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Stress and anxiety among mothers of premature infants in a Malaysian neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 2018
Objective: This study aims to determine maternal stress and anxiety as perceived by mothers whose premature infants were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to identify maternal stress and its relationship with maternal and infant ...
S. L. Ong, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, M. Danaee, K. L. Soh, K. Soh, S. Japar   +5 more
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Cholestasis in the Premature Infant

Clinics in Perinatology, 2020
Liver dysfunction is a common problem in the sick premature infant. The dysfunction is usually multifactorial and often underlies a combination of liver immaturity, comorbidities, and/or the presence of primary liver disease. The liver of the preterm infant has a paucity of bile ducts, low levels of many hepatic enzymes and transporters, and a small ...
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The Feeding of Premature Infants

Acta Paediatrica, 1954
SummaryThe operating of a Premature Center, installed in a children's hospital, which forms part of a Medical Unit together with a large Maternity Unit, is described. The feeding routine used in 311 prematures admitted in a 7‐month period is studied. Schenistically this routine is the following: initial complete fasting period during the first 24 hours
A, ARIZTIA, J E, HOWARD, M, ASPILLAGA, S, JARPA   +3 more
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Examination of the Premature Infant

Ophthalmology, 1979
Ophthalmoscopic examination of the premature infant requires binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, use of an eyelid speculum, and wide pupillary dilatation. Normal and pathologic features unique to the infant eye often are encountered. Familiarity with these features is essential for accurate diagnosis and prevention of unnecessary therapeutic ...
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FEEDING OF PREMATURE INFANTS

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1947
THE FEEDING of premature infants in the hospital nursery will be discussed under three headings: ( a ) problems during the first week of life, ( b ) problems after the first week and ( c ) problems on discharge to the home. PROBLEMS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF LIFE During the first week, while the infant is making numerous physiologic adjustments ...
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Malnutrition in the Premature Infant

Acta Paediatrica, 1991
During the first few days of life, the ill premature infant is usually subjected to acute semistarvation because the provision of nutritional support is considered cumbersome and unnecessary. However, the absence of readily recognizable adverse effects of semistarvation does not rule out the existence of significant short‐term adverse effects, nor does
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The Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R): Initial Validation and Feasibility

The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2014
B. Stevens, S. Gibbins, J. Yamada, Kimberley Dionne, Grace Lee, C. Johnston, A. Taddio   +6 more
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Prematurity stereotyping by mothers of premature infants

Infant Behavior and Development, 1986
M, Stern, K H, Karraker
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Delivery of the Premature Infant

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1995
Significantly preterm delivery should ideally occur in centers with neonatal intensive care units and be attended by pediatric staff. The progress of labor, fetal heart rate patterns, and indications of fetal compromise differ substantially from those seen at term.
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Nutritional Strategies for the Very Low Birthweight Infant: Premature infant formulas

, 2009
D. Adamkin
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