Events from 2023
Factors Influencing Instrumental Birth Rates: An Evidence Based Project, Douglas Nanu, Gabriel Alemayehu, Chase Eby, and Teresa Rangel
Submissions from 2022
The Birth of Tragedy? Extremely Premature Births and Shared Decision-Making., Joseph Kaempf and Kevin M. Dirksen
Neonatal abdominal support to address CPAP belly: Two cases report and literature review., V E McGill
The effect of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection timing on birth outcomes: a retrospective multicentre cohort study., Samantha N Piekos, Ryan Roper, Yeon Mi Hwang, Tanya K Sorensen, Nathan D Price, Leroy Hood, and Jennifer J Hadlock
Case Report of a Triplet Pregnancy with Complete Hydatidiform Mole and Coexisting Twins., Marjorie H Thompson, Nathaniel R Miller, Shelby L Haugan, and Michael C Gordon
Submissions from 2021
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detected in human breast milk postvaccination, Jill K. Baird, Shawn M. Jensen, Walter Urba, Bernard A Fox, and Jason R Baird
Effect of an Alternate Definition for a Clinically Significant Cardiopulmonary Event on Discharge., Andrew C Beckstrom, Grace Lin, Leah Ngoche, Sally Perla, Reese H Clark, and Michael Kamitsuka
Congenital Myenteric Hypoganglionosis., Raj P Kapur, Andrew M Bellizzi, Steffan Bond, Haiying Chen, Jeong S Han, Robin D LeGallo, Craig Midgen, Alysa A Poulin, Naseem Uddin, Mikako Warren, José E Velázquez Vega, and Craig W Zuppan
Developing a Small Baby Program for the Extremely Low Birth Weight: The Wee CARE Team., Sharon Liska, Grace Schmidt, and Stacy Brunquist
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing NEC While Optimizing Growth: A 20-Year Journey., Jane M Noonan
Clinically and Culturally Competent Care for Transgender and Nonbinary People: A Challenge to Providers of Perinatal Care., Lee K Roosevelt, Sarah Pietzmeier, and Robinson Reed
Books, Posters, and Presentations from 2020
Baby Can't Wait, Mary Lou Anthony, Nancy Christiansen, Jolie Hultner, and Heidi Yttri
Effect of a Health System-Sponsored Mobile App on Perinatal Health Behaviors: Retrospective Cohort Study., Caroline Cawley, Hannelore Buckenmeyer, Trina Jellison, Joseph B Rinaldi, and Keri B Vartanian
Development of a prenatal clinical care pathway for uncomplicated gastroschisis and literature review., S Chabra, S Peterson, and E Cheng
Ibuprofen Does Not Increase Blood Pressure in Preeclampsia, Sofia Costas, Sherry Hutton, and Cindy Kenyon
A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit's Experience with Implementing an In-Situ Simulation and Debriefing Patient Safety Program in the Setting of a Quality Improvement Collaborative., Mary Eckels, Terry Zeilinger, Henry C Lee, Janine Bergin, Louis P Halamek, Nicole Yamada, Janene Fuerch, Ritu Chitkara, and Jenny Quinn
Digital and Manual Rotation of the Persistent Occiput Posterior Fetus., Christina Elmore, Kelly McBroom, and Jessica Ellis
Circle by Providence: Supporting Discharge Readiness for Postpartum Mothers, Lisa Fellin and Beth Yanamura
Early fortification of enteral feedings for infants <1250 grams birth weight receiving a human milk diet including human milk based>fortifier., Robert Huston, Martin Lee, Evelyn Rider, Melissa Stawarz, Dawn Hedstrom, Melissa Pence, Vera Chan, Jessica Chambers, Stefanie Rogers, Nadine Sager, Laurie Riemann, and Howard Cohen
Examining the Impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Pandemic-Related Hardship on Adverse Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: Design and Launch of the HOPE COVID-19 Study, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Karen A. Scott, Miriam Kuppermann, Rebecca Baer, April Bell, Gretchen Bandoli, Jean Costello, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Elissa Epel, Rebecca Jackson, Fei Jiang, Deborah A. Karasek, Christina Lindan, Allison O'Leary, Jeffrey Olgin, Matt Pantell, Alison Paquette, Nisha Parikh, Noah Peyser, Xianhua Piao, Aric Prather, George Rutherford, Kelli K. Ryckman, Martina Steurer-Muller, Jodi Stookey, Ganapati Srinivasa, Hollis Wright, Charles E. McCulloch, Brian D. Piening, Elizabeth E. Rogers, and Christina Chambers
