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Nursing in neonatal intensive care: the look of the families [PDF]
Exploratory, qualitative and descriptive study aimed at identifying the perception of the Neonatal Nursing of mothers and / or parents of newborns in intensive care. Data were collected from May to July/2012, with seven couples of parents and two mothers
Leticia Gramazio Soares+4 more
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Quality Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]
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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Troubling care in the neonatal intensive care unit
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a site of medical treatment for premature and critically ill infants. It is a space populated by medical teams and their patients, as well as parents and family. Each actor in this space negotiates providing and practicing care.
Michael Weber+2 more
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Phthalate Exposures in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Background: Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), a phthalate compound found in medical devices, may cause toxic effects in premature infants. In this study, the objective is to quantify DEHP exposures from various intravenous and respiratory therapy devices, and to use these values to predict typical exposure for an infant in a neonatal unit.
Randall Jenkins+4 more
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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+16 more
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Neonatal gastrointestinal involvement and congenital cytomegalovirus
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+6 more
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The danger of diazoxide in the neonatal intensive care unit [PDF]
Background: The most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infancy is hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. When conservative measures fail, providers often use medications to treat persistent hypoglycemia. Diazoxide is first-line therapy for neonatal hypoglycemia and works by inhibiting insulin secretion.
Jay Desai+4 more
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Introduction: The system-level factors of the neonatal intensive care unit work environment contribute to breastfeeding promotion in the preterm population.
Elisabetta Tambani+10 more
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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+15 more
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Diarrhea in neonatal intensive care unit
To investigate the frequency, etiology, and current management strategies for diarrhea in newborn.Retrospective, nationwide study involving 5801 subjects observed in neonatal intensive care units during 3 years. The main anamnesis and demographic characteristics, etiology and characteristics of diarrhea, nutritional and therapeutic management, clinical
PASSARIELLO, ANNALISA+5 more
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