About the group
The main research strategy of the group is to exploit prospectively collected quality-controlled register data, as well as to initiate and participate in clinical studies.
Projects
The group has been involved in a number of research projects:
- Early and late sepsis in a national cohort of premature babies born before 32 weeks of pregnancy during the years 2009 to 2019
- Risk factors for early and late sepsis in a national cohort of premature babies born before 32 weeks during the years 2009 to 2019
- Gram-negative sepsis in a national cohort of premature babies born before 32 weeks during the years 2009 to 2014, virulence factors and antibiotic resistance
- Risks associated with long-term antibiotics exposure without a recognized agent, based on data from NNK (Norwegian Neonatal Network database)
- Consequences of survival and morbidity in the neonatal period for 5 to 10-year old children treated with therapeutic hypothermia during the years 2009 to 2016
- Risk factors for perinatal asphyxia and therapeutic hypothermia during pregnancy and birth in the years 2009 to 2016
- Neonatal seizures; risk factors during pregnancy and birth
- Stillbirths and death during the first year of life – a 10-year long cohort study from 2009 to 2018
- Factors predicting weaning success in extremely premature infants born before 26 weeks of gestation
- Fetal assessment of the myocardium and evaluation of the neonate (FAME-n) study
- CRIB II score as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in premature infants born before 32 weeks of gestation, using data from the Norwegian Neonatal Network database
- TREOCAPA – European clinical randomized placebo-controlled study on prophylactic treatment of ductus arteriosus in premature infants born before 29 weeks of gestation.
Cooperation
We cooperate closely with many national as well as international institutions.
National cooperation
- Norwegian Neonatal Network database
- Medical Birth Registry of Norway
- Department of Health Management and Health Economica, University of Oslo
- Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo
- Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø
- Stavanger University Hospital
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Ålesund Hospital
International cooperation
We have close cooperation with neonatal registers in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland with the prospect of establishing a joint neonatal register.
Selected publications
- High urinary concentrations of parabens and bisphenol A in very low birth weight infants. Kenneth Strømmen, Jan Ludvig Lyche, Sissel Jennifer Moltu, Mette H B Müller, Elin Wahl Blakstad, Astrid Nylander Almaas, Amrit Kaur Sakhi, Cathrine Thomsen, Britt Nakstad, Arild Erlend Rønnestad, Christian A Drevon, Per Ole Iversen. 2021 May;271:129570. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
- Antibiotic Use in Term and Near-Term Newborns. Håkon Stangeland Mundal , Arild Rønnestad, Claus Klingenberg, Hans Jørgen Stensvold, Ketil Størdal. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 1;148(6):e2021051339.
- Duration of Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation Success among Extremely Premature Infants. Mari Oma Ohnstad, Hans Jørgen Stensvold, Christine Raaen Tvedt, Arild E Rønnestad, Norwegian Neonatal Network. Neonatology. 2021;118(1):90-97.
- Stable incidence but regional differences in retinopathy of prematurity in Norway from 2009 to 2017. Beanca Gjølberg Grottenberg, Katinka Madtzog Korseth, Turid Follestad, Hans Jørgen Stensvold, Ragnhild Støen, Dordi Austeng. Acta Ophthalmol. 2021 May;99(3):299-305.
- Management of the Unexpected Difficult Airway in Neonatal Resuscitation. Gazmend Berisha, Anne Marthe Boldingh, Elin Wahl Blakstad, Arild Erlend Rønnestad, Anne Lee Solevåg. Front Pediatr. 2021 Oct 28;9:699159.
- Bi-Level Noninvasive Ventilation in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Solevåg AL, Cheung PY, Schmölzer GM. Neonatology. 2021;118(3):264-273. doi: 10.1159/000514637. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33756488.