The Incubator

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#471 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from October 17th 2026

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna dig into four studies testing what simple, evidence-based care looks like at the bedside. They open w

Oct 17
1 h 20 min

#472 - Can a Badge Card Make Neonatal Resuscitation Easier at 2 a.m.?

Send us Fan Mail What do you reach for when you're called to a delivery at 2 a.m. and the NRP algorithm feels just out of reach? In this episode, Ben sits down with

Oct 16
8 min

#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 A Review of the New AAP UTI Guidelines for Neonates

Send us Fan Mail How long should you treat a UTI in an 8-day-old, and when do you really need a VCUG? On this Journal Club, Daphna breaks down the brand-new AAP clinical

Oct 15
22 min

#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Should a 34 weeker be resuscitated with 21% or 30% oxygen?

Send us Fan Mail What FiO2 should you start at for a 34-week preterm infant who needs help breathing at birth? On this Journal Club, Ben reviews the AIROPLANE trial, a c

Oct 14
16 min

#473 - 🟣 [FANNP 2026] - How will we Fill the Gaps in the NICU Workforce?

Send us Fan Mail Recording live at the FANNP National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Daphna and Christa sit down with Dr. Jacqui Hoffman, associate professor in

Oct 14
16 min

#473 - 🟣 [FANNP 2026] - Do Breastfeeding Mothers Really Need to Pump and Dump After Anesthesia?

Send us Fan Mail When a NICU mother comes back from surgery, do you know what she was told about pumping? Recording live at the FANNP National Neonatal Nurse Practitione

Oct 14
19 min

#473 - 🟣 [FANNP 2026] - What will a NICU parent remember about you decades from now?

Send us Fan Mail Recording live at the FANNP National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Daphna and Christa sit down with Dr. Debbie Shirey, Associate Dean for Gradu

Oct 14
16 min

#473 - 🟣 [FANNP 2026] - Why is the kidney the forgotten organ in the NICU?

Send us Fan Mail Are you still waiting for a creatinine of 1.5 before calling it acute kidney injury? Recording live from the FANNP National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Oct 13
22 min

#473 - 🟣 [FANNP 2026] - What happens when you ask NICU parents to ask you a question?

Send us Fan Mail What if the sedative you added to spare opioids is the reason your patient is still on them? Recording live from the 2026 National Neonatal Nurse Practi

Oct 13
17 min

#473 - 🟣 FANNP 2026 COVERAGE

Send us Fan Mail The Incubator Podcast is coming to you from the sold-out National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Symposium in sunny Clearwater, Florida! Daphna is joined b

Oct 13
7 min

#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Could Banana Puree Help Preterm Infants Finally Feed?

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when a feeder-grower has tried every bottle, nipple, and pacing strategy and still can’t finish a feed? On this Journal Club, Daphna brin

Oct 13
21 min

#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 The remarkable effect of probiotics on NEC in Sweden

Send us Fan Mail Has the evidence on probiotics finally reached a tipping point? On this Journal Club, Ben, fresh off a night shift, opens with two announcements: a foll

Oct 13
28 min

#470 - ABP Reverses Course on Two Year Neo Fellowship

Send us Fan Mail The American Board of Pediatrics has reversed course. After months of pushback from the neonatology community, the ABP has excluded neonatal-perinatal m

Oct 6
27 min

#469 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from October 3rd 2026

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna dig into four studies testing what the evidence supports at the bedside. They open with the 24-month

Oct 3
1 h 41 min

#469 - [Neo News] - 📌 Does Tylenol in Pregnancy Really Cause Autism or ADHD?

Send us Fan Mail Does Tylenol in pregnancy cause autism or ADHD? In this edition of Neo News, Ben and Eli break down a major JAMA Internal Medicine study from Hong Kong

Oct 2
21 min

#469 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Should organ donation be part of every neonatal end-of-life conversation?

Send us Fan Mail In this Journal Club episode, Daphna reviews the first national estimate of potential neonatal organ donors, a Pediatrics cohort study from 23 Australia

Oct 1
27 min

#469 - [Journal Club] - 📌 What did two Dutch NICUs learn from routine probiotics in preterm infants?

Send us Fan Mail In this Journal Club episode, Ben reviews a JAMA Network Open study from two Dutch Level IV NICUs. It examined NEC before and after routine implementati

Sep 30
22 min

#469 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Does targeted fortification change brain growth at term?

Send us Fan Mail In this Journal Club episode, Daphna presents a JAMA Pediatrics randomized trial led by Mandy Belfort and Terrie Inder. It tested whether point-of-care

Sep 29
17 min

#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

Sep 28
24 min

#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

Sep 25
39 min

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What listeners say

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Great podcast. An ideal way for neonatal health care professionals to learn about the latest advances in the field. I regularly listen to the podcasts by Ben and Daphna on my drives, during exercise to update - my favorite podcasts are the journal clubs and interviews of inspiring physician-scientists. - Satyan Lakshminrusimha

Icndoc · Aug 2026

I have been listening to the Incubator in various forms (board review, journal club, and recently the podcasts covering PAS as I was not able to join) for several years now— I continue to find it helpful with staying up to date with current topics/ controversies, learning historical context behind disease processes (I particularly loved the episode on HIE and therapeutic hypothermia), reviewing physiology,.. you name it. Thank you Daphna and Ben for providing such an easily accessible forum that covers so many layers of neonatology, inclusive of not just neonatal expert opinions but also parental values (see PAS interview with two NICU parents). It is what I listen to on my daily drive to and from the unit :)

Gools80 · May 2026

I am a NICU pharmacist who rounds at the bedside with providers. This podcast has allowed me to introduce possible changes in practice to our team and helps me stay up to date with new literature.

NICURx · Sep 2024

I’m starting NICU fellowship in a few months, and I love this podcast as an easy way to keep up with the latest in evidence-based Neonatology! Daphne and Ben are so smart and easy to listen to. The journal club episodes are my favorite, but I love them all!

Bip472 · May 2023

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