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#469 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Early ibuprofen or waiting, does the PDA choice show up at two years?

Send us Fan Mail In this Journal Club episode, Ben and Daphna review the 24-month follow-up of the BeNeDuctus trial, which compared expectant management with early ibupr

#468 - 🚀 [Tech Tuesday] - What Would A Shared Language For Feeding Look Like At The Bedside?

Send us Fan Mail Feeding in the NICU is rarely one person's job, yet the language around it changes from nurse to therapist to physician to parent. In this Tech Tue

#467 - Navigating the Future of Pediatric Healthcare Funding

Send us Fan Mail Ben sits down with Dr. Shetal Shah and AAP federal advocacy director Stephanie Glier to unpack HR1, the sweeping reconciliation bill that could cut $1.1

#466 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from September 19th 2026

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna dig into four studies reshaping bedside decisions. They open questioning whether routine DAT screenin

#466 - [Neo News] - 📌 Why Are 4 in 10 NICU Stays Missing From Birth Records?

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Eli dig into a Journal of Perinatology study that asks a deceptively simple question: can we trust birth certificate data to tell us how many ba

#466 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Does IVF Really Raise the Risk of VACTERL Birth Defects?

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Daphna  dig into a large, population-based study linking IVF conception to VACTERL association, a rare but serious pattern of congenital anomali

#466 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Should we start CPAP at 8 instead of 5 in the delivery room for very preterm infants?

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Daphna dig into a pilot RCT that asks a deceptively simple delivery-room question: should very preterm infants start on CPAP of 5 or CPAP of 8 c

#466 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Oral isn't IM: Sweden's vitamin K data in two million infants

Send us Fan Mail Is the newborn vitamin K shot really being skipped more often these days, and does that actually matter clinically? This week on Journal Club, Ben and D

#466 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Do We Still Need a DAT on Every Newborn at Risk of Hemolytic Disease?

Send us Fan Mail Do we really need a DAT on every baby born to a group O or Rh-negative mother? This week on Journal Club, Ben and Daphna dig into a new Pediatrics study

#465 - [🫀 From The Heart] - Bringing NICU Feeding Practices to the CICU (ft Dr. Elgersma)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of From the Heart, Drs. Nim Goldshtrom and Adrianne Bischoff talk with Dr. Kristin Elgersma, a nurse-researcher whose path into neonatal

#464 - [🫀 From The Heart] - Right Drugs, Wrong Heart - A TTTS Recipient That Fooled Everyone

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of From the Heart, Dr. Nim Goldshtrom and Dr. Adrianne Bischoff dissect a hemodynamics consult that changes shape twice in 48 hours. A 3

#463 - 🗳️ Meet the Neonatologist Running for AAP President - A Conversation with Dr. Wanda Barfield

Send us Fan Mail Disclosure: Dr. Wanda Barfield appeared on this episode in her personal capacity. The views she expresses are her own and do not represent the official

#462 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from September 5th 2026

Send us Fan Mail This week's Journal Club. Monday, nasal CPAP versus NIPPV as the bridge to minimally invasive surfactant in infants born before 30 weeks, first aut

#462 - [Neo News] - 📌 What Does The Pitt Get Right About Boundaries in Medicine?

Send us Fan Mail A medical student on The Pitt finishes her shift, is asked to stay, and tells her supervisor to learn some boundaries. The internet did not let it go. B

#462 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Dexamethasone Eye Drops Prevent Treatment Requiring ROP?

Send us Fan Mail Steroids again? This time in the eye. Daphna brings the DROP-ROP trial from JAMA Pediatrics, a double-masked randomized study across fourteen Swedish ce

#462 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Continuous vs Bolus Feeding, Which One Grows Babies Better?

Send us Fan Mail Every unit has a bolus camp and a continuous camp, and both are usually dug in. Ben brings a single center non-inferiority trial from India, published i

#462 - [Journal Club] - 📌 After HEAL Does a Second Trial Close the Book on EPO?

Send us Fan Mail We already had HEAL, so why run this trial at all? Daphna brings PAEAN from JAMA Pediatrics, a phase three trial across 24 units in Australia, New Zeala

#462 - [Journal Club] - 📌 After LISA Does CPAP Perform as Well as NIMV Below 30 Weeks?

Send us Fan Mail Most trials comparing CPAP and NIMV leave a lingering doubt about whether surfactant explained the difference. This one does not. Ben brings a multicent

#461 - [🫀 From The Heart] - Blue Baby, Gray Baby: Severe LV Dysfunction Masquerading as PPHN

Send us Fan Mail A term newborn looks fine on mom's chest, then crashes within minutes. By the time transport arrives, there's a pH of 6.9, a lactate over 10,

#460 - Reading as a neuroprotective intervention

Send us Fan Mail Why does reading in the NICU still feel optional when the evidence says otherwise? Daphna sits down with Paige Pedroli, author of the Nic Zoo book and t