Gillian Opie

Postnatal corticosteroids and developmental outcomes in extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight infants: The Victorian Infant Collaborative Study 2016-17 cohort

Ellen Douglas, Kate A Hodgson, Joy E Olsen, Brett J Manley, Calum T Roberts, Elisha Josev, Peter J Anderson, Lex W Doyle, Peter G Davis, Jeanie LY Cheong

Journal article  |  2023  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: Systemic postnatal corticosteroids are used to treat or prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm (EP) or..

Growth from infancy to adulthood and associations with cardiometabolic health in individuals born extremely preterm

JLY Cheong, JE Olsen, T Konstan, RM Mainzer, LM Hickey, AJ Spittle, JD Wark, MM Cheung, SM Garland, J Duff, M Clark, P Stevens, LW Doyle, P Anderson, R Boland, A Burnett, M Charlton, N Davis, L Doyle, L Hickey, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Background: Few studies have tracked growth in children born extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks’ gestation) beyond late adolescence...

Neonatal Docosahexaenoic Acid in Preterm Infants and Intelligence at 5 Years.

Jacqueline F Gould, Maria Makrides, Robert A Gibson, Thomas R Sullivan, Andrew J McPhee, Peter J Anderson, Karen P Best, Mary Sharp, Jeanie LY Cheong, Gillian F Opie, Javeed Travadi, Jana M Bednarz, Peter G Davis, Karen Simmer, Lex W Doyle, Carmel T Collins

Journal article  |  2022  |  N Engl J Med

BACKGROUND: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a component of neural tissue. Because its accretion into the brain is greatest during th..

Trends in survival, perinatal morbidities and two-year neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low-birthweight infants over four decades

Amir M Zayegh, Lex W Doyle, Rosemarie A Boland, Rheanna Mainzer, Alicia J Spittle, Gehan Roberts, Leah M Hickey, Peter J Anderson, Jeanie LY Cheong

Journal article  |  2022  |  PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Although outcomes for infants born extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g birthweight) have improved over time, it i..

Human Milk Expression, Storage, and Transport by Women Whose Infants Are Inpatients at a Tertiary Neonatal Unit in Melbourne, Australia: An Exploratory Study.

Ranmali Rodrigo, Lisa H Amir, Della A Forster, Kerri McEgan, Gillian Opie

Journal article  |  2021  |  Adv Neonatal Care

BACKGROUND: Expression and storage of mothers' own milk at home and its transportation to hospital neonatal units are a common pra..

The causal effect of being born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight on neurodevelopment and social-emotional development at 2 years

Joy E Olsen, Katherine J Lee, Alicia J Spittle, Peter J Anderson, Lex W Doyle, Jeanie LY Cheong

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: To assess the causal effect of being born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1..

Temporal Trends in Neurodevelopmental Outcomes to 2 Years After Extremely Preterm Birth

Jeanie LY Cheong, Joy E Olsen, Katherine J Lee, Alicia J Spittle, Gillian F Opie, Marissa Clark, Rosemarie A Boland, Gehan Roberts, Elisha K Josev, Noni Davis, Leah M Hickey, Peter J Anderson, Lex W Doyle

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA PEDIATRICS

IMPORTANCE: Survival of infants born extremely preterm (EP) (<28 weeks' gestation) has increased since the early 1990s. It is nece..

Translating antenatal magnesium sulphate neuroprotection for infants born < 28 weeks' gestation into practice: A geographical cohort study

Lex W Doyle, Alicia J Spittle, Joy E Olsen, Amanda Kwong, Rosemarie A Boland, Katherine J Lee, Peter J Anderson, Jeanie LY Cheong

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Magnesium sulphate was introduced for fetal neuroprotection in Australia in 2010. The aim of this study was to determi..

Protocol for assessing whether cognition of preterm infants < 29 weeks' gestation can be improved by an intervention with the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): a follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

Jacqueline F Gould, Maria Makrides, Thomas R Sullivan, Peter J Anderson, Robert A Gibson, Karen P Best, Andrew J McPhee, Lex William Doyle, Gillian Opie, Javeed Travadi, Jeanie Cheong, Peter G Davis, Mary Sharp, Karen Simmer, Carmel T Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid that accumulates into neural tissue during the last trimes..

Protocol for assessing if behavioural functioning of infants born < 29 weeks' gestation is improved by omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

Jacqueline F Gould, Rachel M Roberts, Peter J Anderson, Maria Makrides, Thomas R Sullivan, Robert A Gibson, Andrew J McPhee, Lex William Doyle, Gillian Opie, Javeed Travadi, Jeanie LY Cheong, Peter G Davis, Mary Sharp, Karen Simmer, Kenneth Tan, Scott Morris, Kei Lui, Srinivas Bolisetty, Helen Liley, Jacqueline Stack, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: During the last trimester of pregnancy, the fetal brain undergoes a rapid growth spurt and accumulates essential nut..