Apgar score and the risk of cause specific infant mortality: a population based cohort study of 1,029,207 livebirths [PDF]
, 2014 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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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundPostpartum venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a clinical challenge despite thromboprophylaxis. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) represents the first-line treatment, but interindividual pharmacodynamic variability complicates dose titration.
Ruijing Ma +5 more
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Concentrated ambient PM2.5 exposure affects mice sperm quality and testosterone biosynthesis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Studies suggested that PM2.5 exposure could lead to adverse reproductive effects on male animals. However, the underlying mechanism is still not clear.
Yingying Yang +8 more
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Traditional Methods of Protecting the Infant and Child Illness/Disease Among the Wazigua at Mvomero Ward, Morogoro, Region, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2013 Even though child and infant protection against health problems using various methods is as old as mankind, there is limited literature on traditional methods used to protect infant and child in Tanzania.
Kayombo , E.J.
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin +2 more
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MILK FORMULAS: PRESENT DAY INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2017 A healthy child passes through a process of growth and harmonious development, his environment and food quality representing determining premises of his health, especially during the first two years.
Laura Florescu +3 more
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Neonatal intensive care and its application in Malta [PDF]
, 1990 The introduction of neonatal techniques has proved vital in the reduction of infant mortality rates. This article describes 4 important and basic techniques in neonatal intensive care; ventilation, nutrition, monitoring and cerebral assessment.
Azzopardi, Denis
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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The functions of postpartum depression [PDF]
, 1999 Evolutionary approaches to parental care suggest that parents will not automatically invest in all offspring, and should reduce or eliminate investment in their children if the costs outweigh the benefits.
Hagen, Edward
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