Publications by authors named "C Hershkovich-Shporen"
Introduction: Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) involves delivering surfactant to a spontaneously breathing infant by passing a thin catheter through the vocal cords and has become the preferred method for surfactant delivery. However, the role of pre-LISA sedation remains unclear.
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the use of dexmedetomidine for LISA in preterm and early-term infants.
Iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia (ALI) in neonates is a rare but severe event with potentially deleterious outcomes. In the neonatal intensive care unit, this risk is increased due to the high rate of catheterisation procedures. ALI management includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, but no commonly accepted clinical guidelines are available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmall for gestational age (SGA) is typically defined as birth weight < 10th percentile for age. Limited data are available regarding the growth of SGA preterm infants in relation to feeding type. We aimed to study SGA preterm infants fed fortified mother's own milk (MOM) or preterm formula (PF) on growth patterns and catch-up growth at discharge and 2-year corrected age (CA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the Kaiser-Permanente (KP) calculator and CDC guidelines in predicting early-onset sepsis (EOS) in newborns.
- It involved a retrospective analysis of 50 newborns diagnosed with EOS at a medical center in Israel from 2001 to 2018, focusing on antibiotic treatment recommendations issued within four hours of birth.
- The results showed that CDC guidelines would have identified more EOS cases (54%) compared to the KP calculator (38%), suggesting a need for better monitoring when using the KP calculator.
Aim: To evaluate the association of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) therapy on the risk for cystic periventricular leukomalacia (c-PVL) in very low birth weight (VLBW), very preterm infants, whilst accounting for the occurrence of major neonatal morbidities; sepsis, necrotising enterocolitis, intraventricular haemorrhage and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Methods: Population-based observational cohort study applying data collected by the Israel national VLBW infant database from 1995-2016.
Results: Cystic PVL was diagnosed in 692 (6.