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Catheter-related bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care units [PDF]
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are regularly used in intensive care units, and catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections, particularly in preterm infants.
Jung Hyun Lee
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Fathers' Stress in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Background: Healthcare professionals in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) tend to focus attention on the mothers and the newborn infants. Thus, fathers may find it difficult to establish an optimal father–child relationship and their stress may increase and persist during hospitalization ...
Noergaard, Betty+4 more
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A short form of the neonatal intensive care unit family needs inventory
OBJECTIVE: The identification of parental needs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is essential to design and implement family-centered care. This article aims to validate the Neonatal Intensive Care Units Family Needs Inventory for the Portuguese ...
Elisabete Alves+4 more
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Tuberculosis Exposure from a Healthcare Worker to Patients in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The nosocomial spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a healthcare worker with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis disease to patients remains a risk in the healthcare environment, including neonatal intensive care units.
Maria Casalino+5 more
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Disaster Preparedness in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]
Disasters disproportionally affect vulnerable, technology-dependent people, including preterm and critically ill newborn infants. It is important for health care providers to be aware of and prepared for the potential consequences of disasters for the NICU.
Wanda D. Barfield+16 more
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on newborn babies admitted at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This was an observational, longitudinal, retrospective study.
Luca Cicchitti+9 more
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Perfil epidemiológico em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal na Região da Amazônia brasileira
OBJECTIVE: To trace the epidemiological profile of newborns admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a region of the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: Data were collected from 234 newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of our department ...
Cínthia Kanazawa Silveira+4 more
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This pragmatic prospective implementation trial uses a rapid genotyping platform for the m.1555A>G variant to assess whether this technology could be implemented to avoid aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity without disrupting normal clinical practice on ...
J. McDermott+20 more
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Palliative Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Challenges and Solutions [PDF]
Palliative care is a series of actions aiming to offer support to parents and their infants in order to improve their quality of life. Despite optimal outcomes, the provision of palliative care for infants and achieving these outcomes may be hardly ...
Naiire Salmani+4 more
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Hypothermia and Related Factors in High-Risk Infants [PDF]
Purpose: Maintaining body temperature is a key vital function of human beings, but little is known about how body temperature of high-risk infants is sustained during early life after birth.
Youngmee Ahn+5 more
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