#438 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - What Happens to First Attempt LP Success When You Add Ultrasound?

Send us Fan MailFrom lumbar punctures to mitochondrial recycling, this booth interview from PAS 2026 covers a lot of ground. Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Ioanna Kotsopoulou from Mass General to discuss two distinct but equally compelling topics. First, a quality improvement project that took ultrasound-guided LP use from 12 to 73 percent and first attempt success from 32 to 68 percent. Then a pivot to basic science: impaired mitophagy in pulmonary hypertension, and whether dysfunctional mitochondrial recycling in cardiomyocytes may be contributing to the cardiac phenotype we see in these patients. A wide-ranging conversation with something for every neonatologist.Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: [email protected]. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!