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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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Therapeutic Environment and Premature newborns Development [PDF]
Introduction: Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, however, the survival of preterm infants is guaranteed. Prolonged exposure to numerous sensory stimuli during early neonatal intensive care units contributes to the increased ...
Calado, Gabriela, Costa, Mónica
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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 +7 more
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Parents' experiences of sharing neonatal information and decisions: Consent, cost and risk [PDF]
This paper is about the care of babies with confirmed or potential neurological problems in neonatal intensive care units. Drawing on recent ethnographic research, the paper considers parents' experiences of sharing information and decisions with ...
Alderson, Priscilla +2 more
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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.
Naylor, Lindsay +2 more
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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 +6 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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Background Neonatal intensive care units are high-risk settings where medication errors can occur and cause harm to this fragile segment of patients. This multicenter qualitative study was conducted to describe medication errors that occurred in neonatal
Ramzi Shawahna +4 more
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Neonatal intensive care unit study [PDF]
The aims of the National Intensive Care Unit Study were to establish a data base for specific groups of high-risk infants who were admitted to a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit during the neonatal period, and to determine their survival and major disability rates.
Lee Sutton, Barbara Bajuk
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Impact of prematurity on long-stay paediatric intensive care unit admissions in England 2008-2018
Background Survival following extreme preterm birth has improved, potentially increasing the number of children with ongoing morbidity requiring intensive care in childhood.
Tim J. van Hasselt +6 more
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