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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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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, Ammentorp, Jette, Garne, Ester, Fenger-Gron, Jesper, Kofoed, Poul-Erik   +4 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern and Empirical Antibiotic Treatments in Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective, Single-Center, 12-Year Study

Antibiotics, 2023
Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Continuous evaluation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles is advised to implement antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs and establish ...
Chiara Minotti, Antonella Di Caprio, Laura Facchini, Luca Bedetti, Francesca Miselli, Cecilia Rossi, Elisa Della Casa Muttini, Licia Lugli, Laura Luppi, Filippo Ferrari, Alberto Berardi   +10 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, Steven E. Krug, Kristi L. Watterberg, Susan W. Aucott, William E. Benitz, Eric C. Eichenwald, Jay P. Goldsmith, Ivan L. Hand, Brenda B. Poindexter, Karen M. Puopolo, Dan L. Stewart, Steven E. Krug, Sarita Chung, Daniel B. Fagbuyi, Margaret C. Fisher, Scott M. Needle, David J. Schonfeld   +16 more
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Late-preterm birth in a level III hospital: incidence and associated morbidity

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Late-preterm infants are physiologically and metabolically immature and have important risk of morbidity and mortality. Aim: To analyze the incidence of late prematurity and its associated morbidity and mortality at a level III hospital ...
Carla Garcez, Nicole Silva, Liliana Pinheiro, Miguel Costa, Carla Sá, Eduarda Abreu, Albina Silva, Almerinda Pereira   +7 more
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Update on COVID-19 in the pediatric population at University Hospital of Oran. A retrospective study [PDF]

Batna Journal of Medical Sciences
Introduction. The spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, discovered in China in January 2020, led to a pandemic in Algeria as early as February. Children and adolescents under the age of 18 were much more rarely affected than adults and account ...
Djamila-Djahida BATOUCHE, Zakaria Zoheir ADDOU, Kamel ELHALIMI, Amel BOUGUERRA, Fouzia BOUNOUA, Djilali BATOUCHE, Sid Ahmed BAKRI, Houcine SADDOK, Fatima Zohra LATRECHE, Sara-Halima MOHAMMEDI   +9 more
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Therapeutic Hypothermia in Asphyxiated Neonates: Experience from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital of Marrakech

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
Introduction. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is now recommended for the treatment neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). This treatment protocol is applied in our department since June 2012.
F. M. R. Maoulainine, M. Elbaz, S. Elfaiq, G. Boufrioua, F. Z. Elalouani, M. Barkane, Nadia El Idrissi Slitine   +6 more
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Comparison of three clinical scoring tools for bronchiolitis to predict the need for respiratory support and length of stay in neonates and infants up to three months of age

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundBronchiolitis severity can be assessed using different clinical scores. Some of the most used are the Wang Bronchiolitis Severity Score (WBSS), the Kristjansson Respiratory Score (KRS), and the Global Respiratory Severity Score (GRSS ...
Domenico Umberto De Rose, Chiara Maddaloni, Ludovica Martini, Annabella Braguglia, Andrea Dotta, Cinzia Auriti   +5 more
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Circular RNA cZNF292 silence alleviates OGD/R-induced injury through up-regulation of miR-22 in rat neural stem cells (NSCs)

Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2020
Background Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a prevailing severe brain damage disease in newborns, and caused by perinatal asphyxia cerebral ischaemia and reperfusion.
Yaqin Cao, Hui Liu, Jun Zhang, Yubin Dong   +3 more
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Measuring gut perfusion and blood flow in neonates using ultrasound Doppler of the superior mesenteric artery: a narrative review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
The gut is a relatively silent organ in utero but takes on a major role after birth for the absorption and digestion of feed for adequate nutrition and growth.
C. Murphy, C. Murphy, S. Baskind, N. Aladangady, N. Aladangady, J. Banerjee, J. Banerjee   +6 more
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