Here is a preview of the abstracts that will be presented at the 44th Annual District VIII Conference on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
Platform Presentations – Basic Science Research
Kolnik, Sarah: Vitamin E (Vit E) Mitigates Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Responses in a Ferret Organotypic Brain Slice Model of Hypoxia Ischemia (HI)
Platform Presentations – Clinical Research
Agarwal, Gaurav: Association of oxygen saturation instability in relation to white matter injury (WMI) in preterm neonate: Application of a new classification system.
Dol, Justine: Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during COVID-19: A Pilot Pre-Post Intervention Study
Doucette, Stefani: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 21 Months Fail to Predict Neurodevelopmental Impairments at 36 Months Corrected Age for Preterm Infants <29 Weeks’ Gestational Age
Griffiths, Pamela: Early referral to a Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Center with Less Adverse Outcomes in Infants with Severe BPD
Roychoudhury, Smita: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with Late Onset Bacterial Sepsis According to Type of Bacteria
Staiger, Lauren: The Effect of Maternal Blood Glucose Control on Infant Body Fat at Birth
Platform Presentations – Quality Improvement
Shay, Rebecca: A quality improvement initiative to standardize premedication for non-emergent neonatal tracheal intubations in a tertiary and quaternary care neonatal intensive care unit.
Poster Presentations – Clinical Research
Akinseye, Omolabake: Can WHO Danger Signs be used to identify young infants with bacterial sepsis?
Akinseye, Omolabake: Automated detection of respiratory rate in infants using video images: A feasibility study
Alshaikh, Belal: Rate and Determinants of Home Tube Feeding in Infants Born Very Preterm
Bosque, Elena: Do we nurture our young? Qualitative conceptual analysis of worst and best mentorship experiences among neonatal advanced practice providers
Bourque, Stephanie: Understanding the Parental Experience: Geographic Disparities and Prolonged NICU Hospitalization of VLBW Infants
Dosani, Aliyah: Parental Perception of Neonatal Transfers: A Qualitative Study
Eiler, Isabella: Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Riley NeuroNICU Infant Follow Up
Goyal, Medha: A single-center observational study on clinical features and outcomes of 21 SARS-CoV- 2-infected neonates from India
Grewal, Gurpreet: Clinical features and echocardiographic parameters of relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) among preterm infants: a five-year review
Hamid, Farzana: Effect of blood transfusion on outcomes of singleton preterm infants < 29 weeks gestation born small for gestation and appropriate for gestational age.
Hopkins, Anthony: How has COVID-19 affected tertiary NICU Staff?
Markee, Sofia: Improving electrolyte and mineral homeostasis in extremely premature infants
Mascarenhas, Dwayne: Neonatal Palliative Care in India – Current Scenario
Neches, Sara: Full premedication associated with improved outcomes for tracheal intubation in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Niknafs, Nikoo: Fluid overload in newborns undergoing abdominal surgery
Rustogi, Deepika: Increased oxidative stress post-blood transfusion in preterm small for gestation infants compared to appropriate for gestation infants
Shaikh, Henna: Parents are vigilant and have trust concerns”: What do NICU social histories tell us?
Srajer, Amelia: Postnatal acetaminophen exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants < 29 weeks gestation: a retrospective cohort study
Thomas, Soumya: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Poster Presentations – Quality Improvement
Belden, Jenna: Implementation of timely administration of hepatitis B vaccine birth dose: single center experience
Bosque, Elena: Growing neonatal advanced practice providers via mentorship can fill the need: Program description and tool kit
Ko, Hellen: Development and implementation of a neonatal massive transfusion protocol
Kolnik, Sarah: Increased adherence to a neonatal care bundle reduced the rate of severe intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight neonates
Krishnan, Ravi: Breast Milk Utilization in the NICU and Beyond; A Four Year Performance Improvement Multidisciplinary Approach
Kurz, Rhonda: Adaptation of NICU surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines
Vo, Kristine: Improve follow up rates for Newborn Hearing Evaluation: a virtual Quality Improvement Project
