Publications
Adams M, Natalucci G, Bassler D; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. An overview of the Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group (SwissNeoNet). PedMed 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21037/pm-21-76
Gerull R, Huber E, Rousson V, Ahrens O, Fumeaux CJF, Adams M, Tolsa CB, Neumann RP, Bickle-Graz M, Natalucci G; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Association of growth with neurodevelopment in extremely low gestational age infants: a population-based analysis. Eur J Pediatr. 2022 Oct;181(10):3673-3681
Adams M, Schulzke SM, Rogdo B, Meyer P, McDougall J, Stocker M, Schneider J, Riedel T, Pfister R, Basser D, for the Swiss Neonatal Network. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on incidence, treatment and outcome of very preterm born infants in Switzerland: a retrospective, population-based cohort study. Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:w30174
Adams M, Brotschi B, Birkenmaier A, Schwendener K, Rathke V, Kleber M, Hagmann C & Swiss National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group. Process variations between Swiss units treating neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and their effect on short-term outcome. J Perinatol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01156-w
Adams M, Schulzke SM, Natalucci G, Schneider J, Riedel T, Borradory-Tolsa C, Pfister R, Bassler D, Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Outcomes for Infants Born in Perinatal Centers Performing Fewer Surgical Ligations for Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A Swiss Population-Based Study DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.030
El Faleh I, Faouzi M, Adams M, Gerull R, Chnayna J, Giannoni E, Roth-Kleiner M, for the Swiss Neonatal Network. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a predictive scoring system for very low birth weight infants. A diagnostic accuracy study with prospective data collection. European Journal of Pediatrics https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04045-8
Grass B, Brotschi B, Hagmann C, Birkenmaier A, Schwendener K, Adams M, Kleber M, Swiss National Asphyxia and Cooling Register. Centre-specific differences in short-term outcomes in neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20489.
Seaton SE, Draper ES, Adams M, Kusuda S, Hakansson S, Helenius K, Reichman B, Lehtonen L, Bassler D, Lee SK, Vento M, Darlow BA, Rusconi F, Beltempo M, Isayama T, Lui K, Norman M, Yang J, Shah P, Modi N. Variations in Neonatal Length of Stay of Extremely Preterm Babies: An International Comparison Between iNeo Networks. J. Pediatr. 2021 Feb 15; 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.02.015
Hengartner T, Adams M, Pfister RE, Snyers D, McDougall J, Waldvogel S, Held-Egli K, Spring L, Rogdo B, Riedel T, Arlettaz Mieth R, Swiss Neonatal Network. Associations between Red Blood Cell and Platelet Transfusions and Retinopathy of Prematurity. Neonatology. 2020 Dec 8;1-7. doi: 10.1159/000512020.
Bartal T, Adams M, Natalucci G, Borradori-Tolsa C, Latal B, the Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Behavioral problems in very preterm children at five years of age using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A multicenter cohort study. 2020 Oct. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105200
Lehtonen L, Lee SK, Kusuda S, Lui K, Norman M, Bassler D, Håkansson S, Vento M, Darlow BA, Adams M, Puglia M, Isayama T, Noguchi A, Morisaki N, Helenius K, Reichman B, Shah PS; International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of Neonates (iNeo). Family Rooms in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Neonatal Outcomes: An International Survey and Linked Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2020 Jun 7:S0022-3476(20)30710-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.009.
Isayama T, Kusuda S, Reichman B, Lee SK, Lehtonen L, Norman M, Adams M, Bassler D, Helenius K, Hakansson S, Yang J, Jain A, Shah PS; International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of Neonates (iNeo) Investigators. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Level Patent Ductus Arteriosus Treatment Rates and Outcomes in Infants Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr. 2020 Mar 3. pii: S0022-3476(20)30142-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.01.069
Norman M, Håkansson S, Kusuda S, Vento M, Lehtonen L, Reichman B, Darlow BA, Adams M, Bassler D, Isayama T, Rusconi F, Lee S, Lui K, Yang J, Shah PS; International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes in Neonates (iNeo) Investigators. Neonatal Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants With Severe Congenital Heart Defects: An International Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Mar 3;9(5):e015369. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015369.