Gestational Diabetes Prevention, Shelly Johnson
Extremely premature infants, scarcity and the COVID-19 pandemic., Joseph Kaempf, Kevin M. Dirksen, and Nicholas Kockler
Continued improvement in morbidity reduction in extremely premature infants., Joseph Kaempf, Mindy Morris, Eileen Steffen, Lian Wang, and Michael Dunn
Perinatal Outcomes of Subjects Enrolled in a Multicenter Trial with a Waiver of Antenatal Consent., Anup C Katheria, Phillip Allman, Jeff M Szychowski, Jochen Essers, Waldemar A Carlo, Georg M Schmölzer, Eugene Dempsey, Toby Yanowitz, Joseph Kaempf, Farha Vora, Shazia Bhat, Kathy Arnell, Wade Rich, and Michael Varner
Labor and delivery guidance for coronavirus disease 2019., David C. Lagrew and Laurence E Shields
Postpartum Quiet Time Effects on Breastfeeding, Satisfaction, & Interruptions to Couplets, Christen Lawrie, Martha E F Highfield, and Sherri Mendelson
Effects of polysubstance exposure on neonatal outcomes for infants with intrauterine opioid exposure., Corrie E McDaniel, Matthew Test, Parimal Deodhar, Rebecca Jennings, Joanna Bove, and Kristen Carlin
Mothers Who Engage in Long-Term Informal Milk Sharing., Deirdre McNally and Diane L Spatz
Improving the NICU Experience Through Experience -Based Co-Design, Julie Metcalf and Sarah Pearce
Implementing a Neonatal Hypoglycemia Procedure with Glucose Gel, Cyndi Morton; Carol Suchy; Renuka Kar; Rocky Roy Ramos; Jessica Laske MSN, RN, RNC-OB; Sudeep Kukreja; and Dana N Rutledge
DEVELOPMENT OF A MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH DEPARTMENT-WIDE NEONATAL RESUSCITATION CART EDUCATIONAL PROJECT, Anna M. Munoz and Beverly Holland
Potential implications of DMET ontogeny on the disposition of commonly prescribed drugs in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units., Siavosh Naji-Talakar, Sheena Sharma, Leslie A Martin, Derek Barnhart, and Bhagwat Prasad
Ibuprofen vs. Indomethacin in Treatment of PDA Closure: An Integrative Research Review, Isabel Ramos
Opiate Use Disorder Pathway in the Perinatal Period, Danette M. Schloeder
Human Milk Fat Loss Is Strongly Affected by Syringe Position During Tube Feeding in the NICU Population, Melissa Stawarz, Cynthia Jackson, Lian Wang, and Joanne Ransom
How Much Blood Is That? The Use of Scorecard Feedback to Improve Measurement of Blood Loss at Delivery, Marilyn Cejka Steinberg
Teaching Father-Infant Massage during Postpartum Hospitalization: A Randomized Crossover Trial., Carol Suchy, Gloria Morgan, Susan Duncan, Susan Villar, Frieda Fox, and Dana N Rutledge
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Credentialing Examination: The First 4000., Mark Tomlinson, Sara A Brumbaugh, Marin O'Keeffe, Richard L Berkowitz, Mary D'Alton, and Michael Nageotte
The Use of Probiotics in the Reduction of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonates, Jana Wanner
Maternal-fetal genetic interactions, imprinting, and risk of placental abruption., Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Bizu Gelaye, Mahlet G Tadesse, Sixto E Sanchez, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Anjum Hajat, Timothy A Thornton, Cande V Ananth, and Michelle A Williams
Submissions from 2019
A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy., Steven J Baumrucker, Wendy H Vogel, Robert M Stolick, Russell W Adkins, Heather Holland, Gregg VandeKieft, and Angela Eastridge
Use of Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) Test Reduces Antifungal Medication Prescription for Suspected Monilial Diaper Dermatitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project., Julie Campbell, Valerie MacConnell, Lauren Sacco, Ramona Zuill, and Elena Bosque
Premature Infant Care Bundle: Golden Hour Protocol, Shauna Davis
Impact of Integrating a Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Risk Calculator into the Electronic Health Record., Nyles T Fowler, Michael Garcia, and Cynthia Hankins
