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Recent Publications

Our faculty have authored more than 200 publications in the last four years—a means to furthering medical knowledge in the global medical community toward the ultimate end of improving patient care and outcomes.

2006–2007

Articles | Book Chapters | Books

Articles ^

    • Abrams SA. Building bones in babies: Can and should we exceed the human milk-fed infant's rate of bone calcium accretion? Nutr Rev 2006; 64(11):487–494.
  • Abrams SA. In utero physiology: Role in nutrient delivery and fetal development for calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 85(2):604S–607S.
  • Abrams SA, Hilmers DC. Improving rehydration solutions with human milk proteins: are the benefits worth the challenges? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007; 44(3):298–299.
  • Abrams SA, Strewler GJ. Adolescence: How do we increase intestinal calcium absorption to allow for bone mineral mass accumulation? BoneKEy-Osteovision 2007; 4(5):147–157.
  • Ballard RA, Truog WE, Cnaan A, Martin RJ, Ballard PL, Merrill JD, Walsh MC, Durand DJ, Mayock DE, Eichenwald EC, Null DR, Hudack ML, Puri AR, Golombek SG, Courtney SE, Stewart DL, Welty SE, Phibbs RH, Hibbs AM, Luan X, Wadlinger SR, Asselin JM, Coburn CE; NO CLD Study Group. Inhaled nitric oxide in preterm infants undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med 2006; 355(4):343–353.
  • Bhakta KY, Stark AR. Management of chronic lung disease of the premature infant. Curr Pediatr 2006; 16:165–171.
  • Eichenwald EC.  High frequency oscillatory ventilation: Is equivalence with conventional mechanical ventilation enough? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91(5):F315–F317.
  • Escobar GJ, McCormick MC, Zupancic JAF, Coleman-Phox K, Armstrong MA, Greene JD, Eichenwald EC, Richardson DK. Unstudied infants: Outcomes of moderately premature infants in the NICU. Arch Dis Child 2006; 91(4): F238–F244.
  • Estrada B, Carter M, Barik S, Vidal R, Herbert D, Ramsey KM. Severe human metapneumovirus infection in hospitalized children. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2007; 46(3):258–262.
  • Etcheverry P, Castrens GE, Brown E, Hawthorne KM, Chen Z, Griffin IJ. Production of stable-isotope-labeled bovine heme and its use to measure heme-iron absorption in children. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 85(2):452–459.
  • Fanaroff AA, Stoll BJ, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Stark AR, Bauer CR, Donovan EF, Korones SB, Laptook AR, Lemons JA, Oh W, Papile LA, Shankaran S, Stevenson DK, Tyson JE, Poole WK; Neonatal Research Network. Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birth weight infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 196(2):147.
  • Fortunov RM, Hulten KG, Hammerman WA, Mason EO, Kaplan SL. Community-acquired staphylococcus aureus infections in term and near-term previously healthy neonates. Pediatr 2006; 118(3):874–881.
  • Griffin IJ. Nutritional assessment in preterm infants. Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatric Program 2007; 59:177–192.
  • Hicks PD, Zavaleta N, Chen Z, Abrams SA, Lonnerdal B. Iron deficiency, but not anemia, upregulates iron absorption in breast-fed Peruvian infants. J Nutr 2006; 136(9):2435–2438.
  • Holloway L, Moynihan S, Abrams SA, Kent K, Hsu AR, Friedlander AL. Effects of oligofructose-enriched insulin on intestinal absorption of calcium and magnesium and bone turnover markers in postmenopausal women. Br J Nutr 2007; 97(2):365–372.
  • Kabra NS, Schmidt B, Roberts RS, Doyle LW, Papile LA, Fanaroff AA. Neurosensory impairment after surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus in extremely low birth weight infants: Results from the trial of indomethacin prophylaxis in preterms. J Pediatr 2007; 150(3):229–234.
  • Konduri GG, Vohr B, Robertson C, Sokol GM, Solimano A, Singer J, Ehrenkranz RA, Singhal N, Wright LL, Van Meurs K, Stork E, Kirpalani H, Peliowski A, Johnson YR; Neonatal inhaled nitric oxide study group. Early inhaled nitric oxide therapy for term and near-term newborn infants with hypoxic respiratory failure: Neurodevelopmental follow-up. J Pediatr 2007; 150(3):235–240.
  • Lynch MF, Griffin IJ, Hawthorne KM, Chen Z, Hamzo MG, Abrams SA. Calcium balance in 1–4-y-old children. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 85(3):750–754.
  • Lynch MF, Griffin IJ, Hawthorne KM, Chen Z, Hamzo MG, Abrams SA. Iron absorption is more closely related to iron status than daily iron intake in 12 to 48 month-old children. J Nutr 2007; 137(1):88–92.
  • Moorthy B, Muthiah K, Fazili IS, Kondraganti SR, Wang L, Couroucli XI, Jiang W. 3-Methylcholanthrene elicits DNA adduct formation in the CYP1A1 promoter region and attenuates reporter gene expression in rat H4IIE cells.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 354(4): 1071–1077.
  • Natarajan G, Johnson YR, Zhang F, Mei Chen K, Worsham MJ. Real-time polymerase chain reaction for the rapid detection of group B streptococcal colonization in neonates. Pediatr 118(1):14–22, 2006.
  • Oluola O, Kong L, Fein M, Weisman LE. Lysostaphin in treatment of neonatal staphylococcus aureus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51(6):2198–2200.
  • Profit J, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Richardson DK, Zheng Z, Coleman-Phox K, Roberts RH, Zupancic JA. Neonatal intensive care unit census influences discharge of moderately preterm infants. Pediatr 2007; 119(2):314–319.
  • Profit J, Zupancic JAF, Gould JB, Petersen LA. Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatr 2007; 119(5):975–982.
  • Profit J, Zupancic JAF, McCormick MC, Richardson DK, Escobar GJ, Tucker J, Tarnow-Mordi W, Parry G. Moderately premature infants at Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in California are discharged home earlier than their peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Arch of Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91(4):F245–F250.
  • Raju TNK, Higgins RD, Stark AR, Leveno KJ. Optimizing care and outcome for late preterm (near-term) infants: A summary of the workshop sponsored by National Institute of Child Health Development. Pediatr 2006; 118(3): 1207–1214.
  • Scott DA, Klaassens M, Holder AM, Lally KP, Fernandes CJ, Galjaard RJ, Tibboel D, de Klein A, Lee B. Genome-wide oligonucleotide-based array comparative genome hybridization analysis of non-isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Hum Mol Genet 2007; 16(4):424–430.
  • Speer ME. Immune and non-immune hydrops fetalis. Neonatology Today 2006; 1:1, 3–6.
  • Speer ME, Boron M, Mclaurin K, Cohen A, Rankin M, Groothuis J. Palivizumab outcomes in registry 2000 to 2004: Delayed prophylaxis in children at high risk of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. Neonatology Today 2007; 2:1–5.
  • Stark AR. Inhaled NO for preterm infants—getting to yes? N Engl J Med 2006; 355(4):404–406.
  • VanderVeen DK, Mansfield TA, Eichenwald EC. Lower oxygen saturation alarm limits decrease the severity of retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS 2005; 10(5):445–448.
  • Venkatesh MP, Pham D, Fein M, Kong L, Weisman LE. Neonatal coinfection model of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (staphylococcus epidermidis) and candida albicans: Fluconazol prophylaxis enhances survival and growth. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51(4):1240–1245.
  • Venkatesh MP, Placencia FX, Weisman LE. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections in the neonate and child: An update. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2006; 17(3):120–127.
  • Venkatesh MP, Weisman LE. Prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants: An update. Expert Rev Vaccines 2006; 5(2):261–268.
  • Venkatesh MP, Weisman LE. Patient isolation measures for infants with candida colonization or infection for preventing or reducing transmission of candida in neonatal units. Cochrane Library 2007; Issue 1. 
  • Weisman LE. Antibody for the prevention of neonatal nosocomial staphylococcal infection. Progres en Neonatologie 2007; 27:55–62.
  • Weisman LE. Ureaplasma and preterm birth. Progres en Neonatologie 2007; 27:483–490.

