A Survey of Less Invasive Surfactant Administration Usage in India.

Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) has evolved as an alternative method for surfactant administration. An anonymous web-based survey of 22 questions was designed and sent to 127 neonatologists in India. Seventy-seven (61%) responses were returned from 22 states across India.

Quantification of gaze reaction time in infants with Pediatric Perimeter.

Purpose: We quantified the eye/head (gaze) reaction time in infants to establish a normative database for the Pediatric Perimeter device. Additionally, we tested the hypothesis that gaze reaction time will reduce with age.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted.

Echocardiographic assessment of hemodynamic changes in preterm neonates with shock: a prospective pragmatic cohort study.

Shock is a state of circulatory dysfunction and its diagnosis is complex in neonates. Hemodynamic assessment using echocardiography has potential to guide better management regimes in neonates with shock. Objective of this study is to analyze changes in the echocardiographic parameters in preterm neonates with shock at presentation and after resolution.

Plethysmography variability index (PVI) changes in preterm neonates with shock-an observational study.

Shock is an acute state of circulatory dysfunction. The diagnosis of shock is complex in neonates. The relative sensitivity of current clinical or laboratory findings for detecting shock is largely unknown, especially for preterm neonates.

Predictors of CPAP Failure - 10 years' Data of Multiple Trials from a Single Center: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Objectives: To identify risk factors and outcomes associated with early failure of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in premature infants with respiratory distress (RD).

Methods: This is a retrospective observational study of all the preterm infants with RD primarily supported on nasal CPAP and included in CPAP trials conducted at the study site. Data was collected from the raw excel sheets of the previous trials but limited to eligible patients from study site.

Quality improvement initiative to improve mother's own milk usage till hospital discharge in very low birth weight infants from a tertiary care NICU.

Importance: Mother's own milk (MOM) for premature infants is a complete nutrition. It is an ideal issue for a quality improvement (QI) initiative.

Objective: To increase the proportionate usage of MOM as enteral feeds.

Does ultrasound guidance for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertion reduce the incidence of tip malposition? - a randomized trial.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of peripheral inserted central catheter (PICC) tip malposition when the catheter is inserted under real-time ultrasound (RTUS) guidance when compared with conventional landmark (CL) technique in neonates. Additional objectives were to evaluate the PICC longevity and central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI).

Study Design: In this randomised controlled trial, neonates were randomised to 'RTUS' (n = 40) or 'CL' (n = 40) groups.

Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm LBW Infants with Sepsis in India: A Prospective Cohort.

Objective: Neonatal sepsis is associated with abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes but not with poor growth at 9 to 15 months of corrected age in LBW infants.

Design Setting And Participants: This is a prospective cohort study involving 128 eligible preterm low-birth-weight (LBW) infants admitted during the period of 2013-2014 to the Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital and Research Center. All patients were followed up in the outpatient Department of Pediatrics.

Immediate neonatal outcomes of preterm infants born to mothers with preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes.

Background & Objectives: With the use of early and appropriate use of antibiotics, outcomes have improved in the mother-infant dyads exposed to preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM). This study was undertaken to evaluate immediate neonatal outcomes in infants born before 33 completed weeks of gestation to mothers with PPROM versus without PPROM.

Methods: During the study period from January 2013 to December 2013, a total of 182 mother-infant dyads were prospectively included in the study.

A novel algorithm in the management of hypoglycemia in newborns.

Study Objective. To evaluate the safety of a new protocol in comparison to the standard protocol for managing hypoglycemia in neonates. Methods.