2021
Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice
Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Birch R, Goel R, Karam O, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M, National Heart L, Mast A, Hod E, Custer B, Vichinsky E, Spencer B, Mathew S, Harris D, Busch M, Norris P, Ness P, Kleinman S, Tamburro R, Glynn S, Malkin K. Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 235: 92-99.e4. PMID: 33836184, PMCID: PMC8316298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationEntire cohortPretransfusion hemoglobinPlatelet countNeonatal transfusionBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIIInternational normalized ratio (INR) valuesHematologic valuesNeonatal transfusion practicesPretransfusion platelet countRetrospective cohort studyBlood product transfusionGestational age groupsPatient blood managementNational Heart LungRecipient EpidemiologyInitial hospitalizationProduct transfusionCohort studyRed blood cellsGestational ageTransfusion practiceHeart LungBlood management
2018
Correlations between near-infrared spectroscopy, perfusion index, and cardiac outputs in extremely preterm infants in the first 72 h of life
Janaillac M, Beausoleil TP, Barrington KJ, Raboisson MJ, Karam O, Dehaes M, Lapointe A. Correlations between near-infrared spectroscopy, perfusion index, and cardiac outputs in extremely preterm infants in the first 72 h of life. European Journal Of Pediatrics 2018, 177: 541-550. PMID: 29374830, DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3096-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral regional tissue oxygen saturationRight ventricular outputRegional tissue oxygen saturationTissue oxygen saturationLow cardiac output stateExtremely preterm infantsCardiac output statePreterm infantsCardiac outputPerfusion indexOxygen saturationVentricular outputSuperior vena cava flowLow SVC flowLeft ventricular outputMedian gestational ageWeeks of gestationVena cava flowNon-invasive toolHaemodynamic assessmentSVC flowTerm infantsBlood pressureCerebral oxygenationGestational age
2017
Hypoglycemic relapse in term infants treated with glucose infusion
Sternberg J, Pfister R, Karam O. Hypoglycemic relapse in term infants treated with glucose infusion. Journal Of Clinical Neonatology 2017, 6: 163-167. DOI: 10.4103/jcn.jcn_10_17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow birth weightGlucose infusionBirth weightSingle-center retrospective studyProportion of infantsMain risk factorsTerm infantsConsecutive patientsNeonatal hypoglycemiaTerm newbornsGestational ageRetrospective studyRisk infantsRisk factorsMild severityRelapseInfusionProgressive weaningInfantsHypoglycemiaNewbornsSmall proportionLittle evidenceLevel 3Patients
2016
Accuracy of Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Measurement in Premature Infants
Janaillac M, Labarinas S, Pfister RE, Karam O. Accuracy of Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Measurement in Premature Infants. Critical Care Research And Practice 2016, 2016: 8041967. PMID: 27375901, PMCID: PMC4916268, DOI: 10.1155/2016/8041967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPremature infantsBlood partial pressureBlood pCO2 valuesGestational ageBlood PCO2Tertiary neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitConsecutive premature infantsRetrospective observational studyWeeks gestational ageIntensive care unitTranscutaneous carbon dioxide measurementsCare unitCerebral lesionsObservational studyTranscutaneous methodCarbon dioxide valuesInfantsR correlationsTcPCO2Transcutaneous valuesPCO2 valuesPearson r correlationsPCO2Carbon dioxide measurements