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2023

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Overview

Lex W. Doyle is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, concentrating primarily on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their research encompasses a range of topics centred on infant development, neonatal respiratory health, and neurodevelopmental outcomes following preterm birth.

The main areas of study for Lex W. Doyle include:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The key research topics in their work cover:

  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Recent publications by Lex W. Doyle illustrate involvement in neonatal and pediatric health issues. These include:

  • Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, 2021, Neonatology
  • Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics (authorship attributed to Robert Eves in source data but related to this research line)
  • Have outcomes following extremely preterm birth improved over time?, 2020, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • Psychiatric disorders in individuals born very preterm / very low-birth weight: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • Temporal Trends in Neurodevelopmental Outcomes to 2 Years After Extremely Preterm Birth, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lex W. Doyle include:

  • Jeanie L.Y. Cheong
  • Peter J. Anderson
  • Alicia J. Spittle
  • Deanne K. Thompson
  • Alice Burnett

The most common venues where Lex W. Doyle publishes are:

  • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • PEDIATRICS
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Best Publications

  • An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood.

    Saroj Saigal;Lex W Doyle;Lex W Doyle

  • Nasal CPAP or Intubation at Birth for Very Preterm Infants

    Colin J. Morley;Colin J. Morley;Colin J. Morley;Peter G. Davis;Peter G. Davis;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Luc P. Brion

  • Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants

    Alicia Spittle;Jane Orton;Peter J Anderson;Roslyn Boyd

  • Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity

    Barbara Schmidt;Robin S Roberts;Peter Davis;Lex W Doyle

  • Neurobehavioral outcomes of school-age children born extremely low birth weight or very preterm in the 1990s.

    Peter Anderson;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle

  • Long-Term Effects of Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity

    Barbara Schmidt;Robin S. Roberts;Peter Davis;Lex W. Doyle

  • Magnesium sulphate for women at risk of preterm birth for neuroprotection of the fetus

    Lex W Doyle;Caroline A Crowther;Philippa Middleton;Stephane Marret

  • Early (< 8 days) postnatal corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants.

    Lex W Doyle;Richard A Ehrenkranz;Henry L Halliday

  • Effect of magnesium sulfate given for neuroprotection before preterm birth - A randomized controlled trial

    Caroline A. Crowther;Janet E. Hiller;Lex W. Doyle;Ross R. Haslam

  • Whole-Body Hypothermia for Term and Near-Term Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Susan E. Jacobs;Colin J. Morley;Terrie E. Inder;Michael J. Stewart

  • Executive functioning in school-aged children who were born very preterm or with extremely low birth weight in the 1990s.

    Peter J. Anderson;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle

  • Late (> 7 days) postnatal corticosteroids for chronic lung disease in preterm infants

    Henry L Halliday;Richard A Ehrenkranz;Lex W Doyle

  • Underestimation of developmental delay by the new Bayley-III Scale.

    Peter J. Anderson;Cinzia R. De Luca;Cinzia R. De Luca;Esther Hutchinson;Esther Hutchinson;Gehan Roberts;Gehan Roberts

  • Early postnatal (<96 hours) corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants

    HL Halliday;RA Ehrenkranz;LW Doyle

  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight subjects and lung function in late adolescence.

    Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Brenda Faber;Catherine Callanan;Nicholas Freezer

  • Neurosensory Impairment after Surgical Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Results from the Trial of Indomethacin Prophylaxis in Preterms

    Nandkishor S. Kabra;Barbara Schmidt;Robin S. Roberts;Lex W. Doyle

  • Adverse neurodevelopment in preterm infants with postnatal sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis is mediated by white matter abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging at term.

    Divyen K. Shah;Lex W. Doyle;Peter J. Anderson;Merilyn Bear

  • Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-dose Docosahexaenoic Acid: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    M. Makrides;R.A. Gibson;A.J. McPhee;C.T. Collins

  • Language Abilities in Children Who Were Very Preterm and/or Very Low Birth Weight: A Meta-Analysis

    Natalie Barre;Angela Morgan;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Peter J. Anderson

  • Effect of Magnesium Sulfate Given for Neuroprotection Before Preterm Birth: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Caroline A. Crowther;Janet E. Hiller;Lex W. Doyle;Ross R. Haslam

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson Monash University
Deanne K. Thompson
Deanne K. Thompson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Peter G Davis
Peter G Davis University of Melbourne
Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Colin J Morley
Colin J Morley University of Cambridge
Marc L. Seal
Marc L. Seal University of Melbourne
Caroline A Crowther
Caroline A Crowther University of Auckland
Karli Treyvaud
Karli Treyvaud La Trobe University
John B. Carlin
John B. Carlin University of Melbourne
Robin S. Roberts
Robin S. Roberts McMaster University

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