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Karel OBrien

Neonatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Verified email at sinaihealth.ca
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The evolution of family‐centered care: From supporting parent‐delivered interventions to a model of family integrated care

LS Franck, K O'Brien - Birth defects research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing recognition that parents play a critical role in promoting the health outcomes
of low birthweight and preterm infants. Despite a large body of literature on interventions …

A multilayered approach is needed in the NICU to support parents after the preterm birth of their infant

K Treyvaud, A Spittle, PJ Anderson, K O'Brien - Early human development, 2019 - Elsevier
The premature birth of a child and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a
distressing experience for parents, and has been associated with symptoms of depression, …

Parents as practitioners in preterm care

S Jiang, R Warre, X Qiu, K O'Brien, SK Lee - Early human development, 2014 - Elsevier
The very preterm birth of an infant is physiologically traumatic for the infant and physiologically
and psychologically traumatic for the parents. The manner of care delivery in the first few …

Effectiveness of family integrated care in neonatal intensive care units on infant and parent outcomes: a multicentre, multinational, cluster-randomised controlled trial

K O'Brien, K Robson, M Bracht, M Cruz… - The Lancet Child & …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Despite evidence suggesting that parent involvement was beneficial for infant
and parent outcomes, the Family Integrated Care (FICare) programme was one of the first …

[HTML][HTML] A pilot cohort analytic study of Family Integrated Care in a Canadian neonatal intensive care unit

K O'Brien, M Bracht, K Macdonell, T McBride… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2013 - Springer
Background We have developed a Family Integrated Care (FIC) model for use in a neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) where parents provide most of the care for their infant, while …

The Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada study of predictors of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection for infants born at …

…, H Walti, J Robinson, K O'Brien… - The Pediatric …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Infants born at 33 through 35 completed weeks of gestation (33-35GA) are at
risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, and palivizumab prophylaxis lowers …

Prediction of late death or disability at age 5 years using a count of 3 neonatal morbidities in very low birth weight infants

…, N Itzchack, A Chalaf, A Ohlsson, K O'Brien… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), serious brain injury, and severe
retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as predictors of poor long-term outcome in very low birth …

Implementing family-integrated care in the NICU: a parent education and support program

…, L O'Leary, SK Lee, K O'Brien - Advances in Neonatal …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate a parent education and
support program that enhances family-integrated care in a Canadian neonatal intensive care …

SystemicCandidainfection in extremely low birth weight infants: short term morbidity and long term neurodevelopmental outcome

…, SE Richardson, SE Jacobs, K O'BRIEN - The Pediatric …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To describe mortality, morbidity at discharge and neurodevelopmental outcome at
2 years corrected age in extremely low birth weight infants with systemic Candida infection …

Comparison of pain responses in infants of different gestational ages

…, C Johnston, A Howlett, P McKeever, K O'Brien… - Neonatology, 2007 - karger.com
Background: There is a plethora of infant pain measures; however, none of them have been
validated for extremely low for gestational age (ELGA) infants (<27 weeks’ gestation). To …