Neonatal Simulation Program: A 5 Years Educational Journey From Qatar.

We describe the process of implementation, adaptation, expansion and some related clinical intuitional impacts of the neonatal simulation program since its launch in 2016 in a non-simulation neonatal unit. The team has developed 6 types of curricula: 1 full-day course and 5 half-day workshops. A total of 35 free of charge simulation courses/workshops were conducted, 32 in Qatar and 3 abroad with a total of 799 diverse participants.

Neonatal visits to the pediatric emergency center and its implications on postnatal discharge practices in qatar.

Background: An early discharge from postnatal policy has been practiced at Women's Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation.

Aim: This observational cohort study was conducted to evaluate the effect of early postnatal discharge practice on neonatal morbidity in the State of Qatar.

Setting And Design: This is a data-based cohort study.

Gestational age specific neonatal survival in the State of Qatar (2003-2008) - a comparative study with international benchmarks.

Objective: To analyze and compare the current gestational age specific neonatal survival rates between Qatar and international benchmarks.

Study Design: An analytical comparative study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Women's Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, from 2003-2008.

Twin-twin transfusion syndrome: a population-based study.

Objective: To study the incidence and mortality and morbidity rates of twin-twin transfusion syndrome in a complete population-based cohort in Nova Scotia.

Methods: A population-based cohort study of all monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies of 20 weeks of gestation or longer born to Nova Scotia (Canada) residents between 1988 and 2000 was examined. The effect of gestational age adjustment and birth weight discordancy of more than 20% on mortality and 1-year survival was studied.

Does the risk of cerebral palsy increase or decrease with increasing gestational age?

BACKGROUND: It is generally accepted that the risk of cerebral palsy decreases with increasing gestational age of live born infants. However, recent studies have shown that cerebral palsy often has prenatal antecedents including congenital malformations, vascular insults and maternal infection. Cerebral palsy is therefore better viewed as occurring among fetuses, rather than among infants.