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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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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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Impact of prematurity on long-stay paediatric intensive care unit admissions in England 2008-2018

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
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, Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan, Trishul Kothari, Adrian Plunkett, Chris Gale, Elizabeth S. Draper, Sarah E. Seaton   +6 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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Medication errors in neonatal intensive care units: a multicenter qualitative study in the Palestinian practice

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
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, Mohammad Jaber, Rami Said, Khalil Mohammad, Yahya Aker   +4 more
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Desafios na implementação de cuidados paliativos na neonatologia: Uma revisão integrativa

Residência Pediátrica, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Neonatal palliative care has been increasingly integrated promoting individualized care, centered on maternal and family bonds. Even progress, there are several difficulties in the implementation of conducts.
Bárbara Rocha Rodrigues, Ana Paula Oliveira Boscolo, Letícia Lemos Leão, Marcelo Bernardes da Rocha Reis, Lucas Céspedes Pimenta, Jussara Silva Lima   +5 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with neonatal hypothermia on admission to neonatal intensive care units in Southwest Ethiopia - A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2019
IntroductionNeonatal hypothermia is one of the main underlying factors associated with neonatal deaths.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with neonatal hypothermia on admission to neonatal intensive ...
Gebresilasea Gendisha Ukke, Ketema Diriba   +1 more
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Neonatal family-centered care: evidence and practice models [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
Although advances in neonatology have reduced the mortality rate of high-risk infants, sick newborns or pre-mature infants undergo more intensive monitoring, pain-ful procedures, and lengthy hospitalization, leading to pro-longed separation from their ...
Juyoung Lee
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End of life in the neonatal intensive care unit [PDF]

Clinics, 2011
Death at the beginning of life is tragic but not uncommon in neonatal intensive care units. In Portugal, few studies have examined the circumstances surrounding the final moments of neonates. We evaluated the care given to neonates and their families in terminal situations and the changes that had occurred one decade later.We analyzed 256 charts in a ...
Moura, Helena, Costa, Vera, Rodrigues, Manuela, Almeida, Filipe, Maia, Teresa, Guimarães, Hercília   +5 more
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The BRACELET Study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials

Trials, 2010
Background The subject of death and bereavement in the context of randomised controlled trials in neonatal or paediatric intensive care is under-researched. The objectives of this phase of the Bereavement and RAndomised ControlLEd Trials (BRACELET) Study
Platt Martin, Tasker Robert C, Brocklehurst Peter, Harvey Sheila E, Snowdon Claire, Allen Elizabeth, Elbourne Diana   +6 more
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