Beate Grass, Simone Scheidegger, Beatrice Latal, Cornelia Hagmann, Ulrike Held, Barbara Brotschi and National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group and Follow-up Group. Short-term neurological improvement in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy predicts neurodevelopmental outcome at 18–24 months. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 10.1515/jpm-2019-0391.
Adams M, Bassler D, Darlow BA, Lui K, Reichman B, Håkansson S, Norman M, Lee SK, Helenius KK, Lehtonen L, San Feliciano L, Vento M, Moroni M, Beltempo M, Yang J, Shah PS; on behalf of the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes (iNeo) of Neonates. Preventive strategies and factors associated with surgically treated necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely preterm infants: an international unit survey linked with retrospective cohort data analysis. BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 14;9(10):e031086
Lui K, Lee SK, Kusuda S, Adams M, Vento M, Reichman B, Darlow BA, Lehtonen L, Modi N, Norman M, Håkansson S, Bassler D, Rusconi F, Lodha A, Yang J, Shah PS; International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes (iNeo) of neonates Investigators. Trends in Outcomes for Neonates Born Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight in 11 High-Income Countries. J Pediatr. 2019 Oct 3. pii: S0022-3476(19)31055-8.
Pittet-Metrailler MP, Mürner-Lavanchy I, Adams M, et al. for the Swiss Neonatal Network and Follow-up Group. Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children. Swiss Med Wkly 2019;149:w20084
Scheidegger S, Held U, Grass B, Latal B, Hagmann B, Brotschi B, on behalf of the National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group. Association of perinatal risk factors with neurological outcome in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019;Jun 4:1-8
Adams M, Berger TM, Borradori-Tolsa C, Bickle-Graz M, Grunt S, Gerull R, Bassler D, Natalucci G; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-Up Group. Association between perinatal interventional activity and 2-year outcome of Swiss extremely preterm born infants: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2019;9:e024560
Shah PS, Kusuda S, Håkansson S, Reichman B, Lui K, Lehtonen L, Modi N, Vento M, Adams M, Rusconi F, Norman M, Darlow BA, Lodha A, Yang J, Bassler D, Helenius KK, Isayama T, Lee SK; International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes (iNEO) in Neonates Investigators. Neonatal outcomes of very preterm or very low birth weight triplets. Pediatrics 2018 Dec;142(6). pii: e20181938. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-1938.
Beltempo M, Isayama T, Vento M, Lui K, Kusuda S, Lehtonen L, Sjörs G, Håkansson S, Adams M, Noguchi A, Reichman B, Darlow BA, Morisaki N, Bassler D, Pratesi S, Lee SK, Lodha A, Modi N, Helenius K, Shah PS; on behalf of the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of Neonates. Respiratory management of extremely preterm infants: An international survey. Neonatology. 2018 Apr 13;114(1):28-36. doi: 10.1159/000487987
Brauer V, Gerull R, Bassler D, Laubscher B, Pfister RE, Nelle M, Müller B, Roth-Kleiner M, Gerth-Kahlert C, Adams M; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Prediction of ROP treatment and evaluation of screening criteria in VLBW Infants - a population based analysis. Pediatr Res 2018 Aug 6. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0128-3.
Adams M, Bassler D, Bucher HU, Roth-Kleiner M, Berger TM, Braun J, Puhan MA, Edwards E, Soll R, Von Wyl V, and the Swiss Neonatal Network and the Vermont Oxford Network. Variability of Very Low Birth Weight Infant Outcome and Practice in Swiss and US Neonatal Units. Pediatrics 2018;10.1542/peds.2017-3436
Helenius K, Sjörs G, Shah PS, et al., and the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes (iNeo) of Neonates. Survival in very preterm infants: an international comparison of 10 national neonatal networks. Pediatrics 2017;140:e20171264
Gerull R, Brauer V, Bassler D, Laubscher B, Pfister R, Nelle M, Müller B, Gerth-Kahlert C, Adams A, and the Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and ROP treatment in Switzerland 2006–2015: a population-based analysis. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2017; September 15 [Epub ahead of print]
Horsch A, Jacobs I, Gilbert L, Favrod C, Schneider J, Morisod Hararri M, Bickle Graz M, and the National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group. Impact of perinatal asphyxia on parental mental health and bonding with the infant: a questionnaire survey of Swiss parents. BMJ Pediatrics Open 2017;1:e000059
Brotschi B, Gunny R, Rethmann C, Held U, Latal B, Hagmann C, and the National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group. Relationship between temperature variability and brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging in cooled newborn infants after perinatal asphyxia. J Perinatol 2017;37:1032-1034
Adams M, Braun J, Bucher HU, Puhan MA, Basser D, VonWyl V, and The Swiss Neonatal Network. Comparison of three different methods for risk adjustment in neonatal medicine. BMC Pediatrics 2017;17:106
Kelly LE, Shah PS, Håkansson S, Kusuda S, Adams M, Lee SK, Sjörs G, Vento M, Rusconi F, Lehtonen L, Reichman B, Darlow BA, Lui K, Feliciano LS, Gagliardi L, Bassler D, Modi N. Perinatal health services organization for preterm births: a multinational comparison. J Perinatol. 2017 Apr 6. doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.45.
