Olivia A. Keane

Mar 12, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Scott Hadland |Newborn Medicine |Olivia A. Keane |Shadassa Ourshalimian

Pain management in hospitalized infants needs to balance 2 key considerations.1 First, infants with serious medical conditions often undergo painful interventions in the hospital (eg, surgical procedures, line placements, intubations, mechanical ventilation), and clinicians must carefully manage infants’ pain and sedation to prevent distress and adverse long-term developmental consequences, including altered pain responses.

Jan 22, 2024 | nature.com | Olivia A. Keane

AbstractTo investigate the accuracy of preoperative and intraoperative diagnosis via comparison to pathologic diagnosis in spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) vs. necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). A retrospective review of neonates <1500 g treated for pneumoperitoneum between 07/2004-09/2022 was conducted. Patients treated for NEC medically prior to diagnosis and those treated with drain only were excluded.