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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is a common condition in the first week of postnatal life. Low levels of bilirubin exert antioxidant effects, but some neonates may develop very high levels of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB), with an increase of the unbound free fraction (Bf), able to diffuse through the blood brain barrier.
DAL BEN, MATTEO, GAZZIN, SILVIA, TIRIBELLI, CLAUDIO   +2 more
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Embryological development of the intestine and necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2016
It is possible to distinguish two phases in the development and maturation of the intestine: intra-uterine and extra-uterine. Up until the 13th week of the embryological phase, a fetus’ development is not controlled by factors external to the alimentary
Anna De Magistris, Maria Antonietta Marcialis, Melania Puddu, Angelica Dessì, Roberta Irmesi, Elisabetta Coni, Vassilios Fanos   +6 more
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To Probiotic or Not to Probiotic: A Metagenomic Comparison of the Discharge Gut Microbiome of Infants Supplemented With Probiotics in NICU and Those Who Are Not

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundPreterm birth is associated with the development of both acute and chronic disease, and the disruption of normal gut microbiome development.
Jacob A. F. Westaway, Jacob A. F. Westaway, Roger Huerlimann, Roger Huerlimann, Roger Huerlimann, Yoga Kandasamy, Yoga Kandasamy, Catherine M. Miller, Robert Norton, Robert Norton, David Watson, Sandra Infante-Vilamil, Sandra Infante-Vilamil, Donna Rudd   +13 more
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Pediatric liver transplantation from neonatal donors [PDF]

, 1992
Sixteen recipients of neonatal liver grafts were compared with 114 contemporaneous pediatric recipients of grafts from older donors. Graft and patient survival were worse in the neonatal group although the differences were not statistically significant ...
Bismuth H, Brolsch CE, Buchanan GR, Hamil PVV, Kalayoglu M, Maisels MJ, Starzl TE, Starzl TE, Urbach AH, Zitelli BJ   +9 more
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New light on white matter damage of the premature brain: a neonatologist’s point of view

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Periventricular leucomalacia (PVL) is traditionally considered a multifactorial lesion related to three main mechanisms: ischemia, inflammation and excitotoxicity.
Maria Antonietta Marcialis, Angelica Dessì, Roberta Irmesi, Viviana Marinelli, Maria Cristina Pintus   +4 more
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Neonatal retinoblastoma

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2017
From 7% to 10% of all retinoblastomas and from 44% to 71% of familial retinoblastomas in developed countries are diagnosed in the neonatal period, usually through pre- or post-natal screening prompted by a positive family history and sometimes serendipitously during screening for retinopathy of prematurity or other reasons.
Kivelä, Tero T, Hadjistilianou, Theodora   +1 more
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Epileptic high-frequency oscillations occur in neonates with a high risk for seizures

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
IntroductionScalp high-frequency oscillations (HFOs, 80–250 Hz) are increasingly recognized as EEG markers of epileptic brain activity. It is, however, unclear what level of brain maturity is necessary to generate these oscillations.
Nicola Kuhnke, Courtney J. Wusthoff, Eroshini Swarnalingam, Mina Yanoussi, Julia Jacobs   +4 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Black, Robert, Cousens, Simon, Ganatra, Hammad A, Lawn, Joy E, Lee, Anne CC, Syed, Sana, Zaidi, Anita KM   +7 more
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What you have to know about Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2018
Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs), the third most important solid components of BM (the first and the second being lactose and lipids respectively), are a highly variable family of unconjugated glycans related to many pathophysiological short- and long ...
Vassilios Fanos, Alessandra Reali, Maria Antonietta Marcialis, Flaminia Bardanzellu   +3 more
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A paediatric pain assessment and management survey at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Painful experiences are common in the paediatric inpatient population. Immaturity and cognitive impairment may preclude clear description of such experiences, and requests for analgesia when needed.
L M N Mabaso, A Bhettay, R Bandini, D Demopoulos   +3 more
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