Selected Publications
Edwards W and the Neonatal Skin Care Study Group (Gerdes JS, Principal Investigator, Pennsylvania Hospital and Study Steering Committee member): The effect of prophylactic ointment therapy on nosocomial sepsis rates and skin integrity in infants of birth weight 501-1000 grams Pediatrics 113 : 1195-1203,2004.
Gerdes JS: Diagnosis and management of bacterial infection in the neonate Pediatric Clinics of North America 51 (4): 939-959,2004.
Ludmir J, Sehdev H, Robertson P, Fisher L, Gerdes J, Abbasi S: The time interval from antenatal steroid exposure to delivery does not affect neonatal outcome in less than 1500 gm infants Presented at the Annual Meeting for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA : 2004.
Sehdev HM, Abbasi S, Marchiano DA, Gerdes JS, Ludmir J: Expectant management of patients with severe preeclampsia less than 32 weeks gestation does not appear to improve neonatal outcome Presented at the Society for Gynecologic Investigation Annual Meeting, Houston, TX : 2004.
Melnychuck J, Samimi S, Abbasi S, Agrons G, Gerdes JS: Cerebral artery resistive indices in neonates with cerebral insults Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Pediatr Res 55 : 416A,2004.
Abbasi S, Ludmir J, Fisher L, Sivieri EM, Gerdes JS: Duration of the interval from antenatal steroid exposure to delivery does not affect neonatal outcome in premature infants Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA. Pediatr Res 55 : 479A,2004.
Abbasi S, Sivieri EM, Gerdes JS: A comparison of surface electrogastrography (EGG) and gastric manometry in preterm neonates Pediatr Res 55 : 532A,2004.
Abbasi S, Finnegan K, Mancini T, Gerdes JS: Neurodevelopmental outcome of infants born to mothers with severe preeclampsia Pediatr Res 55 : 532A,2004.
Abbasi S, Ludmir J, Dalin C, Fisher L, Sivieri EM, Gerdes JS: The outcome of pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia Pediatr Res 55 : 532A,2004.
Abbasi S, Gerdes JS, Sehdev HM, Samimi SS, Ludmir J: Neonatal outcome after exposure to indomethacin in utero: A retrospective case cohort study Am J Obstet and Gynecol 189 (3): 782-785,2003.
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