Darlow BA, Lui K, Kusuda S, Reichman B, Håkansson S, Bassler D, Modi N, Lee SK, Lehtonen L, Vento M, Isayama T, Sjörs G, Helenius KK, Adams M, Rusconi F, Morisaki N, Shah PS. International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of Neonates. International variations and trends in the treatment for retinopathy of prematurity. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar 7. pii: bjophthalmol-2016-310041. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-310041
Natalucci G, Bucher HU, Von Rhein M, Borradori Tolsa C, Latal B, Adams M. Population based report on health related quality of life in adolescents born very preterm. Early Hum Dev 2016;104:7-12
Shah PS, Lui K, Sjörs G, Mirea L, Reichman B, Adams M, Modi N, Darlow BA, Kusuda S, San Feliciano L, Yang J, Håkansson S, Mori R, Bassler D, Figueras-Aloy J, Lee SK, for the investigators of the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes (iNeo) of Neonates. Neonatal Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight and Very Preterm Neonates: An International Comparison. J Pediatr 2016 doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.083
Chen F, Baja NM, Rimensberger PC, Posfay-Barbe KM, Pfister RE, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Thirteen-year mortality and morbidity in preterm infants in Switzerland. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2016 April 8 [Epub ahead of print]
Grass B, Weibel L, Hagmann C, Brotschi B, on behalf of the National Asphyxia and Cooling Register Group. Subcutaneous fat necrosis in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy registered in the Swiss National asphyxia and Cooling Register. BMC Pediatrics 2015;15:73
Steurer MA, Adams M, Bacchetti P, Schulzke SM, Roth-Kleiner M, Berger TM, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Swiss medical centres vary significantly when it comes to outcomes of neonates with a very low gestational age. Acta Paediatr. 2015;109:872-9
Brotschi B, Grass B, Ramos G, Beck I, Held U, Hagmann C, and the National Asphyxia Cooling Register Group. The impact of a register on the management of neonatal cooling in Switzerland. Early Hum Dev 2015;91:277-84
Adams M, Borradori-Tolsa C, Bickle-Graz M, Grunt S, Weber P, Capone Mori A, Bauder F, Hagmann C, Natalucci G, Pfister RE, Latal B, and the Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Follow-up assessment of high-risk newborns in Switzerland. Recommendations of the Swiss Society of Neonatology, the Swiss Society of Developmental Pediatrics and the Swiss Society of Neuropediatrics. Paediatrica 2014;25(5):6-10
Brotschi B, Latal B, Rathke V, Hagmann C. National Asphyxia and Cooling Register in Switzerland. Paediatrica 2014;25(5):13-14
Shah PS, Lee SK, Lui K, Sjörs G, Mori R, Reichman B, Håkansson S, Feliciano LS, Modi N, Adams M, Darlow B, Fujimura M, Kusuda S, Haslam R, Mirea L. The International Network for Evaluating Outcomes of very low birth weight, very preterm neonates (iNeo): a protocol for collaborative comparisons of international health services for quality improvement in neonatal care. BMC Pediatrics 2014;14(1):110
Adams M, Hoehre TC, Bucher HU, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. The Swiss neonatal quality cycle, a monitor for clinical performance and tool for quality improvement. BMC Pediatrics 2013;13:152
Ritter BC, Nelle M, Steinlin M and Everts R. Influence of gestational age and parental education on executive functions of children born very preterm. J Neonatal Biol 2013;2:2
Ritter BC, Perrig W, Steinlin M and Everts R. Cognitive and behavioral aspects of executive functions in children born very preterm. Child Neuropsychol 2014;20:129-44
Adams M, Bucher HU, and the Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-up Group. Neonatologie: Ein früher Start ins Leben: Was bringt ein nationales Register? / Néonatologie: Un début précoce dans la vie: qu´apporte un registre national? Schweiz Med Forum 2013;13(03):35-7
