Publications
The education pillar of the neuro-NICU: A framework for competency-based neonatal neurocritical care.
Mohammad K, El-Dib M, Chalak L. Semin Perinatol. 2026 Oct 19:152319. doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2026.152319. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42897044 Review.
To Cool or Not to Cool in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Call for Resources, Training, and Shared Knowledge.
Nakwa FL, Peeples ES, Molloy EJ, Variane GFT, Nimbalkar S, Selvanathan T, Pardo AC, Wusthoff CJ, Herzberg E, Wintermark P; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.
J Pediatr. 2026 Oct;297:115217. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115217. Epub 2026 Jul 1. PMID: 42386126 No abstract available.
Expert Consensus Approach to Developing Inpatient Common Data Elements for Neonatal Encephalopathy Research.
Peeples ES, Mietzsch U, Molloy EJ, Pilon B, Guez-Barber D, Soul J, Mohammad K, deVeber G, Chau V, Bonifacio SL, Craig AK, Afifi J, Sabir H, Groenendaal F, Shany E, Dizon MLV, Iwata O, Okulu E, Jermendy A, Boo NY, El-Dib M, Wintermark P; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Neurology. 2026 Mar 10;106(5):e214658. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214658. Epub 2026 Feb 9. PMID: 41662617 Free PMC article.
Neonatal neurocritical care considerations for prenatally identified neurological disorders.
Gano D, Boardman JP, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Tarui T, Chau V, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Scelsa B, Vollmer B, Mulkey SB, Scher MS, Hart AR, Peeples ES, Nakwa F, Molloy E, Pardo AC; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Pediatr Res. 2026 Aug;100(3):1009-1019. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04691-w. Epub 2026 Jan 7. PMID: 41501412 Free PMC article. Review.
Trends in Term-Equivalent Age Brain Volumes in Infants Born Across the Gestational Age Spectrum. Verschuur AS, van Wezel-Meijler G, Low S, Nijholt IM, Metcalfe A, Skiffington J, Slater DM, Bergeron A, Fiedrich E, Boomsma MF, Tax CMW, Leemans A, Leijser LM. Children (Basel). 2025 Aug 4;12(8):1026. doi: 10.3390/children12081026. PMID: 40868478 Free PMC article.
Data Collection Variability Across Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Registries.
Peeples ES, Mietzsch U, Molloy E, deVeber G, Mohammad K, Soul JS, Guez-Barber D, Pilon B, Chau V, Bonifacio S, Afifi J, Craig A, Wintermark P; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan 23
Neuromonitoring practices for neonates with congenital heart disease: a scoping review.
Pardo AC, Carrasco M, Wintermark P, Nunes D, Chock VY, Sen S, Wusthoff CJ; Newborn Brain Society, Guidelines and Publications Committee. Pediatr Res. 2025 Apr;97(5):1492-1506. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03484-x. Epub 2024 Aug 25. PMID: 39183308 Free PMC article
Practice Variations for Therapeutic Hypothermia in Neonates with Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: An International Survey.
Lee KS, Massaro A, Wintermark P, Soul J, Natarajan G, Dizon MLV, Mietzsch U, Mohammad K, Wu TW, Chandel A, Shenberger J, DiGeronimo R, Peeples ES, Hamrick S, Cardona VQ, Rao R; Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, the Canadian Neonatal Network, and the Newborn Brain Society. J Pediatr. 2024 Nov;274:114181. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114181. Epub 2024 Jun 29. PMID: 38950817
Families as partners in neonatal neuro-critical care programs.
Bansal S, Molloy EJ, Rogers E, Bidegain M, Pilon B, Hurley T, Lemmon ME; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Pediatr Res. 2024
Neuroprotective therapies in the NICU in preterm infants: present and future (Neonatal Neurocritical Care Series).
