advertisers are playing fast and loose with safety when it comes to marketing of #nursingpillows. Did you know that nursing pillows turn up in 5% of cases of sudden unexplained infant death? #SIDS #publichealth #pedsky 🩺 #parenting #SUID

Could a little #yoga be just what the doctor ordered to reduce stress for parents in the NICU? Pilot study suggest there just might be some benefit pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40480276/ #NeoSky #PedSky

Delighted to announce that I have joined the board of the Canadian Paediatric Society / Société canadienne de pédiatrie as Vice President! I look forward to working with the other fantastic board members to improve the health of children nationwide! #NeoSKy #PedSky

Meta-analysis of eat, sleep, console approach to withdrawal vs Finnegan scoring Is there any reason not to adopt ESC? ESC ⬇️hospitalisation days (MD -4.11 days, p<0.0001 & the proportion treated with withdrawal medications (OR 0.36, p<0.0001 #NeoSky #PedSky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40393782/

#conjoined twins are a rarity. How many types are there and how might ethics play into their separation? Starting to post longer form educational videos on YouTube. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date, please consider subscribing to the channel. youtu.be/GOxDeK63Jj4?... #NeoSky #PedSky

Conjoined #twins Many varie...

An unusual reason for a limp baby! youtu.be/PMNQNVg4ktA #NeoSky #MedSky #PedSky Source: shorturl.at/rqKZB

Case of the limp baby! What di...

In #pregnancy mothers often avoid excessive #caffeine & yet we give it so readily to #preemies after birth Why is that?👇 youtu.be/OYPP_sxQ9SY #nicu #neonatal #meded #medsky #medstudent #PedSky

Caffeine is truly a wonder dru...

A device to measure how much breastmilk is fed to a baby would certainly take the guess work out & stop pre/post weights to estimate volumes! medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05... #NeoSKy #PedSky

Got data? Breastfeeding device...

The last decade of the war with #syphilis in Canada has not been great but is the tide starting to turn for congenital and infections? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #NeoSky #PedSky #STBBI

Pre-term babies, love skin to skin care. Take a look at that smile‼️ Don’t forget to make a mother in the NICU smile today and wish them a happy Mother’s Day ! #mothersday #NeoSky #PedSky

Awesome news. I only wish I had been more successful convincing more parents to accept the prophylaxis. #NeoSky #PedSky

Interim Evaluation of Respirat...

After all these years we are still hoping that furosemide will help prevent BPD - spoiler alert, it doesn't😲 But 28 days of furosemide will give you a wee bit of electrolyte disturbance pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40306549/ #NeoSky #PedSky

MoCHA trial ☕️ RCT at 33-35 weeks GA extending #caffeine treatment until 28 days after discharge for babies born at 29-33 weeks did not shorten length of hospital stay (18.0 days [IQR, 10 to 30 days] for caffeine vs 16.5 [IQR, 10 to 27 days] shorturl.at/DXwsF #NeoSky #PedSky

Erythropoietin looks like it will be relegated to the history books for improving outcomes after birth asphyxia. Risk for death or disability between the erythropoietin group and the placebo group (35.3% vs. 29.4%; RR = 1.2; 95% CI, 0.85-1.7). #NeoSky #PedSky www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

Erythropoietin does not reduce...

Are three doses of dextrose gel better than 2? ⬇️admissions from 3.7% to 2.0% and IV dextrose fluid rates from 2.7% to 1.7% pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40221610/ #NeoSky #PedSky

Guidelines for detection and management of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborns (≥35 weeks gestational age) shorturl.at/21Bgm Don't miss the Canadian "hyperbili" tool w/ the statement. Look for this link shorturl.at/h5tfG on side of the page 👇 #NeoSky #PedSky

Neonatal lupus with discoid plaques. As amazing as this was to see at 2 weeks it was gone without treatment by the two month visit. Mom was anti - Ro and La positive t.co/mSnR9Q9cxV #NeoSky #PedSky

Congenital melanocytic naevus with round cortical lesion (7.2×5mm) over left cerebellum w/ signal changes over left posterior fossa meninges, suggesting leptomeningeal and parenchymal melanosis Dx: Congenital neurocutaneous melanocytosis Incidence: 1 in 50000 - 200000 #NeoSky #PedSky

Last week I found a new way to feel old. Was talking to trainees about the pre-EHR paper order days and was still able to rattle off the ADCVAANDIMSL components of admission orders. They looked at me with such a compassionate look of pity… “poor boomer…” #medsky #pedsky #neosky

This can't really be happening can it? The solution is to allow 14 year old children to work overnight? #PedSky #MedSky us.cnn.com/2025/03/25/b...

Florida debates lifting some c...