Book Chapters ^

  • Adams JM. Oxygen therapy and monitoring in the newborn. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: Up To Date, 2007.
  • Adams JM, Stark AR. Management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia-II. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: 2007.
  • Adams JM, Stark AR. Outcome of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: 2006.
  • Adams JM, Stark AR. Postnatal use of glucocorticoids in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: 2007.
  • Adams JM, Stark AR. Prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: 2007.
  • Chan S. Neonatal hypoglycemia. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.), Waltham, MA: 2006.
  • Chan S, Stark AR. Neonatal hyperglycemia. In: UpToDate (Rose BD, ed.) Waltham, MA: 2006.
  • Hankins GD, Speer ME. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. In: High-Risk Pregnancy (Queenan JT, ed.) Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2007, 352-360.
  • Profit J, Haney PM. Fluid and electrolyte therapy in newborns. In: UpToDate (Feigin RD, ed), Wellesley, MA: 2006
  • Profit J, Haney PM. Metabolic emergencies at birth. In: UpToDate (Feigin RD, ed), Wellesley, MA: 2006.
  • Speer ME. Current and future options for the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection. In: US Special Populations Pediatrics Review 2006 (Bristow H, ed.), London, UK: Touch Briefings, 2007, 38-41.
  • Venkatesh MP, Adams K, Weisman LE. Infection in the neonate. In: A Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 6th edition (Merenstein GB, Gardner SL, eds.), St. Louis, MO: CV Mosby Company, 2006, 569–594.