Actualizaciones de EvidenceUpdates en Neonatología (VIII)): segundo semestre 2015

Un semestre más, retornamos con las actualizaciones de EvidenceUpdates en Neonatología, en esta ocasión con el segundo semestre del 2015, tanto para revistas biomédicas como en Colaboración Cochrane. 

Como es habitual, seleccionamos aquellas revisiones sistemáticas con una puntuación > 5 en las áreas de interés de EvidenceUpdates: 

- Repeat doses of prenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth for improving neonatal health outcomes. 

- Supreme laryngeal mask airway versus face mask during neonatal resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial. 

- Sustained versus standard inflations during neonatal resuscitation to prevent mortality and improve respiratory outcomes. 

- Neurodevelopmental outcome after a single course of antenatal steroids in children born preterm: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 

- Effect of gastric lavage on feeding in neonates born through meconium-stained liquor: a systematic review. 

- Enteral paracetamol or intravenous indomethacin for closure of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates: A randomized controlled trial. 

- Noninvasive ventilation with vs without early surfactant to prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 

- Nonintubated surfactant application vs conventional therapy in extremely preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial. 

- Animal derived surfactant extract versus protein free synthetic surfactant for the prevention and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome. 

- Treatment options for pediatric patent ductus arteriosus: systematic review and meta-analysis. 

- Early inhaled budesonide for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. 

- Percutaneous central venous catheters versus peripheral cannulae for delivery of parenteral nutrition in neonates. 

- Paracetamol for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 

- Slow advancement of enteral feed volumes to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. 

- Responsive versus scheduled feeding for preterm infants. 

- Prophylactic systemic antifungal agents to prevent mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants. 

- Prophylactic oral/topical non-absorbed antifungal agents to prevent invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants. - Estimating umbilical catheter insertion depth in newborns using weight or body measurement: a randomised trial. - Alternative lipid emulsions versus pure soy oil based lipid emulsions for parenterally fed preterm infants. - Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants. 

Un semestre más, la mejor información científica sobre el recién nacido publicada en los últimos 6 meses y con el rigor de EvidenceUpdates, a golpe de click.