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NCC is excited to highlight expert insights of Reviewer Jay P. Goldsmith, MD from Tulane University School of Medicine! Check out his valuable opinions on the latest publications, including his renowned work, 'Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate'.

New CE module - WB2631 Newborn Skin Disorders. Recognize the risk factors indicating the need for further evaluation of newborn rashes, birthmarks, and skin-covered developmental abnormalities which may be linked to congenital infection, malignancy, or systemic syndromes and outline the recommendations provided for additional evaluation, management, imaging, and/or referral when specific skin disorders are suspected.

A review of neonatal clinical trials revealed that despite 91 articles reporting eligible infants, only 44.4% were included in the results. Noninclusion was primarily due to modifiable or potentially modifiable reasons.

New CE module - WB2632 Enteral Nutrition For At-Risk Neonates. Recall that mother’s own milk (MOM) is the preferred diet for preterm infants while recognizing the need for development of evidence-based clinical guidelines to optimize use of donor human milk when MOM is unavailable, identify challenges to the provision of adequate enteral nutrition in term infants and iscuss the importance of early protein intake and the recommended approaches to achieve adequate intake using combined parenteral and enteral approaches.

Harvard Medical School's retrospective cohort study found that GLP-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes reduce the risk of new-onset uterine fibroids, with patients taking at least two doses.

A randomized trial of infants found routine nutrition interventions essential for supporting moderate-to-late preterm infants until exclusively breastfeeding, without affecting enteral feeding or body composition at 4 months.

A study reveals that <1% of newborns with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) are diagnosed with a higher all-cause readmission rate of 4.2%. Infants with NOWS are at higher risk of seizures, failure to thrive, traumatic brain injury, and skull fractures.

This study found no significant difference in treatment length or neurobehavioral scores between infants treated with clonidine or morphine, but more needed adjunct therapy. Clonidine's efficacy is comparable to morphine.

New CE module - WB2639 Normal and Abnormal Findings in the Neonatal Neurological Examination. Outline the normal features of the neonatal neurological examination and explain the importance of establishing an estimate of gestational age as an initial step, describe the major abnormalities most often observed in the course of the neonatal neurological examination and discuss the most common underlying causes of these abnormalities.