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Palliative Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Challenges and Solutions [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2018
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, maryam Rassouli, Zahra Mandegari, Imaneh Bagheri, Bahareh Fallah Tafti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parents' presence and parent–infant closeness in 11 neonatal intensive care units in six European countries vary between and within the countries

Acta paediatrica, 2017
Little is known about the amount of physical parent–infant closeness in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and this study explored that issue in six European countries.
Simo Raiskila, A. Axelin, L. Toome, Sylvia Caballero, B. Tandberg, R. Montirosso, E. Normann, B. Hallberg, B. Westrup, U. Ewald, L. Lehtonen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical spectrum and outcomes of neonatal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: Candidal infections are a serious problem in neonatal intensive care units, increasing morbidity and mortality in low birth weight infants in addition to escalating health-care costs.
Ariff, Shabina, Sajjad, Reema, Saleem, Ali Faisal, Soofi, Sajid Bashir   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Rapid Point-of-Care Genotyping to Avoid Aminoglycoside-Induced Ototoxicity in Neonatal Intensive Care

JAMA pediatrics, 2022
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, A. Mahaveer, R. A. James, Nicola Booth, Mark Turner, Karen Harvey, G. Miele, G. Beaman, D. Stoddard, K. Tricker, Rachel J. Corry, Julia Garlick, S. Ainsworth, Thomas Beevers, I. Bruce, R. Body, F. Ulph, R. Macleod, Peter Roberts, Paul M. Wilson, W. G. Newman   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prediction of Myasthenia Gravis Worsening: A Machine Learning Algorithm Using Wearables and Patient‐Reported Measures

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein, Haoqi Sun, Sophie Lehnerer, Lea Gerischer, Maximilian Mönch, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Pushpa Narayanaswami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Receives Home-Based Perinatal Palliative Care: Experience from Poland [PDF]

, 2013
The current literature suggests that perinatal palliative care (PPC) programs should be comprehensive, initiated early, and integrative. So far there have been very few publications on the subject of home-based PC of newborns and neonates.
Korzeniewska-Eksterowicz, Aleksandra, Kędzierska, Bogna, Młynarski, Wojciech, Przysło, Łukasz, Stolarska, Małgorzata   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Biomaterial Strategies for Targeted Intracellular Delivery to Phagocytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Phagocytes are essential to a functional immune system, and their behavior defines disease outcomes. Engineered particles offer a strategic opportunity to target phagocytes, harnessing inflammatory modulation in disease. By tuning features like size, shape, and surface, these systems can modulate immune responses and improve targeted treatment for a ...
Kaitlyn E. Woodworth, Neal I. Callaghan, Locke Davenport Huyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Bespoke Programmable Interpenetrating Elastomer Network Composite Laryngeal Stent for Expedited Paediatric Laryngotracheal Reconstruction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A programmable interpenetrating double‐network architecture, created via 3D‐TIPS printing and resin infusion, synergistically combines thermoplastic and thermosetting elastomers to balance structural rigidity and surface softness—crucial for paediatric laryngeal stents.
Elizabeth F. Maughan, Lei Wu, Dong Zhang, Linxiao Wu, Graca Ferreira Vaz Pinto Mendes, Wanqiao J. Tu, Heping Ma, Toby J. Proctor, Colin R. Butler, Thomas Kjærgaard, Mark W. Lowdell, Martin A. Birchall, Robert E. Hynds, Richard Hewitt, Wenhui Song   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of procedural pain in neonatal intensive care units of Portugal [PDF]

, 2015
Frequency of painful procedures, analgesia practices and related factors in neonates across neonatal intensive care units of ...
Cruz, Maria Dulce, Fernandes, Ananda, Oliveira, Catarina   +2 more
core  

"A roller coaster of emotions": a qualitative study of parents very first experiences with their preterm baby [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: To assess parents 19 first experiences of their very preterm babies and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews. Participants: 32 mothers and 7 fathers of very preterm babies (
Abbott, Jane, Arnold, Leah, Ayers, Susan, Duley, Leila, Gyte, Gillian, Rabe, Heike, Sawyer, Alexandra   +6 more
core   +1 more source