Publications by authors named "Kaashif Aqeeb Ahmad"

The majority of neonatal seizures are related to common diagnoses, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and intraventricular hemorrhage. While relatively uncommon, neonatal epileptic encephalopathies represent an important group of neonatal seizure disorders that require immediate diagnosis and intervention. In this review, we provide a summary of the benign and severe neonatal epilepsy syndromes.

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The incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome has been rising in the USA. Nonpharmacological treatments resulting in similar withdrawal states in the newborn have also been described. We report an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome born to a mother with daily poppy seed tea ingestion for the self-treatment of nausea.

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Objectives: To determine the effect of implementing a 2015 policy for the screening, prevention, and management of metabolic bone disease for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in two Level IV NICUs.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study of VLBW infants in the 2 years prior to (2013-2014) and after (2016-2017) policy implementation.

Results: We identified 316 VLBW infants in 2013-2014 and 292 in 2016-2017 who met study criteria.

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Objectives: To determine if there is increased risk of prematurity-related complications for in vitro fertilization (IVF)-conceived preterm infants compared to matched controls.

Study Design: Cohort study of 23-34 weeks' preterm infants from 329 US NICUs discharged from 2009 to 2016. Each IVF patient was matched to three controls.

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Objectives: Evaluate the short-term effects of IV epoprostenol in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) of the newborn.

Study Design: We reviewed 36 patients with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) refractory PPHN placed on IV epoprostenol from 2010 to 2015. Patients were categorized as responders or non-responders (who either died or required extracorporeal membranous oxygenation).

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Objective: There are no large studies evaluating pulmonary haemorrhage (PH) in premature infants. We sought to quantify the clinical characteristics, morbidities and mortality associated with early PH.

Design: Data were abstracted from the Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse, a large de-identified data set.

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Introduction: Typhoid has an estimated global burden of greater than 27 million cases per annum with a clinical relapse rate of 5% to 20%.  Despite the large relapse burden, the factors associated with relapse are largely unknown. 

Methodology: We have followed a protocol for the diagnosis and management of pediatric typhoid since 1988.

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