We report a male premature baby who was born at 24 weeks gestation weighing 600 grams. There was bilateral stage 2, zone 2 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) without plus disease at 38 weeks postmenstrual age. Ultra-wide-field Optomap images obtained 1 week later showed no change in ROP stage. At 40 weeks postmenstrual age, stage 3, zone 2 ROP was detected using binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy and documented using Optos. Minor tortuosity and dilation of vessels was interpreted as pre-plus disease. One week later, at 41 weeks postmenstrual age, Optomap images identified progressive extraretinal fibroproliferation in the nasal quadrant. As a result, the baby was treated with fundus laser photocoagulation.
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Pediatr Neurol
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Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Division of Neonatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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January 2025
Neonatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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January 2025
Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico.
Premature infants, born before 37 weeks of gestation can have alterations in neurodevelopment and cognition, even when no anatomical lesions are evident. Resting-state functional neuroimaging of naturally sleeping babies has shown altered connectivity patterns, but there is limited evidence on the developmental trajectories of functional organization in preterm neonates. By using a large dataset from the developing Human Connectome Project, we explored the differences in graph theory properties between at-term (n = 332) and preterm (n = 115) neonates at term-equivalent age, considering the age subgroups proposed by the World Health Organization for premature birth.
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January 2025
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Context: Extubation failure (EF) is common in preterm neonates and may be associated with adverse outcomes.
Objective: To systematically review and meta-analyze the existing literature on predictors and outcomes of EF in preterm neonates.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Embase (OvidSP), CINAHL (EBSCOHost), and Cochrane Library (Wiley) from 1995 onward.
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