Association of antepartum suicidal ideation during the third trimester with infant birth weight and gestational age at delivery., Bizu Gelaye, Amber Domingue, Fernanda Rebelo, Lauren E Friedman, Chunfang Qiu, Sixto E Sanchez, Gloria Larrabure-Torrealva, and Michelle A Williams
Improving Maternal Safety Through an EMR Risk Assessment, Stephen Girolami, Trina Jellison, and Courtney Jackson
Early fortification of enteral feedings for infants <1250 grams birth weight receiving a human milk diet including human milk based>fortifier., R K Huston, M L Lee, E D Rider, M L Stawarz, D M Hedstrom, M M Pence, V L Chan, M J Chambers, S P Rogers, N C Seger, L A Riemann, and H S Cohen
Sustained quality improvement collaboration and composite morbidity reduction in extremely low gestational age newborns., Joseph Kaempf, Mindy Morris, June Austin, Eileen Steffen, L Wang, and Michael Dunn
Aletheia-20 unconcealed observations from quality improvement and evidence-based medicine., Joseph Kaempf and Gautham Suresh
Using a composite morbidity score and cultural survey to explore characteristics of high proficiency neonatal intensive care units., Joseph Kaempf, L Wang, and Michael Dunn
Association of Umbilical Cord Milking vs Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping With Death or Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage Among Preterm Infants., Anup Katheria, Frank Reister, Jochen Essers, Marc Mendler, Helmut Hummler, Akila Subramaniam, Waldemar Carlo, Alan Tita, Giang Truong, Shareece Davis-Nelson, Georg Schmölzer, Radha Chari, Joseph Kaempf, Mark Tomlinson, Toby Yanowitz, Stacy Beck, Hyagriv Simhan, Eugene Dempsey, Keelin O'Donoghue, Shazia Bhat, Matthew Hoffman, Arij Faksh, Kathy Arnell, Wade Rich, Neil Finer, Yvonne Vaucher, Paritosh Khanna, Mariana Meyers, Michael Varner, Phillip Allman, Jeff Szychowski, and Gary Cutter
Genomic and molecular characterization of preterm birth., Theo A Knijnenburg, Joseph G Vockley, Nyasha Chambwe, David L Gibbs, Crystal Humphries, Kathi C Huddleston, Elisabeth Klein, Prachi Kothiyal, Ryan Tasseff, Varsha Dhankani, Dale L Bodian, Wendy S W Wong, Gustavo Glusman, Denise E Mauldin, Michael Miller, Joseph Slagel, Summer Elasady, Jared C Roach, Roger Kramer, Kalle Leinonen, Jasper Linthorst, Rajiv Baveja, Robin Baker, Benjamin D Solomon, Greg Eley, Ramaswamy K Iyer, George L Maxwell, Brady Bernard, Ilya Shmulevich, Leroy Hood, and John E Niederhuber
Comparative effectiveness of drugs used to constrict the patent ductus arteriosus: a secondary analysis of the PDA-TOLERATE trial (NCT01958320)., Melissa Liebowitz, Joseph Kaempf, Omer Erdeve, Ali Bulbul, Stellan Håkansson, Johanna Lindqvist, Aijaz Farooqi, Anup Katheria, Jason Sauberan, Jaideep Singh, Kelly Nelson, Andrea Wickremasinghe, Lawrence Dong, Denise C Hassinger, Susan W Aucott, Madoka Hayashi, Anne Marie Heuchan, William A Carey, Matthew Derrick, Ilene Sue Wolf, Amy Kimball, Meera Sankar, Tina Leone, Jorge Perez, Arturo Serize, and Ronald I Clyman
Home use of a compact, 12‑lead ECG recording system for newborns., Henry J Lin, Yueh-Tze Lan, Michael J Silka, Nancy J Halnon, Eva Villa-Lopez, Nataly Arenas, Fabian Escobedo, Ryan Montoya, Sarah Valdez, Omid Rajabi Shishvan, Sandra Sedano, Emily H Marr, Marie Lauzon, A S Moosa, Kimberly J Ko, Elaine C Shoji, Alexandra M Clark, Lynne M Smith, John Michael Criley, Wayne W Grody, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Kent D Taylor, Xiuqing Guo, Tolga Soyata, Jerome I Rotter, Tingchou Chien, Pai Chou, and Ruey-Kang Chang
Comparison of Newborn Drug Screen Results from Umbilical Cord and Meconium Specimens, Marilyn Steinberg
Submissions from 2018
Physical activity and epigenetic biomarkers in maternal blood during pregnancy., Sylvia E Badon, Alyson J Littman, Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, Mahlet G Tadesse, Patricia L Stapleton, Theo K Bammler, Tanya K Sorensen, Michelle A Williams, and Daniel A Enquobahrie
Maternal healthy lifestyle during early pregnancy and offspring birthweight: differences by offspring sex., Sylvia E Badon, Raymond S Miller, Chunfang Qiu, Tanya K Sorensen, Michelle A Williams, and Daniel A Enquobahrie
