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Calum Roberts
@calumtheroberts.bsky.social
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Neonatologist and researcher at Monash Children's Hospital and Monash University, Scottish Melburnian.
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Beth Allison @bethjallison.bsky.social · Sep 16
NEW PAPER

Compromised cardiopulmonary transition in fetal growth restricted and small for gestational age neonates

Suboptimal fetal growth → altered cardiac structure/function → higher risk of impaired adaptation at birth, respiratory morbidity, and long-term CV risk.

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Compromised cardiopulmonary transition in fetal growth restricted and small for gestational age neonates
Abstract figure legend Differences in cardiovascular function between appropriately grown (AG) and fetal growth restricted (FGR) infants after the cardiopulmonary transition at birth. AG infants typi....
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Calum Roberts @calumtheroberts.bsky.social · Sep 3
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Face mask versus nasal mask device use for initial resuscitation in extremely and very preterm infants (FONDUE): an open-label, single-centre, randomised, controlled trial
In very preterm infants, compared with fCPAP, the initial use of nCPAP at birth was more likely to result in CPAP success, avoiding the need for positive pressure ventilation and reducing exposure to ...
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Calum Roberts @calumtheroberts.bsky.social · Sep 3
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Nasal mask support improves breathing in preterm babies, Monash-led trial finds
Using a nasal mask instead of a traditional face mask to support very premature babies at birth can significantly reduce the need for rescue breathing and escalation of care, a world-first trial led b...
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The SURFSUP Trial @surfsuptrial.bsky.social · Aug 8
SURFSUP is currently enrolling infants in >40 units (NICUs and non-tertiary units) across 5 countries 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿🇳🇴🇬🇧
More than 450/1000 planned participants have already participated. We are tremendously grateful to every family that has chosen to take part 😀
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The SURFSUP Trial @surfsuptrial.bsky.social · Aug 8
Welcome to the new BlueSky home for the SURFSUP Trial! SURFSUP is a RCT including preterm infants ≥1250g, comparing supraglottic airway surfactant vs minimally invasive surfactant by thin catheter in preventing surfactant treatment failure. We'll be posting updates on the trial here 🏄🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️
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NeoGASTRIC Trial @neogastrictrial.bsky.social · Jun 16
We did it! Baby 5000 has arrived! 🍼 Congratulations to Medway Maritime Hospital! A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible. Here’s to the next milestone! 💙 👏

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the word congratulations is surrounded by confetti and sprinkles
ALT: the word congratulations is surrounded by confetti and sprinkles
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Gabriel Altit - NeoCardioLab @cardioneo.bsky.social · Jun 5
Such a pleasure to be present at this fantastic conference! More here on the Annual Neonatal Conference at James Cook University Hospital : www.neocardiolab.com/tnecho-and-n...

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Gabriel Altit - NeoCardioLab @cardioneo.bsky.social · Jun 7
Annual International Neonatal Conference 2025 was a great success. Honoured to be part of this year’s edition—exceptional talks, great science, engaged audience, new connections & inspiring exchanges. Grateful to the organizers for the invitation
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Neena Modi @neenamodi1.bsky.social · Jun 6
Honoured to be part of the excellent Middlesbrough neonatal meeting 2025 at James Cook University Hospital! Great science, great friendship, great hospitality! Pleased to discuss the COLLABORATE study www.imperial.ac.uk/neonatal-dat... 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 @cardioneo.bsky.social @calumtheroberts.bsky.social
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Neonatal Update @neonatalupdate.bsky.social · Apr 30
We are honoured that Peter Davis, Professor of #neonatal medicine at The Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne, will present the #DavidHarvey lecture this year.
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#ILCOR #CochraneCollab #ventilation #neonatal
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Calum Roberts @calumtheroberts.bsky.social · Mar 26
The bubble CPAP circuit is lower resistance and more pressure stable, and the gas is heated and humidified, so potentially several factors at play. It seems to work well for whatever reason(s)!
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Beth Allison @bethjallison.bsky.social · Feb 6
In work completed by my fabulous PhD student Beth Piscopo, we undertook a large retrospective cohort study showing in very preterm infants the presence of SGA or suspected FGR is associated with a reduced rate of IVH, compared to infants without SGA/FGR.

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The interplay between birth weight and intraventricular hemorrhage in very preterm neonates – a retrospective cohort study
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) most commonly occurs in infants born very preterm (<32 weeks’ gestation). There are mixed findings on whether infant…
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Evidence-based Neonatology @ebneo.bsky.social · Jan 1
Congrats to the ECLAT trial - voted the 2023 Impact Article of the Year!

How did this trial impact your practice?

Original pub: buff.ly/4fzwECw
#ebneoreviews: buff.ly/49IhYPm

Campaign review with @nicupodcast coming soon!

#neoebm #EBNeoImpact23 #neosky
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Calum Roberts @calumtheroberts.bsky.social · Dec 30
50 year outcomes! Impressive stuff from the Liggins @aucklanduni.bsky.social

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Health Outcomes 50 Years After Preterm Birth in Participants of a Trial of Antenatal Betamethasone
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Preterm birth results in neonatal and childhood morbidity and mortality. Additionally, population-based studies show poorer cardiovascular health in adult survivors, but a f...
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Calum Roberts @calumtheroberts.bsky.social · Nov 20
I’m a fan of this review article from @profafif.bsky.social which outlines this type of pathophysiology based approach to treatment

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Haemodynamic assessment and management of hypotension in the preterm
The management of low blood flow states in premature neonates is fraught with many challenges. We remain over-reliant on regimented stepwise protocols that use mean blood pressure as a threshold for i...
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