Schlapbach LJ, Adams M, Proietti E, Aebischer M, Grunt S, Borradori-Tolsa C, Bickle-Graz M, Bucher HU, Latal B, Natalucci G, and the Swiss Neonatal Network and Follow-up Group. Outcome at two years of age in a Swiss national cohort of extremely preterm infants born between 2000 and 2008. BMC Pediatr 2012;12(1):198
Ritter BC, Nelle M, Perrig W, Steinlin M and Everts R. Executive functions of children born very preterm - deficit or delay? Eur J Pediatr 2013;172:473-83
Ramos G, Brotschi B, Latal B, Bernet V, Wagner B, Hagmann C, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Therapeutic hypothermia in term infants after perinatal encephalopathy: the last 5 years in Switzerland. Early Hum Dev 2012;89:159-64
Berger TM, Steurer MA, Woerner A, Meyer-Schiffer P, Adams M, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Trends and centre-to-centre variability in survival rates of very preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012;97(5):F323-8
Rüegger Ch, Hegglin M, Adams M, Bucher HU, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Population based trends in mortality, morbidity and treatment for very preterm- and very low birth weight infants over 12 years. BMC Pediatrics 2012;12:17
Schlapbach LJ, Aebischer M, Adams M, Natalucci G, Bonhoeffer J, Latzin P, Nelle M, Bucher HU, Latal B, and the Swiss Neonatal Network and Follow-Up Group.mImpact of sepsis on neurodevelopmental outcome in a Swiss national cohort of extremely premature infants. Pediatrics 2011;128(2):e348-58
Bajwa NB, Berner M, Worleyb S, Pfister RE, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Population-based age stratified morbidities of premature infants in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly 2011;141:w13212
Hagmann CF, Halbherr M, Koller B, Wintermark P, Huisman T, Bucher HU, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Interobserver variability in assessment of cranial ultrasound in very preterm infants. J Neuroradiol 2011;38:291-7
Hagmann CF, Brotschi B, Bernet V, Latal B, Berger TM, Robertson NJ. Hypothermia for perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy. Swiss Med Wkly 2011;141:w13145
Schlapbach LJ, Ersch J, Adams M, Bernet V, Bucher HU, Latal B. Impact of chorioamnionitis and preeclampsia on neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants below 32 weeks gestational age. Acta Paediatr 2010;99(10):1504-9
Fischer N, Steurer MA, Adams M , Berger TM, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Survival rates of extremely preterm infants (gestational age < 26 weeks) in Switzerland: impact of the Swiss guidelines for the care of infants born at the limit of viability. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2009;94:F407-13
Hentschel J, Berger TM, Tschopp A, Adams M, Bucher HU, and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Population-based study of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants in Switzerland. Eur J Pediatr 2005;164:292-297
Muller M, Drack G, Schindler C, Bucher HU. Liveborn and stillborn very low birthweight infants in Switzerland: comparison between hospital based birth registers and the national birth register. Swiss Med Wkly 2005;135:433-439
Bucher H-U, Ochsner Y, Fauchère J-C and the Swiss Neonatal Network. Two years outcome of very preterm and very low birthweight infants in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly 2003;133:93-99
Bucher H-U, Killer Ch, Ochsner Y, Vaihinger S, Fauchère J-C. Growth, developmental milestones and health problems in the first 2 years in very preterm infants compared with term infants: a population based study. Eur J Pediatr 2002;161:151-156
Bucher H-U, Fawer CL, von Kaenel J, Kind C, Moessinger A, and the Swiss Society of Neonatology. Intrauterine and postnatal transfer of high-risk infants. Swiss Med Wkly 1998;128:1646-53