Khalid A. Altirkawi

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Do you subscribe to the practice of withholding feeding in preterm infants when they receive a blood transfusion?

The association of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and blood transfusion is suggested by several case series and observational studies. The few RCTs dealt with this matter so far have not...

29 March 2014 4,110 14 View

Do you use a "high" dose of vitamin D in the management of osteopenia of prematurity?

Osteopenia of prematurity is a common occurrence. It is believed to be mainly a result of a lack of substrate (Calcium) to the growing bones rather than vitamin D deficiency. Severe cases are...

18 December 2013 1,308 8 View

Do those of you who offer the BCG vaccine to their NICU graduates have specific guidelines applicable to preterm infants?

We were used to offer BCG vaccine to healthy term infants upon discharge from the birth hospital. When it comes to preterm ones the discharge point was used as an acceptable cutoff point. However,...

18 August 2013 222 7 View

Do you think that using the "new" saturation monitors with short averaging time will or should affect the management decision?

Using a shorter averaging time ends up in a different "significant" apnea detection rate, i.e.less episodes of more than 20 seconds duration and more episodes of less than 20 seconds length. It...

17 May 2013 3,531 7 View

Role of hand hygiene in reducing infections in NICU is well known; How do you help your team to improve their compliance?

Reducing the rate of nosocomial infections is in the center of every NICU worker objectives. How to achieve it?

30 April 2013 8,921 8 View