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Helping small babies survive: an evaluation of facility-based Kangaroo Mother Care implementation progress in Uganda

open access: yesThe 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
doaj   +1 more source

Newborns discriminate novel from harmonic sounds: a study using magnetoencephalography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Objective: We investigated whether newborns respond differently to novel and deviant sounds during quiet sleep. Methods: Twelve healthy neonates were presented with a three-stimulus oddball paradigm, consisting of frequent standard (76%), infrequent
Alho   +47 more
core   +3 more sources

Interpretable Prediction of Pulmonary Hypertension in Newborns using Echocardiograms [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in newborns and infants is a complex condition associated with several pulmonary, cardiac, and systemic diseases contributing to morbidity and mortality. Therefore, accurate and early detection of PH is crucial for successful management.
arxiv  

Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant

open access: yesOman 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
doaj   +1 more source

A cry for help: Early detection of brain injury in newborns [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Since the 1960s, neonatal clinicians have known that newborns suffering from certain neurological conditions exhibit altered crying patterns such as the high-pitched cry in birth asphyxia. Despite an annual burden of over 1.5 million infant deaths and disabilities, early detection of neonatal brain injuries due to asphyxia remains a challenge ...
arxiv  

Critical congenital heart disease screening by pulse oximetry in a neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
ObjectiveCritical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening is effective in asymptomatic late preterm and term newborn infants with a low false-positive rate (0.035%).
Carrion, V   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Energy-Efficient Respiratory Anomaly Detection in Premature Newborn Infants [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Precise monitoring of respiratory rate in premature infants is essential to initiate medical interventions as required. Wired technologies can be invasive and obtrusive to the patients. We propose a Deep Learning enabled wearable monitoring system for premature newborn infants, where respiratory cessation is predicted using signals that are collected ...
arxiv  

Management of late-preterm and term infants with hyperbilirubinaemia in resource-constrained settings. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Hyperbilirubinaemia is a ubiquitous transitional morbidity in the vast majority of newborns and a leading cause of hospitalisation in the first week of life worldwide.
Boo, Nem-Yun   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency and T‐cell lymphopenia

open access: yesImmunological 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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Combination Therapy With Vigabatrin and Prednisolone Versus Vigabatrin Alone for Infantile Spasms

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The study evaluated the effectiveness of combination therapy with vigabatrin and prednisolone versus vigabatrin alone for treating infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). Methods This single‐center, single‐blind, randomized trial enrolled infants aged 2–14 months with new‐onset IESS, randomly assigned them (1:1) to receive either
Rachata Boonkrongsak   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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