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Namasivayam Ambalavanan

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Verified email at uab.edu
Cited by 22436

Prolonged duration of initial empirical antibiotic treatment is associated with increased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and death for extremely low birth weight infants

…, NI Hansen, PJ Sanchez, N Ambalavanan… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES. Our objectives were to identify factors associated with the duration of the first
antibiotic course initiated in the first 3 postnatal days and to assess associations between the …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment for mild chronic hypertension during pregnancy

…, ZS Galis, L Harper, N Ambalavanan… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The benefits and safety of the treatment of mild chronic hypertension (blood
pressure, <160/100 mm Hg) during pregnancy are uncertain. Data are needed on whether a …

Mortality, in-hospital morbidity, care practices, and 2-year outcomes for extremely preterm infants in the US, 2013-2018

…, CT D'Angio, S Winter, J Fuller, A Das, N Ambalavanan… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite improvement during recent decades, extremely preterm infants continue
to contribute disproportionately to neonatal mortality and childhood morbidity. Objective To …

Incidence and outcomes of neonatal acute kidney injury (AWAKEN): a multicentre, multinational, observational cohort study

…, R Raina, D Kumar, N Ambalavanan… - The lancet child & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Findings from single-centre studies suggest that neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI)
is associated with poor outcomes. However, because of the small sample size of those …

[HTML][HTML] Acute kidney injury in critically ill newborns: what do we know? What do we need to learn?

DJ Askenazi, N Ambalavanan, SL Goldstein - Pediatric nephrology, 2009 - Springer
Outcomes in critically ill neonates have improved over the past three decades, yet high
residual mortality and morbidity rates exist. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is not just an innocent by-…

Prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by postnatal age in extremely premature infants

…, CL Bose, PB Smith, N Ambalavanan… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Benefits of identifying risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely
premature infants include providing prognostic information, identifying infants likely to benefit …

Prospective analysis of pulmonary hypertension in extremely low birth weight infants

…, AA Salas, C Foster, WA Carlo, N Ambalavanan - Pediatrics, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: Pulmonary hypertension is associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in
extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants and contributes to morbidity and mortality. The …

[HTML][HTML] Acute kidney injury reduces survival in very low birth weight infants

R Koralkar, N Ambalavanan, EB Levitan, G McGwin… - Pediatric …, 2011 - nature.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) independently predicts mortality in children and adults. Our
understanding of the epidemiology of AKI in very LBW (VLBW) infants is limited to retrospective …

Cytokines associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely low birth weight infants

N Ambalavanan, WA Carlo, CT D'Angio… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. The goal was to develop multivariate logistic regression models for the outcome
of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or death at postmenstrual age of 36 weeks by using …

Effect of therapeutic hypothermia initiated after 6 hours of age on death or disability among newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a randomized clinical …

…, EF Bell, RN Goldberg, NA Parikh, N Ambalavanan… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Hypothermia initiated at less than 6 hours after birth reduces death or disability
for infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at 36 weeks’ or later gestation. To our …