This collection showcases the journal articles and other publications authored by faculty and researchers in the Division of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Publications from 2018
The optimization of home oxygen weaning in premature infants trial: Design, rationale, methods, and lessons learned, Alexander Procaskey, Heather White, Tregony Simoneau, Nadav Traeger, Thomas Lahiri, Elie G. Abu Jawdeh, Ted M. Kremer, Catherine Sheils, Kathleen Meyer, Ted Rosenkrantz, Sankaran Krishnan, Tyler Hartman, Henry Feldman, and Lawrence M. Rhein
Publications from 2017
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea in High-Risk Populations: Clinical Implications, Mai K. Elmallah, Evan Bailey, Michelle Trivedi, Ted M. Kremer, and Lawrence M. Rhein
An occurrence of apnea, bradycardia, and desaturation events resulting in a delay of discharge in late preterm and full term infants, Brian Montenegro, Christina Freiberger, Lauren Veit, Michael Amberson, Sagori Mukhopadhyay, and Lawrence M. Rhein
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Scoring Consistency and Accuracy of the Finnegan Tool: Challenges in Obtaining Reliable Assessments of Drug Withdrawal in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Wendy Timpson, Cheryl Killoran, Louise Maranda, Alan Picarillo, and Elisabeth Bloch-Salisbury
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Asthma: Clinical Implications, Michelle Trivedi, Mai K. Elmallah, Evan Bailey, Ted M. Kremer, and Lawrence M. Rhein
Publications from 2016
Improving Care for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Stephen W. Patrick, Robert E. Schumacher, Jeffrey D. Horbar, Madge E. Buus-Frank, Erika M. Edwards, Kate A. Morrow, Karla R. Ferrelli, Alan Picarillo, Munish Gupta, and Roger F. Soll
Publications from 2012
Systemic responses of preterm newborns with presumed or documented bacteraemia, Alan Leviton, T. Michael O'Shea, Francis J. Bednarek, Elizabeth N. Allred, Raina N. Fichorova, Olaf Dammann, and ELGAN Study Investigators
Use of leukocyte counts in evaluation of early-onset neonatal sepsis, Kara Murphy and Joel H. Weiner
Publications from 2011
Blood gases and retinopathy of prematurity: the ELGAN Study, Alisse K. Hauspurg, Elizabeth N. Allred, Deborah K. Vanderveen, Minghua Chen, Francis J. Bednarek, Cynthia Cole, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Alan Leviton, and Olaf Dammann
Publications from 2010
Heritability of apnea of prematurity: a retrospective twin study, Elisabeth Bloch-Salisbury, Mei Hua Hall, Priya Sharma, Theonia Boyd, Francis J. Bednarek, and David Paydarfar
SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II and the risk of structural and functional brain disorders in extremely low gestational age newborns: the ELGAN study, Olaf Dammann, Mary L. Naples, Francis J. Bednarek, Bhavesh L. Shah, Karl C.K. Kuban, T. Michael O'Shea, Nigel Paneth, Elizabeth N. Allred, and Alan Leviton
Respiratory syncytial virus infection and palivizumab: are families receiving accurate information, Joel H. Weiner
Publications from 2009
The platelet hyporeactivity of extremely low birth weight neonates is age-dependent, Francis J. Bednarek, Stephen Bean, Marc R. Barnard, Andrew L. Frelinger III, and Alan D. Michelson
Stabilizing immature breathing patterns of preterm infants using stochastic mechanosensory stimulation, Elisabeth Bloch-Salisbury, Premananda Indic, Francis J. Bednarek, and David Paydarfar
Improving outcomes of transported newborns in Panama: impact of a nationwide neonatal provider education program, Jonathan M. Spector, H. Solano Villanueva, M. E. Brito, and P. Gallardo Sosa
Publications from 2007
Factors associated with treatment for hypotension in extremely low gestational age newborns during the first postnatal week, Matthew Laughon, Carl Bose, Elizabeth N. Allred, T. Michael O'Shea, Linda J. Van Marter, Francis J. Bednarek, and Alan Leviton
Publications from 2003
Inter-NICU variation in rates and management of thrombocytopenia among very low birth-weight infants, Doron J. Kahn, Douglas K. Richardson, Henny H. Billett, Francis J. Bednarek, and Stuart Weisberger
Publications from 2001
Mediators of fetal inflammation in extremely low gestational age newborns, Olaf Dammann, Terence M. Phillips, Elizabeth N. Allred, T. Michael O'Shea, Nigel Paneth, Linda J. Van Marter, Carl Bose, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Francis J. Bednarek, Mary Naples, and Alan Leviton
A randomized trial comparing povidone-iodine to a chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated dressing for prevention of central venous catheter infections in neonates, Jeffery S. Garland, Colleen P. Alex, Chris d. Mueller, Dewey Otten, Chandra Shivpuri, Mary C. Harris, Mary Naples, James Pellegrini, Rosanne Buck, Timothy L. McAuliffe, Donald A. Goldmann, and Dennis G. Maki
Red cell transfusions in neonatal care, Mary L. Naples and Francis J. Bednarek
Publications from 1999
Nephrocalcinosis in premature infants: variability in ultrasound detection, Thomas Campfield, Francis J. Bednarek, Mariann Pappagallo, Frederick Hamp, John Ziewacz, Jacqueline Wellman, Gary Rockwell, Gregory Braden, Patrecia Flynn-Valone, Michael Neylan, and Antonio Pangan
Perinatal risk and severity of illness in newborns at 6 neonatal intensive care units, Douglas K. Richardson, Bhavesh L. Shah, Ivan D. Frantz III, Francis J. Bednarek, Lewis P. Rubin, and Marie C. McCormick
Publications from 1998
Variations in blood transfusions among newborn intensive care units. SNAP II Study Group, Francis J. Bednarek, Stuart Weisberger, Douglas K. Richardson, Bhavesh Shah, and Lewis P. Rubin
Variation among neonatal intensive care units in narcotic administration, Doron J. Kahn, Douglas K. Richardson, James E. Gray, Francis J. Bednarek, Lewis P. Rubin, Bhavesh Shah, and DeWayne M. Pursley