Margarita Bidegain
Professor of Pediatrics
Prenatal and neonatal palliative medicine. High-risk newborn medicine.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2017
Contact Information
- 2424 Erwin Road Suite 504, Durham, NC 27705
- Box 2739 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
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margarita.bidegain@duke.edu
(919) 681-6024
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship - Neonatology, Pediatrics, University of Miami 1990 - 1993
- First, Second and Third Year Resident, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1987 - 1990
- Postgraduate, Pediatrics, Universidad De La Republica (Uruguay) 1984 - 1986
- M.D., Universidad De La Republica (Uruguay) 1984
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Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2011 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2008 - 2011
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2007 - 2008
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2005 - 2007
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2002 - 2005
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 1999 - 2002
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 1999
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research Network awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2021
- 2 Milk Fortifiers awarded by Abbott Laboratories 2015 - 2017
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Conference Papers
- Varela, AMS, Dussel, V, Barfield, R, Bidegain, M, Delima, L, and Dellon, E. "Perceived Resources and Barriers to Pediatric Palliative Care Among HealthCare Practitioners Attending the V Latin American Palliative Care Association (ALCP) Meeting." January 2011. Link to Item
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Journal Articles
- James, J, Munson, D, DeMauro, SB, Langer, JC, Dworetz, AR, Natarajan, G, Bidegain, M, Fortney, CA, Seabrook, R, Vohr, BR, Tyson, JE, Bell, EF, Poindexter, BB, Shankaran, S, Higgins, RD, Das, A, Stoll, BJ, Kirpalani, H, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, . "Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support." The Journal of pediatrics 190 (November 2017): 118-123.e4. Full Text
- Edwards, LE, Hutchison, LB, Hornik, CD, Smith, PB, Cotten, CM, and Bidegain, M. "A case of infant delirium in the neonatal intensive care unit." Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine 10, no. 1 (January 2017): 119-123. Full Text
- Lemmon, ME, Bidegain, M, and Boss, RD. "Palliative care in neonatal neurology: robust support for infants, families and clinicians." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 36, no. 5 (May 2016): 331-337. (Review) Full Text
- Edwards, L, DeMeo, S, Hornik, CD, Cotten, CM, Smith, PB, Pizoli, C, Hauer, JM, and Bidegain, M. "Gabapentin Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." The Journal of pediatrics 169 (February 2016): 310-312. Full Text
- Neill, S, Haithcock, S, Smith, PB, Goldberg, R, Bidegain, M, Tanaka, D, Carriker, C, and Ericson, JE. "Sustained Reduction in Bloodstream Infections in Infants at a Large Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 16, no. 1 (February 2016): 52-59. Full Text
- Pineda, LC, Hornik, CP, Seed, PC, Cotten, CM, Laughon, MM, Bidegain, M, Clark, RH, and Brian Smith, P. "Association between positive urine cultures and necrotizing enterocolitis in a large cohort of hospitalized infants." Early human development 91, no. 10 (October 2015): 583-586. Full Text
- Zimmerman, KO, Hornik, CP, Ku, L, Watt, K, Laughon, MM, Bidegain, M, Clark, RH, and Smith, PB. "Sedatives and Analgesics Given to Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the End of Life." The Journal of pediatrics 167, no. 2 (August 2015): 299-304.e3. Full Text
- Bidegain, M, and Younge, N. "Comfort Care vs Palliative Care: Is There a Difference in Neonates?." NeoReviews 16, no. 6 (June 1, 2015): e333-e339. Full Text
