Umbilical Cord Milking in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cord Milking with Immediate Cord Clamping.

Objective: This study aimed to assess potential benefits of umbilical cord milking (UCM) when compared with immediate cord clamping (ICC) in extremely preterm infants.

Study Design: This is a single-center, randomized controlled trial of infants 24 to 27 weeks' gestation who received UCM versus ICC. In the experimental group, 18 cm of the umbilical cord was milked three times.

Mupirocin for Decolonization of Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Unlabelled: : media-1vid110.1542/5849573989001PEDS-VA_2018-1565 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: (SA) is the second leading cause of late-onset sepsis among infants in the NICU. Because colonization of nasal mucosa and/or skin frequently precedes invasive infection, decolonization strategies, such as mupirocin application, have been attempted to prevent clinical infection, but data supporting this approach in infants are limited.

Awareness of cord blood collection and the impact on banking.

Background: Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an important source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation especially in minority populations with limited chances of finding a histocompatible volunteer donor in the registry. UCB has the advantages of early availability, successful outcomes despite some histocompatibility mismatch, and low incidence of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Public cord blood banks that disseminate UCB products for transplant depend on voluntary donation at participating hospitals and obstetrical providers for collection.

Life-threatening neonatal epidural hematoma caused by precipitous vaginal delivery.

Background: Neonatal in-hospital falls occur relatively frequently, although they are likely underreported. Significant intracranial head trauma from a fall or birth injury is not common in the immediate newborn period. Furthermore, intracranial bleeding requiring surgical intervention is exceedingly rare.

Strangulated bowel as an unusual complication of neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a case report and literature review.

Strangulation of bowel in utero causing infarction has been rarely reported in neonates. We report a case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with bowel incarceration, requiring substantial resection of necrotic bowel. Despite a prolonged hospitalization, the patient had a good outcome and was discharged home nippling full enteral feeds.

Neonatal pancytopenia associated with de novo 1q43-44 deletion and 10p15 duplication.

Deletion of 1q43-44 has been reported in >50 cases. Phenotype-genotype correlation of this deletion has recently been described based on 20 pure cases. This led to the definition of critical regions and candidate genes for microcephaly, corpus callosum abnormalities, and seizure disorders.

"Early" versus "late" 23-week infant outcomes.

Objective: To determine whether survival is different in "early" (23(0/7)-23(3/7) weeks) vs "late" (23(4/7)-23(6/7) weeks) infants.

Study Design: Records of 126 consecutive liveborn infants delivered at 23(0/7) to 23(6/7) weeks' gestation from 2001-2010 were examined using the Vermont Oxford Network database. Infants born at 23 0/7 to 23 3/7 weeks were grouped into "early" and those at 23 4/7 to 23 6/7 weeks were "late.