Macrophage-derived IL-1β/NF-κB signaling mediates parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis., Karim C El Kasmi, Padade M Vue, Aimee L Anderson, Michael W Devereaux, Swati Ghosh, Natarajan Balasubramaniyan, Sophie A Fillon, Carola Dahrenmoeller, Ayed Allawzi, Crystal Woods, Sarah McKenna, Clyde J Wright, Linda Johnson, Angelo D'Alessandro, Julie A Reisz, Eva Nozik-Grayck, Frederick J Suchy, and Ronald J Sokol
Metabolomics signatures associated with an oral glucose challenge in pregnant women., B Gelaye, C B Clish, M Denis, G Larrabure, M G Tadesse, A Deik, K Pierce, K Bullock, C Dennis, D A Enquobahrie, and M A Williams
Vitamin D: Effects on human reproduction, pregnancy, and fetal well-being., E L Heyden and S J Wimalawansa
The antepartum stillbirth syndrome: risk factors and pregnancy conditions identified from the INTERGROWTH-21, J E Hirst, J Villar, C G Victora, A T Papageorghiou, D Finkton, F C Barros, M G Gravett, F Giuliani, M Purwar, I O Frederick, R Pang, L Cheikh Ismail, A Lambert, W Stones, Y A Jaffer, D G Altman, J A Noble, E O Ohuma, S H Kennedy, and Z A Bhutta
VACTERL phenotype with mosaic trisomy 5 and uniparental disomy 5., Samuel Hwang, Mary Katharine Rudd, Lisa Finch, Suzanne E Peterson, and Raj P Kapur
Postnatal development of lymphatic vasculature in the brain meninges., Rebecca M Izen, Tomoko Yamazaki, Yoko Nishinaka-Arai, Young-Kwon Hong, and Yoh-Suke Mukouyama
Breast Milk Supply Establishment for Mothers of NICU Infants: a retrospective chart review examining milk volume, maternal factors and pump type, Cynthia C. Jackson
Infant Fall Prevention, Kristin Jensen, Nicole Roehrig, Caroline Truong, and Jacklyn Wallace
Extremely premature birth, informed written consent, and the Greek ideal of sophrosyne., Joseph Kaempf and Kevin Dirksen
Shared decision-making, value pluralism and the zone of parental discretion., Joseph W Kaempf, Nicholas Kockler, and Mark W Tomlinson
Neonatal Neuroprotection: Bringing Best Practice to the Bedside in the NICU., Terrie Lockridge
Shifting Patterns in Cesarean Delivery Scheduling and Timing in Oregon before and after a Statewide Hard Stop Policy., Ifeoma Muoto, Blair G Darney, Bernard Lau, Yvonne W Cheng, Mark Tomlinson, Duncan R Neilson, Steven A Friedman, Joanne Rogovoy, Aaron B Caughey, and Jonathan M Snowden
Standardized outcome measures for pregnancy and childbirth, an ICHOM proposal., Malini Anand Nijagal, Stephanie Wissig, Caleb Stowell, Elizabeth Olson, Isis Amer-Wahlin, Gouke Bonsel, Allyson Brooks, Matthew Coleman, Shamala Devi Karalasingam, James M N Duffy, Tracy Flanagan, Stefan Gebhardt, Meridith E Greene, Floris Groenendaal, J Ravichandran R Jeganathan, Tessa Kowaliw, Marije Lamain-de-Ruiter, Elliott Main, Michelle Owens, Rod Petersen, Irwin Reiss, Carol Sakala, Anna Maria Speciale, Rachel Thompson, Oluwakemi Okunade, and Arie Franx
Dietary intake and urinary metals among pregnant women in the Pacific Northwest., Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez, Bizu Gelaye, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Chunfang Qiu, and Michelle A Williams
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of human placentae at term and preterm delivery., Alison G Paquette, Heather M Brockway, Nathan D Price, and Louis J Muglia
Comparative analysis of gene expression in maternal peripheral blood and monocytes during spontaneous preterm labor., Alison G Paquette, Oksana Shynlova, Mark Kibschull, Nathan D Price, and Stephen J Lye
Bringing the NICU RN to the Family, Gale Price, David Hicks, and Terry Zeilinger
Modeling Safe Sleep Practices for the Newborn in the Hospital: Is it Happening?, Marietta Sperry and Kimberly Kohlieber
Does Changing Newborn Bath Procedure Alter Newborn Temperatures and Exclusive Breastfeeding?, Carol Suchy, Cyndi Morton, Rocky Roy Ramos, Alexandra Ehrgott, Megan Marie Quental, Amanda Burridge, and Dana N Rutledge
A randomized controlled trial: does coaching using video during direct laryngoscopy improve residents' success in neonatal intubations?, Sarah Volz, Timothy P Stevens, and Rita Dadiz