- Younge, N, Smith, PB, Goldberg, RN, Brandon, DH, Simmons, C, Cotten, CM, and Bidegain, M. "Impact of a palliative care program on end-of-life care in a neonatal intensive care unit." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 35, no. 3 (March 2015): 218-222. Full Text
- DeMeo, SD, Sherwood, A, Hornik, CD, Goldberg, RN, Cotten, CM, and Bidegain, M. "Pulmonary artery thrombus in a premature neonate treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 34, no. 7 (July 2014): 569-571. Full Text
- Benjamin, DK, Hudak, ML, Duara, S, Randolph, DA, Bidegain, M, Mundakel, GT, Natarajan, G, Burchfield, DJ, White, RD, Shattuck, KE, Neu, N, Bendel, CM, Kim, MR, Finer, NN, Stewart, DL, Arrieta, AC, Wade, KC, Kaufman, DA, Manzoni, P, Prather, KO, Testoni, D, Berezny, KY, Smith, PB, and Fluconazole Prophylaxis Study Team, . "Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on candidiasis and mortality in premature infants: a randomized clinical trial." JAMA 311, no. 17 (May 2014): 1742-1749. Full Text
- Seigel, JK, Tanaka, DT, Goldberg, RN, Smith, PB, Cotten, CM, and Bidegain, M. "Economic impact of human milk on medical charges of extremely low birth weight infants." Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 9, no. 4 (May 2014): 233-234. (Letter) Full Text
- French, A, Thaxton, C, Bidegain, M, Peluso, M, Williford, D, and Briglia, K. "Perinatal Palliative Care: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach." CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 28, no. 2 (2014): E39-E39. Link to Item
- Seigel, JK, Smith, PB, Ashley, PL, Cotten, CM, Herbert, CC, King, BA, Maynor, AR, Neill, S, Wynn, J, and Bidegain, M. "Early administration of oropharyngeal colostrum to extremely low birth weight infants." Breastfeed Med 8, no. 6 (December 2013): 491-495. Full Text Link to Item
- Cohen-Wolkowiez, M, Poindexter, B, Bidegain, M, and Bhatt-Mehta, V. "Safety and Effectiveness of Meropenem in Infants With Suspected or Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections (vol 55, pg 1495, 2012)." CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 56, no. 3 (February 1, 2013): 470-470. Full Text Link to Item
- Cohen-Wolkowiez, M, Poindexter, B, Bidegain, M, Weitkamp, J-H, Schelonka, RL, Randolph, DA, Ward, RM, Wade, K, Valencia, G, Burchfield, D, Arrieta, A, Mehta, V, Walsh, M, Kantak, A, Rasmussen, M, Sullivan, JE, Finer, N, Rich, W, Brozanski, BS, van den Anker, J, Blumer, J, Laughon, M, Watt, KM, Kearns, GL, Capparelli, EV, Martz, K, Berezny, K, Benjamin, DK, Smith, PB, and Meropenem Study Team, . "Safety and effectiveness of meropenem in infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections." Clin Infect Dis 55, no. 11 (December 2012): 1495-1502. Full Text Link to Item
- Smith, PB, Cohen-Wolkowiez, M, Castro, LM, Poindexter, B, Bidegain, M, Weitkamp, J-H, Schelonka, RL, Ward, RM, Wade, K, Valencia, G, Burchfield, D, Arrieta, A, Bhatt-Mehta, V, Walsh, M, Kantak, A, Rasmussen, M, Sullivan, JE, Finer, N, Brozanski, BS, Sanchez, P, van den Anker, J, Blumer, J, Kearns, GL, Capparelli, EV, Anand, R, Benjamin, DK, and Meropenem Study Team, . "Population pharmacokinetics of meropenem in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections." Pediatr Infect Dis J 30, no. 10 (October 2011): 844-849. Full Text Link to Item
- Dang, CN, Katakam, LI, Smith, PB, Cotten, CM, Goldberg, RN, Chandler, N, Thornburg, CD, and Bidegain, M. "Recombinant activated factor VIIa treatment for refractory hemorrhage in infants." J Perinatol 31, no. 3 (March 2011): 188-192. Full Text Link to Item
- Bidegain, M, Greenberg, R, Simmons, C, Dang, C, Cotten, CM, and Smith, PB. "Vasopressin for refractory hypotension in extremely low birth weight infants." J Pediatr 157, no. 3 (September 2010): 502-504. Full Text Link to Item
- Bidegain, M, Roos, BA, Hill, EL, Howard, GA, and Balkan, W. "Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the developing mouse limb." Endocr Res 21, no. 4 (November 1995): 743-755. Link to Item
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