VERA LUCIA JORNADA KREBS
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Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/36 - Laboratório de Pediatria Clínica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/36 - Laboratório de Pediatria Clínica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Complete blood count and C-reactive protein to predict positive blood culture among neonates using machine learning algorithms(2023) MATSUSHITA, Felipe Yu; KREBS, Vera Lucia Jornada; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow dePurpose: The authors aimed to develop a Machine-Learning (ML) algorithm that can predict positive blood culture in the neonatal intensive care unit, using complete blood count and C-reactive protein values.Methods: The study was based on patients' electronic health records at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All blood cultures that had paired complete blood count and C-reactive protein measurements taken at the same time were included. To evaluate the machine learning model's performance, the authors used accuracy, Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics (AUROC), recall, precision, and F1-score.Results: The dataset included 1181 blood cultures with paired complete blood count plus c-reactive protein and 1911 blood cultures with paired complete blood count only. The f1-score ranged from 0.14 to 0.43, recall ranged from 0.08 to 0.59, precision ranged from 0.29 to 1.00, and accuracy ranged from 0.688 to 0.864.Conclusion: Complete blood count parameters and C-reactive protein levels cannot be used in ML models to pre-dict bacteremia in newborns.
- Risk factors of acute kidney injury in very low birth weight infants in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit(2023) MORAES, Lucas Hirano Arruda; KREBS, Vera Lucia Jornada; KOCH, Vera Hermina Kalika; MAGALHAES, Natalia Assis Medeiros; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow deObjective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the neonatal period is associated with worst outcomes as increased mortality and increased length of hospital stay. Very low birth weight (VLBW) newborns are at higher risk for developing several other conditions that are associated with worst outcomes. Understanding the risk factors for AKI may help to prevent this condition and improve neonatal care for this population. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 155 very low birth weight newborns admitted between 2015 and 2017. The authors compared the newborns who developed neonatal AKI with the non-AKI group and analyzed the main risk factors for developing AKI in the population. The authors also performed an analysis of the main outcomes defined as the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and death. Results: From the cohort, a total of 61 (39.4%) patients had AKI. The main risk factors associated with Neonatal AKI were necrotizing enterocolitis (aOR 7.61 [1.69 - 34.37]; p = 0.008), neonatal sepsis (aOR 2.91 [1.17 - 7.24], p = 0.021), and hemodynamic instability (aOR 2.99 [1.35 - 6.64]; p = 0.007). Neonatal AKI was also associated with an increase in the duration of mechanical ventilation in 9.4 days (p = 0.026) and in an increase in mortality 4 times (p = 0.009), after adjusting for the other variables. Conclusion: The present results highlight the importance of minimizing sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis, as well as the importance of identifying hemodynamic instability, to prevent AKI and diminish the burden of morbimortality in VLBW newborns. (c) 2022 Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria.
- Clinical characteristics and evolution of 71 neonates born to mothers with COVID-19 at a tertiary center in Brazil(2022) DUARTE, Bruna de Paula; KREBS, Vera Lucia Jornada; CALIL, Valdenise Martins Laurindo Tuma; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow de; GIBELLI, Maria Augusta Bento Cicaroni; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli VieiraIntroduction: Limited data are available on pregnant women with COVID-19 and their neonates.Objective: This study aimed to describe clinical characteristics and evolution from birth to discharge of a retrospec-tive cohort of 71 neonates, with one set of twins, born to women with COVID-19 diagnosed at the end of preg-nancy. The authors included all newborns admitted into a neonatal unit of a tertiary hospital in Brazil, between March 2020 and March 2021, whose unvaccinated mothers had COVID-19 symptoms and RT-PCR (Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) for SARS-CoV-2 positive within fourteen days prior to delivery. Newborns to mothers with COVID-19 symptoms and negative tests for SARS-CoV-2 were excluded. Results: The main route of birth delivery was cesarean, corresponding to 60 pregnant women (84.5%). The fore-most indications for cesarean were pregnant with critical disease (24.6%) and acute fetal distress (20.3%). The mean birth weight was 2452 g (865-3870 g) and the mean gestational age was 345/7 weeks (25-40 weeks). There were 45 premature newborns (63.3%), of which 21 newborns (29.5%) were less than 32 weeks of gestational age. RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 on oropharyngeal swabs was positive in 2 newborns (2.8%) and negative in the other 69 newborns (97.2%). Most newborns (51.4%) needed respiratory support. Therapeutic interventions dur-ing hospitalization were inotropic drugs (9.9%), antibiotics (22.8%), parenteral nutrition (26.8%), and photother-apy (46.5%).Conclusion: Maternal COVID-19 diagnosticated close to delivery has an impact on the first days of neonatal life.