Published on in In Utero Insights
CHOP's specialized Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program provides ongoing developmental and medical assessments from infancy through adolescence, with the goal of looking beyond short-term surgical survival and providing long-term clinical care to improve quality of life.
Published on in In Utero Insights
It is well known that having a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit is a highly stressful experience for parents, and rates of parental anxiety and depression are routinely shown to be higher than for parents in the general population.
Published on in CHOP News
CHOP researchers have found mice exposed to neonatal hyperoxia have increased influenza susceptibility and disrupted lung circadian clocks.
Published on in In Utero Insights
For babies prenatally diagnosed with conditions such as CDH that will require surgery shortly after birth, a unique model of care greatly improves management of these fragile newborns.
Published on in CHOP News
In the largest clinical trial of its kind, researchers in a CHOP-led study found no benefit to higher red blood cell transfusions in preterm babies.
Published on in CHOP News
Challenging earlier reports, CHOP-Penn Medicine study analyzed a diverse, urban pregnancy cohort and found no significant changes in preterm birth or stillbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published on in CHOP News
A new study in Breastfeeding Medicine shows that the prenatal group program helps mothers whose babies have congenital anomalies.
Published on in CHOP News, Neonatology Update
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s ECMO Center receives the “Platinum Level ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support.”
Published on in Children's Doctor
Learning to perform retinal examinations on extremely low birth weight babies is essential to pediatric ophthalmology.
Published on in Health Tip of the Week
Visiting a child in the hospital can lift everybody’s spirits. But if you’re sick or you’ve been around someone who is sick, a hospital visit can have serious consequences.