In the absence of effective interventions to prevent preterm births, improved survival of
infants who are born at the biological limits of viability has relied on advances in perinatal …

Racism, segregation, and inequality contribute to health outcomes and drive health
disparities across the life course, including for newborn infants and their families. In this …

Importance Despite improvement during recent decades, extremely preterm infants continue
to contribute disproportionately to neonatal mortality and childhood morbidity. Objective To …

Rationale: Current diagnostic criteria for bronchopulmonary dysplasia rely heavily on the
level and duration of oxygen therapy, do not reflect contemporary neonatal care, and do not …

300 increased to< 90%. 7, 8 More recently, the Canadian Neonatal Network evaluated the
definitions of BPD that were commonly used for epidemiology and clinical trial outcomes for …

Importance Animal studies have found that antenatal corticosteroids affect many organs
across multiple stages of life. However, the long-term outcomes in human children are not …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) rates in
high-income countries published in peer-reviewed journals. Methods We searched …

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex
and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than …

Video Abstract OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology, microbiology, and associated
outcomes of late-onset sepsis among very preterm infants using a large and nationally …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized
infants. First classified through Bell staging in 1978, a number of additional definitions of …