Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cerebral Hemodynamics in Preterm Infants
Background: To evaluate the effects of pressure levels on cerebral hemodynamics in premature infants receiving nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) during the first 3 days of life.Methods: Forty-four preterm infants treated with nCPAP were ...
Han Zhou +5 more
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Vitamin A and iron supplementation of Indonesian pregnant women benefits vitamin A status of their infants [PDF]
Many Indonesian infants have an inadequate nutritional status, which may be due in part to inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy. This study was designed to investigate whether infant nutritional status could be improved by maternal vitamin A ...
Hautvast, J.G.A.J. +4 more
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Background Much interest has been focussed on both maternal obesity and gestational weight gain (GWG), particularly on their role in influencing birth weight (BW).
Amy C. O’Higgins +5 more
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Is It Rational to Assume that Infants Imitate Rationally? A Theoretical Analysis and Critique [PDF]
It has been suggested that preverbal infants evaluate the efficiency of others' actions (by applying a principle of rational action) and that they imitate others' actions rationally.
Adolph K.E. +74 more
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Effects of congenital hearing loss and cochlear implantation on audiovisual speech perception in infants and children [PDF]
Purpose: Cochlear implantation has recently become available as an intervention strategy for young children with profound hearing impairment. In fact, infants as young as 6 months are now receiving cochlear implants (CIs), and even younger infants are ...
Bergeson, Tonya R. +2 more
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Atypical hemispheric specialization for faces in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder [PDF]
Among the many experimental findings that tend to distinguish those with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are face processing deficits, reduced hemispheric specialization, and atypical neurostructural and functional connectivity. To investigate
Keehn, Brandon +3 more
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Relation Between Early Introduction of Solid Food to Infants and their Weight and Illnesses During the first two years of Life. [PDF]
To assess the relations between early introduction of solid food and infant weight, gastrointestinal illness, and allergic illnesses during the first two years of life.
Forsyth, J S +4 more
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affect provision and quality of neonatal care. This global study explores parents’ experiences regarding the impact of the restrictions on key characteristics of infant and family-centred developmental care (
Johanna Kostenzer +5 more
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The role of negative maternal affective states and infant temperament in early interactions between infants with cleft lip and their mothers [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: The study examined the early interaction between mothers and their infants with cleft lip, assessing the role of maternal affective state and expressiveness and differences in infant temperament.
Borgatti, R. +6 more
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Introduction This is a case scenario simulating a physician encounter with a parent who has concerns about the sexual abuse of her child. The case scenario was developed to enhance competencies around the initial steps in management of child sexual abuse.
Ingrid Walker-Descartes +3 more
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