Salivary Diagnostics in Pediatrics: Applicability, Translatability, and Limitations
Frontiers in Public Health, 2017 In the last decade, technological advances, combined with an improved appreciation of the ability of saliva to inform caregivers about both oral health and systemic disease, have led to the emergence of salivary diagnostic platforms.
Jill L. Maron +2 more
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Using non-nutritive sucking to support feeding development for premature infants: A commentary on approaches and current practice [PDF]
, 2018 Non-nutritive sucking is often used with premature infants by either using a pacifier or an expressed breast nipple to support the introduction and development of early oral feeding.
Cane, C. +3 more
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Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 BACKGROUND Mother-infant separation postbirth is common in Western culture. Early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) begins ideally at birth and involves placing the naked baby, covered across the back with a warm blanket, prone on the mother's bare chest ...
E. Moore +3 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Prematurity is the leading cause of newborn death in Uganda, accounting for 38% of the nation's 39,000 annual newborn deaths. Kangaroo mother care is a high-impact; cost-effective intervention that has been prioritized in policy in Uganda ...
Patrick Aliganyira +5 more
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Screening forCronobacterSpecies in Powdered and Reconstituted Infant Formulas and from Equipment Used in Formula Preparation in Maternity Hospitals [PDF]
, 2013 Background/Aims: Cronobacter spp. have been identified as being of considerable risk to neonates. The occurrence of organism in infant formulas is therefore of considerable interest. Methods: The occurrence of Cronobacter spp.
Amstalden Junqueira, VC +5 more
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Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a nonpigmented tumor which presents during the first decade of life. It is rarely seen in newborn infants. We report a pigmented medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant, which showed a rapid growth.
Parag K Shah +5 more
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Impact of the Nursing Home Visit to the newborn/ infant/family [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: To identify the impact of the home visit to the newborn/infant/family, when performed by nurses, on the health and well-being of the child and family.
Branca, Vera, Calado, Gabriela
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Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency and T‐cell lymphopenia
Immunological Reviews, 2018 The development of a T cell receptor excision circle (TREC) assay utilizing dried blood spots (DBS) made possible universal newborn screening (NBS) for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) as a public health measure.
J. Puck
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Autoimmune rheumatic diseases commonly affect individuals of childbearing age, with historically increased adverse pregnancy outcomes in this group. The advent of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has fostered more suitable conditions for pregnancy; however, this is accompanied by challenges in ensuring safe use in reproductive ...
Athena Chin +4 more
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Community-based Approach to Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy in Kisumu, Kenya [PDF]
, 2014 Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is a significant contributor to maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. In malaria-endemic countries, especially those in tropical areas of Africa where there is intense transmission of Plasmodium falciparum (P ...
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