The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#396 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Cooling Late Preterms: Higher Mortality in 34-35 Weekers?
22 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Send a text In this segment, Ben and Daphna review a retrospective study from the Hospital for Sick Children comparing outcomes of therapeutic hypothermia in late preterm (34-35 weeks) versus early term (36-37 weeks) infants. They discuss the significantly higher rates of mortality, hemodynamic instability, and hypoglycemia found in the younger cohort, known as "Group 1". The hosts explore the implications of using MRI scoring systems like the Weeke score for preterm brains and debate the eth...