Is antenatal syphilis screening still cost effective in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2003 Objectives: To estimate the cost effectiveness of on-site antenatal syphilis screening and treatment in\ud Mwanza, Tanzania. To compare this intervention with other antenatal and child health interventions,\ud specifically the prevention of mother to ...
Changalucha, J +11 more
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Permissive Hyperglycemia in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2013 The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of permissive hyperglycemia up to < 300 mg/dL in extremely-low-birth-weight infants (ELBWIs). We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 260 live-born ELBWIs at Samsung Medical Center between 2004 and 2008, grouped according to peak blood glucose level and management during the first 14 days of ...
Yoo, Hye Soo +6 more
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Prolonged duration of early antibiotic therapy in extremely premature infants. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundProlonged early antibiotics in extremely premature infants may have negative effects. We aimed to assess prevalence and outcomes of provision of prolonged early antibiotics to extremely premature infants in the absence of culture-confirmed ...
Chowdhury, Dhuly +11 more
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Ventilatory management in extremely low birth weight infants
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020 The improvement in survival in premature infants associated with the evolution of mechanical ventilation has been accompanied by an increase in ventilator induced lung injury. High frequency ventilation has been shown to reduce the incidence of ventilator induced lung injury and hence chronic lung disease in the very low birth weight infant.
Shaun Morris, Karen Choong
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Possible male infanticide in wild orangutans and a re-evaluation of infanticide risk [PDF]
, 2019 Infanticide as a male reproductive tactic is widespread across mammals, and is particularly prevalent in catarrhine primates. While it has never been observed in wild orangutans, infanticide by non-sire males has been predicted to occur due to their ...
Knott, Cheryl D. +6 more
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Neonatologie/Pädiatrie – Leitlinie Parenterale Ernährung, Kapitel 13 [PDF]
, 2009 There are special challenges in implementing parenteral nutrition (PN) in paediatric patients, which arises from the wide range of patients, ranging from extremely premature infants up to teenagers weighing up to and over 100 kg, and their varying ...
Bauer, Karl +7 more
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Lactation and neonatal nutrition: defining and refining the critical questions. [PDF]
, 2012 This paper resulted from a conference entitled "Lactation and Milk: Defining and refining the critical questions" held at the University of Colorado School of Medicine from January 18-20, 2012.
Ardythe L. Morrow +37 more
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The evidence for the benefits from breast milk in the neurodevelopment of premature babies – a review of the recent literature [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction. The brain in preterm babies is usually not fully developed and therefore early post-term events can have long-lasting neurodevelopment and cognitive outcomes. It is known that cerebral white matter connectivity is important for later intact
Paduraru, Danuta Iulia
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Apgar score and the risk of cause specific infant mortality: a population based cohort study of 1,029,207 livebirths [PDF]
, 2014 Background<p></p> The Apgar score has been used worldwide as an index of early neonatal condition for more than 60 years. With advances in health-care service provision, neonatal resuscitation, and infant care, its present relevance is ...
Iliodromiti, Stamatina +4 more
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Hypothyroxinemia in extremely low birth weight infants [PDF]
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015 Hypothyroxinemia of prematurity (HOP) is a transient alteration in thyroid hormone availabilityfound in more than half of extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW) born at less than 30 weeks [1]. HOP is characterized by very low total T4 (TT4) and free T4 (FT4) levels with a normal or low thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH); TT4 and FT4 show a nadir at 7-
Ghirri, Paolo +4 more
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