#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 certificat...
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The Incubator
A weekly discussion about new evidence in neonatal care and the fascinating individuals who make this progress possible.Hosted by Dr. Ben Courchia and Dr. Daphna Yasova Barbeau.
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20 of 949 episodes#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 p...
#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 star...
#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 we...
#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 di...
#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-resear...
#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...
#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 d...
#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 be...
#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...
#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 stu...
#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...
#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...
#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 doe...
#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,...
#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, aut...
#459 - Which AI tools are actually ready for the NICU right now?
Send us Fan Mail Is your EMR actually built for neonatology, or just retrofitted to survive it? Ben sits down with Dr. Lindsey Knake, clinic...
#458 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from August 15th 2026
Send us Fan Mail The full week of Journal Club in one place. Monday, the PLaNT trial of prophylactic CPAP for late preterm infants born by c...
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Can the respiratory severity score show us where a baby is heading?
Send us Fan Mail The respiratory severity score is one multiplication most of us already do in our heads, mean airway pressure times FiO2. T...
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Could a handheld light probe detect NEC before the X-ray does?
Send us Fan Mail NEC still tends to announce itself on an X-ray, usually later than we want. This week Daphna reviews the first-in-human stu...