Oxygen saturation in healthy-term neonates at high altitude: A multisite prospective study.

Objectives: To determine oxygen saturation (SpO) values and their variability in healthy-term neonates at high altitude.

Methods: In a prospective multisite, non-randomized blinded study, we performed SpO measurements in healthy neonates admitted to postnatal wards and followed up in Public Health Nurse Clinics (PHNC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We recruited healthy-term neonates (≥37 weeks) between 6 and 24 h of age.

Neuroprotection care bundle implementation is associated with improved long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants.

Objective: To study the impact of an evidence-based neuroprotection care (NPC) bundle on long-term neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in infants born extremely premature.

Study Design: An NPC bundle targeting predefined risk factors for acute brain injury in extremely preterm infants was implemented. We compared the incidence of composite outcome of death or severe neurodevelopmental impairment (sNDI) at 21 months adjusted age pre and post bundle implementation.

Parental perception of neonatal retro-transfers from level 3 to level 2 neonatal intensive care units.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine the overall parental satisfaction with retro-transfers from a level 3 to a level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The secondary objectives were to explore factors that caused parental satisfaction associated with retro-transfer and investigate the factors that could be modified to improve the retro-transfer process.

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study.