Muralidhar H. Premkumar

Jul 11, 2024 | nature.com | Amy B Hair |Kevin Sullivan |Irfan Ahmad |Isabella Zaniletti |Shannon Acker |Muralidhar H. Premkumar | +6 more

AbstractDetermine short-term outcomes following peritoneal drain (PD), laparotomy (LAP) after PD (PD-LAP), and LAP in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). ELBW infants with SIP were identified using the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Database. Mortality and length of stay (LOS) were compared among groups. Of 729 SIP infants from 6/2010-12/2016, 383(53%) received PD, 61(8%) PD-LAP, and 285(39%) LAP.

Oct 7, 2023 | nature.com | Katie Huff |Isabella Zaniletti |Irfan Ahmad |Robert DiGeronimo |Amy B Hair |Jae Bum Kim | +6 more

AbstractTo evaluate the relationship between cholestasis and outcomes in medical and surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from 1472 infants with NEC [455 medical (mNEC) and 1017 surgical (sNEC)] from the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Database. The prevalence of cholestasis was lower in mNEC versus sNEC (38.2% vs 70.1%, p < 0.001).