Neonatology

July 22, 2021

Change in respiratory care strategies benefits preterm infants

A decade’s worth of data shows that neonatologists are shifting the type of respiratory support they utilize for preterm infants, a move that could lead to improved health outcomes.

By Christina Echegaray
May 20, 2021

New clue to lung scarring

Vanderbilt neonatology team pinpoints signaling pathways involved in the progressive lung fibrosis that occurs in rare genetic diseases.

By Bill Snyder
April 22, 2021

Study seeks to increase volume-targeted ventilation use

For more than two decades, evidence has accrued that the use of volume-targeted ventilation (VTV) results in better outcomes in neonates who require mechanical ventilation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

By Jessica Pasley
August 6, 2020

Patrick receives award for children’s health research

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, has been awarded the fifth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research.

By Christina Echegaray
March 5, 2020

Clues to lung injury in preterm babies

Jennifer Sucre and colleagues have discovered a factor that contributes to the pathological changes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the most common complication of preterm birth.

By Leigh MacMillan
Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party. The event, now in its eighth year, again benefited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. New this year, proceeds supported neonatology training and research. The daylong Harvest Party, sponsored by Delta Dental of Tennessee and Pinnacle Bank, featured food, drinks and a concert by country music star and Arrington Vineyards co-owner Kix Brooks. Shown here are Troy Turek and his daughter, Olivia, enjoying the day with Champ.
August 22, 2019

Harvest Party

Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 11, 2018

Tim McGraw stars in fundraising ad for Children’s Hospital NICU

Country music star Tim McGraw has teamed up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to promote the hospital’s Give to the Next Breath initiative, a philanthropic marketing effort to support the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
By Paige Turner
June 29, 2017

Event celebrates Walsh’s career as chief of Nurseries

William Walsh, M.D., has always “put the baby in the middle” — sometimes literally, but most often figuratively.
By Christina Echegaray
June 15, 2017

Patrick honored for neonatal abstinence syndrome research

Stephen W. Patrick, M.D., MPH, MS, has been chosen to receive the Nemours Child Health Services Research Award, recognizing his work surrounding neonatal abstinence syndrome, a drug withdrawal syndrome experienced by infants exposed to opioids while in utero.
By Christina Echegaray
May 4, 2017

Study finds male infants at increased risk for NAS

Male infants are more likely at birth than their female counterparts to be diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms, also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and to require treatment, according to a new Vanderbilt study published in Hospital Pediatrics.
By Christina Echegaray
February 23, 2017

A target to heal tiny lungs

The protein beta-catenin may be a good target for therapies to treat lung disease that is a common complication of preterm birth.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 1, 2015

Higher cigarette taxes linked to fewer infant deaths

Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics.
By Christina Echegaray
May 20, 2015

Preventing early pregnancy complications

The enzyme alkaline phosphatase may provide a new therapeutic option for women at high risk of pregnancy complications due to bacterial toxin exposure.
By Leigh MacMillan