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CHOP Study Finds Infants with Low-Risk Deliveries Should Not Need Antibiotics at Birth
CHOP researchers have found infants born via uncomplicated cesarean delivery should not need antibiotics at birth to prevent early-onset sepsis.
NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt Features CHOP NICU Halloween Celebrations
Families in CHOP’s Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) celebrate the spookiest day of the year by dressing babies in adorable Halloween costumes.
CHOP-led Study Finds Healthy Newborns Had Shorter Hospital Stays During COVID-19 Pandemic with No Change in Readmissions
Study by CHOP researchers suggests shorter hospital stays for healthy term infants might be safe outside of a pandemic scenario, with implications for health care costs and best practices.
CHOP-led Study Finds that Biggest Share of U.S. Obstetric Hospitals Deliver Fewer than 500 Babies Per Year
CHOP researchers found that a plurality of hospitals delivers fewer than 500 infants per year and that nearly a fifth of low-volume hospitals are more than 30 miles from another obstetric hospital.
Improving Understanding of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia to Optimize Childhood Outcomes
Investigators in our Chronic Lung Disease Program have developed a treatment-based classification of BPD disease severity that helps us improve longer-term outcomes.
Fellow’s Corner: Moving from Identifying to Addressing Disparities: Equity-focused Quality Improvement
Early in my clinical training, I learned that as a clinician, treating diseases relied not only on my knowledge of pathophysiology and evidence-based medicine, but also on thoughtful evaluation and understanding of each patient’s unique social and environmental factors and the interactions with a patient’s race and ethnicity.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Hosts Seventh Annual Chronic Lung Disease Conference Virtually
On March 9 and 10, 2021, more than 400 medical professionals tuned in via a virtual platform for the Seventh Annual Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Chronic Lung Disease Conference.
Family StEPS: Starting Early with Psychosocial Support
A new program aims to provide consistent physical, emotional, spiritual, mental and social health supports to help families thrive.
Trial Proves Feasibility of Initiating Resuscitation Before Umbilical Cord Clamping In Infants with CDH
A physiologically based approach to umbilical cord clamping for infants with CDH may smooth the postnatal transition and prevent acidosis and hypoxemia.
Oxygen Therapy in Newborns May Impact Influenza Susceptibility Via Lung Circadian Clock
CHOP researchers have found mice exposed to neonatal hyperoxia have increased influenza susceptibility and disrupted lung circadian clocks.