Horacio Osiovich
FRCP, MD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Neonatologist, BC Women's Hospital & Health Care Centre
This is a pilot study to determine if hypoadrenalism is a contributor to hypotension in the first days of life in preterm newborns in order to identify future patients who therefore could benefit from early steroid treatment.
The specific objective of this study is to determine the process and causes of death in neonates after their admission to NICUs in Canada: obtaining this information should provide insight and possible answers to the research questions posed above
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