Jeffrey D. Merrill
University of Pennsylvania
33 Papers
278 Citations
Jeffrey D. Merrill is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 33 publications. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey D. Merrill include Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Children's Hospital Oakland.
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Papers
Inhaled nitric oxide in preterm infants undergoing mechanical ventilation.
Roberta A. Ballard,William E Truog,Avital Cnaan,Richard J. Martin,Philip L. Ballard,Jeffrey D. Merrill,Michele C. Walsh,David J. Durand,Dennis E. Mayock,Eric C. Eichenwald,Donald R. Null,Mark L. Hudak,Asha R. Puri,Sergio G. Golombek,Sherry E. Courtney,Dan L. Stewart,Stephen E. Welty,Roderic H. Phibbs,Anna Maria Hibbs,Xianqun Luan,Sandra R. Wadlinger,Jeanette M. Asselin,Christine E. Coburn +22 more
TL;DR: Inhaled nitric oxide therapy improves the pulmonary outcome for premature infants who are at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia when it is started between 7 and 21 days of age and has no apparent short-term adverse effects.
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Neonatal Complications after the Administration of Indomethacin for Preterm Labor
TL;DR: There were no significant differences between the two groups in birth weight, Apgar scores, cord-blood gas values, frequency of multiple gestation, or incidence of respiratory distress syndrom...
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Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids and outcome of premature neonates
Beverly A. Banks,Avital Cnaan,Mark A. Morgan,Julian T. Parer,Jeffrey D. Merrill,Philip L. Ballard,Roberta A. Ballard +6 more
TL;DR: In this retrospective analysis multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids did not improve outcome and were associated with increased mortality, decreased fetal growth, and prolonged adrenal suppression.
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Low levels of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases with a high matrix metalloproteinase-9/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 ratio are present in tracheal aspirate fluids of infants who develop chronic lung disease.
Ikechukwu I. Ekekezie,Donald W Thibeault,Stephen D. Simon,Michael Norberg,Jeffrey D. Merrill,Roberta A. Ballard,Philip L. Ballard,William E Truog +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that low tracheal aspirate levels of TIMPs, with a high MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio early in life, are associated with subsequent development of CLD.
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Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit.
TL;DR: Risk factors for colonization or infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae during an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) included low gestational age and exposure to third-generation cephalosporins.
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