Probiotic administration in congenital heart disease: a pilot study. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo investigate the impact of probiotic Bifidobacterium longum ssp. infantis on the fecal microbiota and plasma cytokines in neonates with congenital heart disease.Study designSixteen infants with congenital heart disease were randomly assigned ...
Bokulich, NA +10 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis is a disease process of intestinal disruption which has been associated with gastrointestinal microbial alterations after antibiotic exposure.
Charles Preston Pugh +2 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm newborn with a history of maternal COVID-19: a case report
A 6-day-old newborn male presented with a primary complaint of abdominal distension for 3 days before hospital admission. The newborn was delivered from a confirmed COVID-19–positive mother through caesarean section at 38-39 weeks with a birth weight of ...
Rennilia Nita, MD +2 more
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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis: genetic association study [PDF]
BACKGROUND The inflammatory cytokine cascade is implicated in the pathogenesis of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). Genetic association studies of cytokine polymorphisms may help to detect molecular mechanisms that are causally related to the disease ...
Baier, R. J. +5 more
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Determining optimal outcome measures in a trial investigating no routine gastric residual volume measurement in critically ill children [PDF]
Background Choosing trial outcome measures is important. When outcomes are not clinically relevant or important to parents/patients, trial evidence is less likely to be implemented into practice.
Andrzejewska, Izabela +16 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis: controversies and challenges [version 1; referees: 3 approved]
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a devastating intestinal disease that affects ~5% of preterm neonates. Despite advancements in neonatal care, mortality remains high (30–50%) and controversy still persists with regards to the most appropriate management of ...
Augusto Zani, Agostino Pierro
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Enteric dysbiosis and fecal calprotectin expression in premature infants. [PDF]
BackgroundPremature infants often develop enteric dysbiosis with a preponderance of Gammaproteobacteria, which has been related to adverse clinical outcomes.
A Ghidini +41 more
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Objectives: 1 Measure serial serum intestinal fatty acid binding protein levels in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass to evaluate for evidence of early post-operative enterocyte injury.
John D. Watson +6 more
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Association of Chorioamnionitis with Aberrant Neonatal Gut Colonization and Adverse Clinical Outcomes. [PDF]
ObjectiveChorioamnionitis (inflammation of the placenta and fetal membranes) and abnormal gastrointestinal colonization have been associated with an increased risk of sepsis and death in preterm infants, but whether chorioamnionitis causes abnormal ...
Ambalavanan, Namasivayam +5 more
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ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
The necrotizing enterocolitis remains the basic disease leading to a mortality of mainly prematurely born children with low and extremely low body weight.
M. I. Pykov +4 more
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