Initial Metabolic Profiles Are Associated with 7-Day Survival among Infants Born at 22-25 Weeks of Gestation. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between early metabolic profiles combined with infant characteristics and survival past 7 days of age in infants born at 22-25 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN:This nested case-control consisted of 465 singleton live
Anderson, James G +9 more
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Apgar score and the risk of cause specific infant mortality: a population based cohort study of 1,029,207 livebirths [PDF]
Background<p></p> The Apgar score has been used worldwide as an index of early neonatal condition for more than 60 years. With advances in health-care service provision, neonatal resuscitation, and infant care, its present relevance is ...
Iliodromiti, Stamatina +4 more
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Enteral lactoferrin supplementation for very preterm infants: a randomised placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
Background Infections acquired in hospital are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants. Several small trials have suggested that supplementing the enteral diet of very preterm infants with lactoferrin, an antimicrobial ...
Ainsworth, S +59 more
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Objective: To compare the incidence of small for gestational age infants among late preterm and term newborns, using the Fenton and Intergrowth-21st curves. Methods: Observational and retrospective study with newborns in a level II maternity.
Claudia Malisano Barreto +5 more
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Background In women with hyperglycemia in pregnancy living in France, psychosocial deprivation is associated with both earlier and greater exposure to the condition, as well as poorer maternofetal prognosis.
Helene Bihan +9 more
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Background: To investigate postnatal growth patterns and their relationship with the neurodevelopment of preterm infants born small for gestational age (SGA). Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed 90 infants born SGA with a birthweight
Hannah Cho +5 more
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Crying and feeding problems in infancy and cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk : a prospective population study [PDF]
Objective: To investigate whether regulatory problems, i.e., crying and feeding problems in infants > 3 months of age, predict cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk even when controlled for confounding factors.
Alvarez +126 more
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Association between food environments and fetal growth in pregnant Brazilian women
Introduction Birth weight is described as one of the main determinants of newborns’ chances of survival. Among the associated causes, or risk factors, the mother’s nutritional status strongly influences fetal growth and birth weight outcomes of the ...
Audêncio Victor +12 more
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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P. +2 more
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Maternal iron status in early pregnancy and birth outcomes : insights from the Baby's Vascular health and Iron in Pregnancy study [PDF]
Date of Acceptance: 16/03/2015 Acknowledgements N. A. A. was funded by a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship (WT87789). H. J. M. and H. E. H. are supported by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services. N.
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