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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 +5 more
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Medical Sciences, 2020 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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Cumulative Stressors in Preterm Infants Hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Infants’ exposure to stressors in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and its outcomes is a new issue since previous studies have only focused on painful stimuli.
Ghorbani, F. +3 more
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Fathers' Stress in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Advances in Neonatal Care, 2018 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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Revista Brasileira de Odontologia, 2018 Objective: to review the literature on ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit, the main substances and vehicles used for oral hygiene, and to propose an oral care protocol for the prevention of ventilator ...
Lilian Tatiane Bassan +2 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Background: The satisfaction of parents of infants in neonatal intensive care is important to parent-infant bonding and parents' ability to care for their baby, including after discharge.
Eileen T. Lake +6 more
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Tuberculosis Exposure from a Healthcare Worker to Patients in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2022 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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Polymicrobial bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit are associated with increased mortality: a case-control study [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Polymicrobial infections in adults and children are associated with increase in mortality, duration of intensive care and healthcare costs.
Danni Zhong +4 more
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Disaster Preparedness in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2017 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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A short form of the neonatal intensive care unit family needs inventory
Jornal de Pediatria, 2016 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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