Eight years after ALPS trial publication, I’m thrilled to say that our 6-year neurodevelopmental follow-up study is published! Thanks ⁦JAMA⁩, #MFMU , ⁦NICHD News⁩, and study participants. There is no difference by steroid exposure. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Congratulations to Gordon Guyatt (Gordon H. Guyatt), HEI distinguished professor, on being awarded the Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research from Friends of CIHR for his pioneering contributions to the field of evidence-based medicine. Read more: ow.ly/tUSH50RgAG6

Value of preclinical systematic reviews and meta-analyses in pediatric research

Collaboration with Matteo Bruschettini & other 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 colleagues for this review in Pediatric Research:
nature.com/articles/s4139…

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Arguably one of the more important commentaries in the past year for #neoEBM and #NeoTwitter . A reminder that it's not just the evidence, it's how we process it. Consider the following extracts, then see the last two paragraphs of article for some practical mitigation recs.

It’s wonderful to welcome the unequalled Ravi Mangal Patel to the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program poster symposium to speak on #EBM and new media “As you leave fellowship, you’ll be responsible for finding resources for your own life-long self-directed

04 World Series Reunion!!! #Raking

Listen to the latest Cochrane podcast:
cochrane.org/podcasts/10.10…
Title of the review: Systemic corticosteroids for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a network meta‐analysis

Brian King John Zupancic Kanekal Suresh Gautham Evidence-Based Neo AAP Neonatal American Academy of Pediatrics On that note, happy to share that after extensive discussions with Canadian Paediatric Society leadership we have agreed to adopt the #GRADE principles to structure ALL our future recommendations.
While a lot of work needs to be done to get it to AGREE Enterprise standards, this is a start!

John Zupancic Kanekal Suresh Gautham Evidence-Based Neo AAP Neonatal American Academy of Pediatrics Souvik Mitra I think recommendations for practice should involve a structured approach that aims to minimize bias as much as possible. Something like the Evidence to Decision Framework (EtDF). Again see Souvik Mitra excellent PDA guideline for an example.

A key concept in clinical decision-making- ‘Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence’. This statement is often misunderstood and misused. Elegant explanation by Altman. #neotwitter bmj.com/content/311/70…

'A nation with too few pediatricians could see health care costs soar.' writes Sallie Permar MD PhD of Weill Cornell Pediatrics Weill Cornell Medicine & Dr. Bob Vinci of Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in STAT rb.gy/ax7ecc RT Academic Peds Assoc APS SPR AMSPDC American Academy of Pediatrics AAMC AAP News

A Half Century of innovation, caring, organization & success for babies.RT ⁦Ravi Mangal Patel⁩ ⁦Clara Song⁩ ⁦Josh Petrikin⁩ ⁦Neo Kids On The Block⁩ ⁦AAP Neonatal⁩ ⁦American Academy of Pediatrics⁩ ⁦Lily Lou⁩ ⁦⁦Munish Gupta⁩ ⁦John Zupancic⁩ ⁦Benjamin D. Hoffman, MD, FAAP⁩

Dr Lily Lou ⁦Lily Lou⁩ former ⁦AAP Neonatal⁩ chair & Dr. Angela Ellison speaking as candidates for ⁦American Academy of Pediatrics⁩ Board RT ⁦Clara Song⁩ ⁦Satyan⁩ ⁦Neonatology Today⁩ ⁦Sarah Bernstein, MD, MHA, FAAP⁩ ⁦Josh Petrikin⁩ ⁦⁦james barry⁩ ⁦

. Brett J. Manley 🤷🏼‍♂️ kicking off the final day of NeonatalUpdate with the best explanation and example of inferiority trials I’ve ever heard

(Probably less controversial than his recent tweet about Australia’s football accolades! 😉)

As Dr. S. Shah Shetal Shah reminds, this program pays for the visiting nurses neonatologists arrange for NICU babies upon discharge. FYI-funding has not increased in 12 yrs. RT AAP Neonatal Clara Song james barry Ravi Mangal Patel Michael Posencheg John Zupancic Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief Dr. Sara “Quit Tobacco/Nicotine” Siddiqui

As it always is, it was such a privilege to learn from you Souvik Mitra both BIDMC Neonatology and UMass Neonatology Fellowship Griffin Symposium. Looking forward to your next contributions!

Dr. Kemper is a physician in the best tradition of Dr. Richardson - deeply thoughtful and with a laser focus on the bigger picture of what medicine should do at the population level. Congratulations and thank you for all you are doing for kids @AlexRKemper !

Excited legislators & candidates like R. Zimmerman Robert Zimmerman for Congress Sens. K. Thomas Kevin Thomas Office of Senator Kevin Thomas Gaughran @Gaughran4Senate & Lt. Gov Delgado Antonio Delgado Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado making kids & their needs a priority this year. #Votekids RT Dr. Eve Meltzer Krief NYS AAP - Chapter 2 AAP News

All those babies NICU docs send home to visiting nursing are supported by the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which hasn't seen a funding increase in 12 yrs. Call your Rep. & ask for support. RT John Zupancic Cami Martin Clara Song Lily Lou james barry

Much of the formula in this size goes to hospitals and includes formulas fed to premature infants. It is critical that they respond quickly. Pass the word #neoTwitter John Zupancic Misty Good Cami Martin