A randomized controlled trial: does coaching using video during direct laryngoscopy improve residents' success in neonatal intubations?, Sarah Volz, Timothy P Stevens, and Rita Dadiz
Does Maternal Buprenorphine Dose Affect Severity or Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?, Jacqueline Wong, Barry Saver, James M Scanlan, Louis Paul Gianutsos, Yachana Bhakta, James Walsh, Abigail Plawman, David Sapienza, and Vania Rudolf
Genetic variations and risk of placental abruption: A genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies., Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Bizu Gelaye, Sixto E Sanchez, Pedro J Garcia, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Anjum Hajat, Timothy A Thornton, Cande V Ananth, and Michelle A Williams
Submissions from 2017
Lethal neonatal case and review of primary short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase (SCEH) deficiency associated with secondary lymphocyte pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) deficiency., Jirair K Bedoyan, Samuel P Yang, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Rhona M Jack, Alexander Miron, George Grahame, Suzanne D DeBrosse, Charles L Hoppel, Douglas S Kerr, and Ronald J A Wanders
Decision Zone at the Margins of Life and Good Health: The Role of Medical Staff Guidelines for the Care of Extremely Early Gestation Pregnancies and Premature Infants., Kevin M. Dirksen, Joseph Kaempf, Mark Tomlinson, and Nicole M Schmidt
Calcium chloride in neonatal parenteral nutrition: A 15 year experience., R K Huston, Joseph Kaempf, M Wang, L Wang, Gary Grunkemeier, and H S Cohen
Calcium chloride in neonatal parenteral nutrition: A 15 year experience., R K Huston, Joseph Kaempf, M Wang, L Wang, G L Grunkemeier, and H S Cohen
The quest for sustained multiple morbidity reduction in very low-birth-weight infants: the Antifragility project., Joseph Kaempf, N M Schmidt, S Rogers, C Novack, M Friant, L Wang, and N Tipping
Antenatal corticosteroids for the late preterm infant and agnotology., Joseph Kaempf and G Suresh
Sex-specific associations of maternal birthweight with offspring birthweight in the Omega study., Collette N Ncube, Amelia R Gavin, Michelle A Williams, Chunfang Qiu, Tanya K Sorensen, and Daniel A Enquobahrie
Risk of glucose intolerance and gestational diabetes mellitus in relation to maternal habitual snoring during early pregnancy., Chunfang Qiu, Wayne Lawrence, Bizu Gelaye, Lee Stoner, Ihunnaya O Frederick, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Tanya K Sorensen, and Michelle A Williams
Meningocele manqué: a comprehensive review of this enigmatic finding in occult spinal dysraphism., Cameron Schmidt, Ellie Bryant, Joe Iwanaga, Rod J Oskouian, W Jerry Oakes, and R Shane Tubbs
Junctional neural tube defect in a newborn: report of a fourth case., Cameron Schmidt, Vlad Voin, Joe Iwanaga, Fernando Alonso, Rod J Oskouian, Nitsa Topale, R Shane Tubbs, and W Jerry Oakes
Circulating early- and mid-pregnancy microRNAs and risk of gestational diabetes., Pandora L Wander, Edward J Boyko, Karin Hevner, Viraj J Parikh, Mahlet G Tadesse, Tanya K Sorensen, Michelle A Williams, and Daniel A Enquobahrie
Impact of neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator on antibiotic use within two tertiary healthcare centers., S Warren, M Garcia, and C Hankins
Placental genetic variations in vitamin D metabolism and birthweight., Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Sylvia E Badon, Michal Dishi-Galitzky, Chunfang Qiu, Michelle A Williams, Tanya Sorensen, and Daniel A Enquobahrie
Submissions from 2016
Extremely premature birth and the choice of neonatal intensive care versus palliative comfort care: an 18-year single-center experience., Joseph Kaempf, Mark Tomlinson, and J Tuohey
Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis: A Pathway for Improving Brainstem Serotonin Homeostasis and Successful Autoresuscitation in SIDS-A Novel Hypothesis., Vijayakumar Praveen and Shama Praveen
Books, Posters, Presentations from 2014
Skin to Skin in the Operating Room for Cesareans, Marietta Sperry