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Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups.
Bapat, U.   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thrombosis in newborn infants

open access: yesArchivos Argentinos de Pediatria, 2016
The incidence of thrombosis is higher among newborn infants than in any other stage of pediatric development. This fact is the consequence of labile characteristics of the neonatal hemostatic system, in addition to exposure to multiple risk factors and the wide use of vascular catheters.
Viviana, Bacciedoni   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal-Infant Correlation of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Objectives: We aim to assess the correlation of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDR S. aureus) carriage between mothers and their newborn infants.Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of mothers and their newborn ...
Jialing Lin, Zhenjiang Yao
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of a Healthy Microbiome in Pregnancy and Infancy and Microbiota Treatment to Reverse Dysbiosis for Improved Health

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2023
Background: The microbiome of newborn infants during the first 1000 days, influenced early on by their mothers’ microbiome health, mode of delivery and breast feeding, orchestrates the education and programming of the infant’s immune system and ...
Herbert L. DuPont   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracking and debriefing birth data at scale: A mobile phone application to improve obstetric and neonatal care in Bihar, India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
AimThis analysis assessed changes over time in skill and knowledge related to the use of evidence-based practices associated with quality of maternal and neonatal care during a nurse midwife mentoring intervention at primary health clinics (PHCs) in ...
Bagchi, Kingshuk   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Expanding Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Limits: Biallelic SPAST Variants in Cerebral Palsy Mimics

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are rare neurodegenerative disorders marked by spasticity and lower limb weakness. The most common type, SPG4, is usually autosomal dominant and caused by SPAST gene variants, typically presenting as pure HSP.
Gregorio A. Nolasco   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking regional brain growth up to age 13 in children born term and very preterm

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
In this longitudinal study, the authors tracked the course of brain development from birth to adolescence (age 13 years) and examined the effects of very preterm birth.
Deanne K. Thompson   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case Report: Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Newborn, a Potential Association With SARS-COV-2

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the clinical course of a newborn who developed dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) after COVID-19 infection.Methods: We retrospectively assessed the clinical notes of a pediatric patient with decompensated ...
Estela Azeka   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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