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    Extremely preterm infant admissions within the safeboosc-III consortium during the Covid-19 lockdown
    (Frontiers Media, 2021-06-15) Rasmussen, Marie Isabel; Hansen, Mathias Luehr; Pichler, Gerhard; Dempsey, Eugene; Pellicer, Adelina; El-Khuffash, Afif; Shashidhar, A.; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Alsina, Miguel; Cetinkaya, Merih; Chalak, Lina; Özkan, Hilal; Baserga, Mariana; Sirc, Jan; Fuchs, Hans; Ergenekon, Ebru; Arruza, Luis; Mathur, Amit; Stocker, Martin; Vaccarello, Olalla Otero; Szczapa, Tomasz; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Krolak-Olejnik, Barbara; Memişoğlu, Aslı; Reigstad, Hallvard; Rafinska-Wazny, Elzbieta; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; Peng, Zhang; Gkentzi, Despoina; Viellevoye, Renaud; De Buyst, Julie; Mastretta, Emmanuele; Wang, Ping; Hahn, Gitte Holst; Bender, Lars; Cornette, Luc; Tkaczyk, Jakub; del Rio, Ruth; Fumagalli, Monica; Papathoma, Evangelia; Wilinska, Maria; Naulaers, Gunnar; Sadowska-Krawczenko, Iwona; Lecart, Chantal; Couce, Maria Luz; Fredly, Siv; Heuchan, Anne Marie; Karen, Tanja; Greisen, Gorm; ÖZKAN, HİLAL; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı/Neonatoloji Bölümü.; JJY-3921-2023
    Objective: To evaluate if the number of admitted extremely preterm (EP) infants (born before 28 weeks of gestational age) differed in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of the SafeBoosC-III consortium during the global lockdown when compared to the corresponding time period in 2019.Design: This is a retrospective, observational study. Forty-six out of 79 NICUs (58%) from 17 countries participated. Principal investigators were asked to report the following information: (1) Total number of EP infant admissions to their NICU in the 3 months where the lockdown restrictions were most rigorous during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) Similar EP infant admissions in the corresponding 3 months of 2019, (3) the level of local restrictions during the lockdown period, and (4) the local impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the everyday life of a pregnant woman.Results: The number of EP infant admissions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was 428 compared to 457 in the corresponding 3 months in 2019 (-6.6%, 95% CI -18.2 to +7.1%, p = 0.33). There were no statistically significant differences within individual geographic regions and no significant association between the level of lockdown restrictions and difference in the number of EP infant admissions. A post-hoc analysis based on data from the 46 NICUs found a decrease of 10.3%in the total number of NICU admissions (n = 7,499 in 2020 vs. n = 8,362 in 2019).Conclusion: This ad hoc study did not confirm previous reports of a major reduction in the number of extremely pretermbirths during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    Turkish neonatal society necrotizing enterocolitis diagnosis, treatment and prevention guidelines
    (Aves, 2021-05-29) Ergenekon, Ebru; Tayman, Cüneyt; Özkan, Hilal; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Neonatoloji Anabilim Dalı.; JJY-3921-2023; 16679325400
    Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies in the newborn infant, and the incidence varies between 3% and 15% in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). It has a high risk of mortality and both short- and long-term morbidity which severely impacts the quality of life in the survivors. Lack of specific clinical and laboratory findings makes early diagnosis difficult for the clinician and sometimes results in overtreatment for feeding intolerance which is quite frequent in preterms and can easily be confused with NEC. The fact that there are many definitions and presentations of NEC even complicates the management. This review aims to summarize the guideline of the Turkish Neonatal Society for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NEC for the clinician taking care of preterms. Etiopathogenesis and various clinical pictures of NEC, as well as diagnostic methods, are defined. Treatment and prognosis are discussed in detail with reference to current literature and preventive strategies are summarized based on evidence. Finally, the approach to baby presenting with suspected NEC is summarized in an algorithm.