multicenter study with data on very and extremely preterm infants born in Vorarlberg from 2007 to 2019 assessed with Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID-II/Bayley-III).
Background: The aim was to assess health care providers' (HCPs) visual attention (VA) by using eye-tracking glasses during a simulated neonatal intubation.
Methods: HCPs from three pediatric and neonatal departments (Feldkirch and Vienna, Austria, and Edmonton, Canada) completed a simulated neonatal intubation scenario while wearing eye-tracking glasses (Tobii Pro Glasses 2, Tobii, Stockholm, Sweden) to record their VA. Main outcomes included duration of intubation, success rate, and VA.