Molloy EJ, El-Dib M, Soul J, Juul S, Gunn AJ, Bender M, Gonzalez F, Bearer C, Wu Y, Robertson NJ, Cotton M, Branagan A, Hurley T, Tan S, Laptook A, Austin T, Mohammad K, Rogers E, Luyt K, Wintermark P, Bonifacio SL; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Pediatr Res. 2024
Neuroprotective therapies in the NICU in term infants: present and future.
Molloy EJ, El-Dib M, Juul SE, Benders M, Gonzalez F, Bearer C, Wu YW, Robertson NJ, Hurley T, Branagan A, Michael Cotten C, Tan S, Laptook A, Austin T, Mohammad K, Rogers E, Luyt K, Bonifacio S, Soul JS, Gunn AJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Pediatr Res. 2022 Oct 4. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02295-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36195634 Review.
Continuous EEG monitoring still recommended for neonatal seizure management: commentary on NEST trial.
Soul JS, Glass HC, Mohammad K, Ment LR, Smyser CD, Bonifacio SL, Massaro AN, El-Dib M; Newborn Brain Society Board of Directors.
Neonatal Seizures: Challenges and the Road Ahead.
Chau V, Bonifacio SL, Wintermark P; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 Mar;128:76. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.11.014. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PMID: 34991933 No abstract available.
Neuroimaging in the term newborn with neonatal encephalopathy.
Wisnowski JL, Wintermark P, Bonifacio SL, Smyser CD, Barkovich AJ, Edwards AD, de Vries LS, Inder TE, Chau V; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101304. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101304. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID: 34736808 Review.
Proposing a care practice bundle for neonatal encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia.
Wintermark P, Mohammad K, Bonifacio SL; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Electronic address: publications@newbornbrainsociety.org. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101303. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101303. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PMID: 34711527 Review.
Management of seizures in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.
DeLaGarza-Pineda O, Mailo JA, Boylan G, Chau V, Glass HC, Mathur AM, Shellhaas RA, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Chang T; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101279. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101279. Epub 2021 Sep 15. PMID: 34563467 Review.
Supporting families in their child’s journey with neonatal encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia.
Pilon B, Craig AK, Lemmon ME, Goeller A; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101278. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101278. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34561175
Training in neonatal neurocritical care: a proposal for a hybrid model of competence by design and time-based methods.
Mohammad K, Craig AK, Chang T, Tam EWY, Ayed M, de Vries LS, El-Dib MA, Esser MJ, Ferriero DM, Hellström-Westas L, Miller SP, Soul JS, Vollmer B, Glass HC, Smyser CD; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Pediatr Res. 2021 Sep 18. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01727-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34537823
Hemodynamic optimization for neonates with neonatal encephalopathy caused by a hypoxic ischemic event: Physiological and therapeutic considerations.
Rios DR, Lapointe A, Schmolzer GM, Mohammad K, VanMeurs KP, Keller RL, Sehgal A, Lakshminrusimha S, Giesinger RE; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101277. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101277. Epub 2021 Aug 12. PMID: 34481738 Review.
Placental contribution to neonatal encephalopathy.
Penn AA, Wintermark P, Chalak LF, Armstrong J, Redline R, Scher MS, Nelson KB; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Electronic address: http://publications@newbornbrainsociety.org.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101276. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101276. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34420894 Review.
Neonatal encephalopathy: Etiologies other than hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
Sandoval Karamian AG, Mercimek-Andrews S, Mohammad K, Molloy EJ, Chang T, Chau V, Murray DM, Wusthoff CJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101272. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101272. Epub 2021 Aug 4. PMID: 34417137 Review.
Bedside and laboratory neuromonitoring in neonatal encephalopathy.
Chalak L, Hellstrom-Westas L, Bonifacio S, Tsuchida T, Chock V, El-Dib M, Massaro AN, Garcia-Alix A; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101273. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101273. Epub 2021 Jul 28. PMID: 34393094 Review
Subcutaneous fat necrosis associated with hypercalcemia in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
Rodd C, Schwieger-Briel A, Hagmann C; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101269. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101269. Epub 2021 Jul 14. PMID: 34340905 Review.
