2024
Placenta and Intestinal Injury in Preterm Infants
Garg P, Weitkamp J, McDonald A, Cilvik S, Mir I, Shenberger J, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, Kallapur S, Garg P. Placenta and Intestinal Injury in Preterm Infants. American Journal Of Perinatology 2024 PMID: 38889889, DOI: 10.1055/a-2347-4135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNecrotizing enterocolitisIntestinal injuryRisk factors associated with necrotizing enterocolitisDevelopment of necrotizing enterocolitisLow birth weight infantsAssociated with intestinal injuryExposure to inflammationProspective multi-center studyAt-risk infantsHuman clinical studiesMulti-center studyPreterm infantsPlacental pathologyPreterm birthImmunomodulatory treatmentIntrauterine environmentLaboratory predictorsCause of deathClinical outcomesClinical impactClinical studiesPostnatal lifeVulnerable infantsPost pregnancyTriggering inflammationHuman Milk Supports Robust Intestinal Organoid Growth, Differentiation, and Homeostatic Cytokine Production
Smith L, Santiago E, Eke C, Gu W, Wang W, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Kehoe T, St Denis K, Strine M, Taylor S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Human Milk Supports Robust Intestinal Organoid Growth, Differentiation, and Homeostatic Cytokine Production. Gastro Hep Advances 2024, 3: 1030-1042. DOI: 10.1016/j.gastha.2024.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman milk supplementationTNF-related apoptosis inducing ligandDonor human milkLevels of leukemia inhibitory factorNecrotizing enterocolitisCytokine productionInflammatory immune signaturesComplications of prematurityHuman milkChromogranin A stainingSevere gastrointestinal complicationsMilk supplementationCell cycle-promoting genesIntestinal organoidsApoptosis inducing ligandIntestinal epithelial proliferationIntestinal epithelial growthGrowth factor analysisCleaved caspase 3Preterm infantsGestational ageLeukemia inhibitory factorImmune signaturesImmune landscapeHydrolyzed formula
2012
The Role of Pulmonary Follow-up in Reducing Health Care Utilization in Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Rhein LM, Konnikova L, McGeachey A, Pruchniewski M, Smith VC. The Role of Pulmonary Follow-up in Reducing Health Care Utilization in Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Clinical Pediatrics 2012, 51: 645-650. PMID: 22492835, DOI: 10.1177/0009922812439242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate of rehospitalizationHealth care utilizationPreterm infantsBronchopulmonary dysplasiaED visitsEmergency departmentCare utilizationNeonatal intensive care unitMore supplemental oxygenRole of PulmonaryRetrospective cohort studyIntensive care unitSevere lung diseaseTime of dischargeChildren's Hospital BostonRate of visitsElectronic medical recordsExpected higher rateNeurodevelopmental followCohort studyWeeks' gestationCare unitOutpatient visitsRespiratory causesSupplemental oxygen