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Integrated growth assessment in the first 1000 d of life: an interdisciplinary conceptual framework

Public Health Nutrition, 2023
Objectives: Prenatal growth affects short- and long-term morbidity, mortality and growth, yet communication between prenatal and postnatal healthcare teams is often minimal. This paper aims to develop an integrated, interdisciplinary framework for foetal/
Sanja Nel, Robert C Pattinson, Valerie Vannevel, Ute D Feucht, Helen Mulol, Friede AM Wenhold   +5 more
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A Large Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study of Newborn Care Practices in Southern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2010
Despite recent improvements in child survival in sub-Saharan Africa, neonatal mortality rates remain largely unchanged. This study aimed to determine the frequency of delivery and newborn-care practices in southern Tanzania, where neonatal mortality is ...
Schellenberg, David, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M, Tanner, M., Manzi, Fatuma, Hill, Zelee, Schellenberg David, Mrisho, M, Marcel Tanner, Fatuma Manzi, Hassan Mshinda, Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg, Mshinda Hassan, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna RM, Manzi, F, Penfold, S, Schellenberg, JRMA, Penfold, Suzanne, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, D, Mrisho Mwifadhi, Manzi Fatuma, Schellenberg, D., Zelee Hill, Manzi, F., Armstrong Schellenberg Joanna R. M., Armstrong Schellenberg, J. R., Mwifadhi Mrisho, Mrisho, M., David Schellenberg, Penfold Suzanne, Penfold, S., Tanner Marcel, Mshinda, H, Suzanne Penfold, Tanner, M, Mshinda, H., Hill, Z, Joanna R. M. Armstrong Schellenberg, Hill Zelee, Hill, Z.   +41 more
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A combined study of heat and mass transfer in an infant incubator with an overhead screen [PDF]

, 2007
The main objective of this study is to investigate the major physical processes taking place inside an infant incubator, before and after modifications have been made to its interior chamber.
Ginalski, MK, Wrobel, LC, Andrzej J. Nowak, Maciej K. Ginalski, Luiz C. Wrobel, Nowak, AJ   +5 more
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Prospective association of maternal psychosocial stress in pregnancy with newborn hippocampal volume and implications for infant social-emotional development

Neurobiology of Stress, 2021
Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy can impact the developing fetal brain and influence offspring mental health. In this context, animal studies have identified the hippocampus and amygdala as key brain regions of interest, however, evidence in
Nora K. Moog, Saara Nolvi, Theresa S. Kleih, Martin Styner, John H. Gilmore, Jerod M. Rasmussen, Christine M. Heim, Sonja Entringer, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Claudia Buss   +9 more
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Acquired heart block: A possible complication of patent ductus arteriosus in a preterm infant [PDF]

, 2008
A large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a frequently encountered clinical problem in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. It leads to an increased pulmonary blood flow and in a decreased or reversed diastolic flow in the systemic circulation ...
Mittal, Rashmi, Till, Holger, Holzinger, Andreas, Döhlemann, Christoph, Dietz, Hans-Georg, Grasser, Monika, Münch, Georg   +6 more
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Variation in United States COVID-19 newborn care practices: results of an online physician survey

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Newborn care practices that best promote the health and well-being of mother-infant dyads after birth while minimizing transmission of COVID-19 were uncertain at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Margaret G. Parker, Arun Gupta, Helen Healy, Aviel Peaceman, Stephen M. Kerr, Timothy C. Heeren, Mark L. Hudak, Munish Gupta   +7 more
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Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Neonatal mortality because of low birth weight or prematurity remains high in many developing country settings. This research aimed to estimate the sensitivity and specificity, and the positive and negative predictive values of newborn ...
Jaribu Jennie, Marchant Tanya, Tanya Marchant, Jennie Jaribu, Marchant, Tanya, Penfold Suzanne, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Tanner Marcel, Marcel Tanner, Suzanne Penfold, Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna, Schellenberg Joanna, Penfold, Suzanne, Jaribu, Jennie, Tanner, Marcel   +14 more
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CLEVER maternity care: A before-and-after study of women’s experience of childbirth in Tshwane, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Background: Birthing care matters to women and some women experience mistreatment during childbirth. Aim: To determine the effect the ‘CLEVER Maternity Care’ package, a multi-faceted intervention to improve respectful, quality obstetric care.
Sarie J. Oosthuizen, Anne-Marie Bergh, Jackie Grimbeek, Robert C. Pattinson   +3 more
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A Case of Consanguinity

Global Pediatric Health, 2022
A newborn of unknown gestational age and unknown chronological age was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit after presenting to the emergency department for evaluation and concern for neglect.
Carla Brown MD, Paige Jones-Brooks BS, Gwenevere White MD, Zackary Shearer MD, Megan Baber DO   +4 more
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Implications of Genomic Newborn Screening for Infant Mortality

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
Technological advances and decreasing costs of genomic sequencing have paved the way for the increased incorporation of genomics into newborn screening (NBS).
Monica H. Wojcik, Nina B. Gold
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