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Cause and predictors of neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based prospective follow-up study

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background The first month is the most crucial period for child survival. Neonatal mortality continues to remain high with little improvement over the years in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia.
Assefa Desalew, Yitagesu Sintayehu, Nardos Teferi, Firehiwot Amare, Bifitu Geda, Teshager Worku, Kebebush Abera, Abiyot Asefaw   +7 more
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Clinical Competence and Its Related Factors of Nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Clinical competence of nurses working in the neonatal intensive care units together with advancements in medical science and technology increased the survival rate of newborns that need specialized care. To ensure the quality of
Jila Mirlashari, Robabeh Qommi, Shahin Nariman, Nasser Bahrani, Jamaloddin Begjani   +4 more
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Validity of Clinical Indications of Pediatric Bedside Echocardiography in Critically Ill Children: A Single Center Study [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal, 2022
Background: Management of critically ill pediatric patients is a demanding task that relies on a combination of clinical skills and measurement of hemodynamic variables.
Antoine Fakhry AbdelMassih, Fatma Al Zahraa Mostafa, Alaa Mohamed Younis, Noha Ali Abd El Salam   +3 more
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Experiences and contextual practices of family-centered care in Ghanaian nicus: a qualitative study of families and clinicians

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Families, whether at home or at the hospital, should be a vital part of newborn care. However, most families are excluded from hospital care, particularly in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Alhassan Sibdow Abukari, Angela Kwartemaa Acheampong, Lydia Aziato   +2 more
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Quality Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Neonatal Medicine, 2018
Even with the increasing number of high risk infants, neonatal care in Korea has undergone development with improved survival rate. This rapid improvement in the outcomes brought care quality in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to the surface. Quality
Eun Sun Kim
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Routine gastric residual volume measurement to guide enteral feeding in mechanically ventilated infants and children: the GASTRIC feasibility study

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: The routine measurement of gastric residual volume to guide the initiation and delivery of enteral feeding is widespread in paediatric intensive care and neonatal units, but has little underlying evidence to support it.
Lyvonne N Tume, Kerry Woolfall, Barbara Arch, Louise Roper, Elizabeth Deja, Ashley P Jones, Lynne Latten, Nazima Pathan, Helen Eccleson, Helen Hickey, Roger Parslow, Jennifer Preston, Anne Beissel, Izabela Andrzejewska, Chris Gale, Frederic V Valla, Jon Dorling   +16 more
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Neonatal gastrointestinal involvement and congenital cytomegalovirus

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2016
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of congenital viral infection, affecting 0.2 to 2.3% of all live births in developed countries. Very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight newborns are at higher risk of symptomatic CMV infection ...
Alessandro Porta, Adriana Avanzini, Marta Bellini, Rosa Maria Crossignani, Stefano Fiocchi, Stefano Martinelli, Luciana Parola   +6 more
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Exploring the Gap Between Needs and Practice in Facilitating Breastfeeding Within the Neonatal Intensive Care Setting: An Italian Survey on Organizational Factors

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Introduction: The system-level factors of the neonatal intensive care unit work environment contribute to breastfeeding promotion in the preterm population.
Elisabetta Tambani, Maria Lorella Giannì, Maria Lorella Giannì, Elena Nicoletta Bezze, Patrizio Sannino, Gabriele Sorrentino, Laura Plevani, Daniela Morniroli, Daniela Morniroli, Fabio Mosca, Fabio Mosca   +10 more
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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation in England are usually born and cared for in either a neonatal intensive care unit or a local neonatal unit—with such units forming part of Operational Delivery Networks.
Neena Modi, , Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail   +15 more
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Physiological responses and behavioural organization of very low birth weight infants during swaddled versus traditional weighing

Nursing Open, 2023
Aim Despite the consequences of neonatal distress and agitation, preterm infants undergo stress owing to weighing procedures. The objective of this study was to enable very low birth weight infants to maintain adequate self‐regulation during weighing ...
Silvia Vicente‐Perez, Gemma Robleda, Ignasi Gich, Tania Nolla, Jaume Ponce‐Taylor, Sergio Verd, Gemma Ginovart   +6 more
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