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Top Neonatology Research Papers
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7.6
Active pharmacotherapy versus expectant management of patent ductus arteriosus in extremely preterm infants: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.
Overall: A strong meta-analysis of randomized trials reports increased mortality with active PDA pharmacotherapy, supporting expectant management while leaving uncertainty about whether selected infants might benefit.
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7.3
Early Exclusive Enteral Feeding in Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis.
Overall: Early exclusive enteral feeding appears feasible and may accelerate recovery without increasing measured complications, but limited certainty, heterogeneity, and absent absolute effect estimates temper practice-changing confidence.
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7.3
Long-Term Outcomes of Expectant Management Versus Early Ibuprofen for Patent Ductus Arteriosus: 24-Month Follow-Up of the BeNeDuctus Trial.
Overall: This randomized multicenter follow-up found no long-term developmental or survival advantage from routine early ibuprofen, supporting expectant management while leaving some uncertainty because of incomplete follow-up and a wide confidence interval.
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7.0
Maternal RSV vaccination for infant protection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of phase 3 trials with an integrated economic evaluation.
Overall: Maternal RSV vaccination reduces clinically important infant illness without detected major safety signals, although modest absolute benefits and a Mexico-specific economic model limit its immediate US practice-changing impact.
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6.9
Dexamethasone Eye Drops to Prevent Treatment-Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity: The DROPROP Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: DROPROP is a well-designed but small randomized trial showing a large, clinically promising yet imprecise and statistically inconclusive reduction in treatment-requiring ROP with a practical topical intervention.
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6.8
Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns and Bleeding in Infancy.
Overall: A very large observational cohort links omission of newborn vitamin K to important bleeding outcomes, but missing absolute risks and confirmation of established practice limit its impact.
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6.7
Impact of kangaroo mother care on maternal postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials.
Overall: Kangaroo mother care may moderately improve postpartum depressive symptoms with little apparent resource burden, but heterogeneous evidence and uncertain US applicability limit practice-changing confidence.
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6.4
Probiotic Implementation and Necrotizing Enterocolitis Risk in Preterm Infants.
Overall: This study reports a large association with reduced NEC, but its retrospective before-after design and uncertain mortality and safety profile limit confidence and immediate practice-changing impact.
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6.2
Discretionary Child Protective Services Reporting for Infants With Prenatal Opioid Exposure.
Overall: This reasonably precise multicenter quasi-experimental study found large reductions in selected CPS reports, but absent downstream safety outcomes and limited geographic generalizability constrain its net benefit and practice-changing force.
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6.2
Cognitive and Educational Outcomes After Preterm Birth or Low Birth Weight: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis.
Overall: A rigorous synthesis demonstrates clinically meaningful, persistent cognitive and educational disadvantages after preterm birth or low birth weight, but its observational focus and lack of a tested management strategy limit immediate practice change.
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