Haematological issues in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.
Isweisi E, Moore CM, Hurley T, Sola-Visner M, McCallion N, Ainle FN, Zareen Z, Sweetman DU, Curley AE, Molloy EJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101270. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101270. Epub 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 34330681 Review.
Neurological and developmental outcomes following neonatal encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
Marlow N, Shankaran S, Rogers EE, Maitre NL, Smyser CD; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101274. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101274. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PMID: 34330680 Review.
Need for more evidence in the prevention and management of perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries: A call for action.
Krishnan V, Kumar V, Variane GFT, Carlo WA, Bhutta ZA, Sizonenko S, Hansen A, Shankaran S, Thayyil S; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101271. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101271. Epub 2021 Jul 24. PMID: 34330679 Free PMC article. Review.
Neonatal encephalopathy: Focus on epidemiology and underexplored aspects of etiology.
McIntyre S, Nelson KB, Mulkey SB, Lechpammer M, Molloy E, Badawi N; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101265. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101265. Epub 2021 Jul 15. PMID: 34305025 Review.
Nutrition and management of glycemia in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.
Pinchefsky EF, Schneider J, Basu S, Tam EWY, Gale C; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee*.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101268. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101268. Epub 2021 Jul 13. PMID: 34301501 Review.
Medico-legal considerations in the context of neonatal encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia.
Fanaroff JM, Ross MG, Donn SM; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee*.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101266. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101266. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34301500 Review.
Update on mechanisms of the pathophysiology of neonatal encephalopathy.
Davidson JO, Gonzalez F, Gressens P, Gunn AJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101267. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101267. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34274259 Review.
Challenges in respiratory management during therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy.
El-Dib M, Szakmar E, Chakkarapani E, Aly H; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101263. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101263. Epub 2021 Jun 19. PMID: 34244080 Review.
Management of comfort and sedation in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
McPherson C, Frymoyer A, Ortinau CM, Miller SP, Groenendaal F; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101264. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101264. Epub 2021 Jun 23. PMID: 34215538 Free PMC article. Review.
Optimizing initial neonatal resuscitation to reduce neonatal encephalopathy around the world.
Patterson J, North K, Dempsey E, Ishoso D, Trevisanuto D, Lee AC, Kamath-Rayne BD; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101262. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101262. Epub 2021 Jun 22. PMID: 34193380 Review.
Ethical considerations in the care of encephalopathic neonates treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
Lemmon ME, Wusthoff CJ, Boss RD, Rasmussen LA; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101258. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101258. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34176763 Free PMC article.
Perinatal asphyxia from the obstetric standpoint.
Hill MG, Reed KL, Brown RN; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101259. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101259. Epub 2021 Jun 11. PMID: 34175240
Therapies for neonatal encephalopathy: Targeting the latent, secondary and tertiary phases of evolving brain injury.
Chakkarapani AA, Aly H, Benders M, Cotten CM, El-Dib M, Gressens P, Hagberg H, Sabir H, Wintermark P, Robertson NJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101256. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101256. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34154945 Review.
Unanswered questions in neonates with NE.
Wintermark P, El Dib M, Bonifacio SL; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101260. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101260. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34154944 No abstract available.
Issues in the daily management of neonates with NE.
Wintermark P, El Dib M, Bonifacio SL; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101255. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101255. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34144932 No abstract available.
Unanswered questions regarding therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with neonatal encephalopathy.
Sabir H, Bonifacio SL, Gunn AJ, Thoresen M, Chalak LF; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101257. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101257. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34144931 Review.
Fluid management, electrolytes imbalance and renal management in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.
Segar JL, Chock VY, Harer MW, Selewski DT, Askenazi DJ; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee.Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101261. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101261. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34140246 Review.