#460 - Reading as a neuroprotective intervention
Send us Fan Mail Why does reading in the NICU still feel optional when the evidence says otherwise? Daphna sits down with Paige Pedroli, author of the Nic Zoo book and two-time NICU mom, and Dr. Raque...
21 Aug 46min
#459 - Which AI tools are actually ready for the NICU right now?
Send us Fan Mail Is your EMR actually built for neonatology, or just retrofitted to survive it? Ben sits down with Dr. Lindsey Knake, clinical assistant professor and associate chief health informatio...
17 Aug 45min
#458 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from August 15th 2026
Send us Fan Mail The full week of Journal Club in one place. Monday, the PLaNT trial of prophylactic CPAP for late preterm infants born by cesarean, with senior author Dr. Edgardo Szyld. Tuesday, whet...
15 Aug 2h
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Can the respiratory severity score show us where a baby is heading?
Send us Fan Mail The respiratory severity score is one multiplication most of us already do in our heads, mean airway pressure times FiO2. This week Dr. Dinushan Kaluarachchi joins Journal Club to wal...
14 Aug 26min
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Could a handheld light probe detect NEC before the X-ray does?
Send us Fan Mail NEC still tends to announce itself on an X-ray, usually later than we want. This week Daphna reviews the first-in-human study of broadband optical spectroscopy, a handheld transcutane...
13 Aug 22min
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Is this the trial that brings probiotics back to the NICU?
Send us Fan Mail Probiotics left US NICUs after the FDA reclassified them, and NEC rates went up. This week Ben reviews the Connection Study, a 2,158 infant phase 3 trial of IBP-9414, a live biotherap...
12 Aug 26min
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Does holding during cooling change NICU outcomes in HIE?
Send us Fan Mail Parents of babies undergoing therapeutic hypothermia often wait days before they can hold their child, and many never get the chance during cooling at all. This week on Journal Club, ...
11 Aug 18min
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Should late preterm infants born by cesarean receive prophylactic CPAP?
Send us Fan Mail Late preterm babies born by cesarean fill our NICUs, and most of them are there for respiratory distress that resolves in a day or two. Could 20 minutes of CPAP in the operating room ...
10 Aug 36min
