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Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure increases hospitalizations for bronchiolitis in infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a worldwide health problem and it is considered a risk factor for pregnant women's and children's health, particularly for respiratory morbidity during the first year of life.
Adorni F   +59 more
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Pregnancy lipidomic profiles and DNA methylation in newborns from the CHAMACOS cohort. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Lipids play a role in many biological functions and the newly emerging field of lipidomics aims to characterize the varying classes of lipid molecules present in biological specimens.
Bradman, Asa   +5 more
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Treatment algorithm for infants diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy through newborn screening [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by the degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscular atrophy.
Connolly, Anne   +14 more
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Progress in research on safety of vaccination in pregnancy: a review of the literature

open access: yesZhongguo gonggong weisheng
Pregnant women are a high-risk group for several infectious diseases. Vaccination is the most economical and effective way to prevent infectious diseases in the general population, but for pregnant women, vaccination can present both risks and benefits ...
Xinan NING   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frontline Health Workers: The Best Way to Save Lives, Accelerate Progress on Global Health, and Help Advance U.S. Interests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Argues for training, equipping, and supporting community-based health workers, midwives, pharmacists, nurses, and doctors who provide care for rural populations in the developing world as a cost-efficient way to advance global health and ...

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OntONeo: The Obstetric and Neonatal Ontology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper presents the Obstetric and Neonatal Ontology (OntONeo). This ontology has been created to provide a consensus representation of salient electronic health record (EHR) data and to serve interoperability of the associated data and information ...
Almeida, Mauricio   +3 more
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A Rapid Assessment of the Quality of Neonatal Healthcare in Kilimanjaro Region, Northeast Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
While child mortality is declining in Africa there has been no evidence of a comparable reduction in neonatal mortality. The quality of inpatient neonatal care is likely a contributing factor but data from resource limited settings are few. The objective
AB Pembe   +42 more
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A Moment in Human Development: Legal Protection, Ethical Standards and Social Policy on the Selective Non-Treatment of Handicapped Neonates [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under renewed judicial and legislative scrutiny. In this article, the author examines the legal, ethical and social considerations attendant to the non-treatment
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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The Study of Pulmonary Complication of Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation in NICU

open access: yesپزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2016
Introduction & Objective: The main indication of mechanical ventilation is in the treatment of neonates with respiratory failure. With the increased use of mechanical ventilation, its complications have increased too.
Mohammad Kazem Sabzeie   +4 more
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Changing rooms in NICU : a comparative descriptive study of parental perceptions of the physical environment of neonatal intensive care units : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Philosophy in Nursing at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The physical environment of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is unique and can be challenging and stressful for families. As infant survival rates and technology improved, many NICUs became 'busy', overcrowded, noisy environments.
Wilkinson, Robyn Clare
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