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Limited Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Late in Pregnancy Are Not Related to Neonatal Outcomes [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Prior studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding the link between antenatal depressive and anxiety symptomatology, with neonatal outcomes.
Kalogerakis, Z., Moraitou, M., Spyropoulou, A. C., Varela, P., Zervas, I. M.   +4 more
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PDA management in preterm infants: keep your hands off the ductus!

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
The current management of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants is fundamentally aimed at the closure of ductus through the cyclooxygenase (Cox)-inhibitors or surgical ligation in case of failure.
Paolo Giliberti, Chiara De Leonibus, Giovanni Chello, Daniela Magri, Lucia Giordano, Massimiliano De Vivo, Alfredo Santantonio, Paola Giliberti   +7 more
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Association Between Maternal Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Growth Discordance in Twin Gestations: A Retrospective Study

International Journal of Women's Health
Bing Zhang,1 Xiaoqin Chen,1 Xiaoxiao Zhao,1 Junbao Wu,1 Pan Qi,2 Weixing Zhang1 1Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Xinxiang Central Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, 453000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Surgical Oncology, Xinxiang ...
Zhang B, Chen X, Zhao X, Wu J, Qi P, Zhang W   +5 more
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Acute kidney injury in neonatal age

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a pathology characterized by a sudden decrease in kidney function that results in the accumulation of nitrogenous waste products and alteration of the regulation of extracellular fluid volume, electrolytes, and acid-base ...
Giovanni Ottonello, Angelica Dessì, Paola Neroni, Maria Elisabetta Trudu, Danila Manus, Vassilios Fanos   +5 more
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"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
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Prospective validation of neonatal vancomycin dosing regimens is urgently needed

Current Therapeutic Research, 2014
Background: Although vancomycin is frequently used to treat neonatal late-onset sepsis, there is no consensus on the optimal dosing regimen. Because many neonates needed dosing adaptation due to suboptimal trough values, the vancomycin dosing regimen in ...
Anaïs Vandendriessche, MD, Karel Allegaert, MD, PhD, Veerle Cossey, MD, PhD, Gunnar Naulaers, MD, PhD, Veroniek Saegeman, MD, PhD, Anne Smits, MD   +5 more
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Floppy Infant Syndrome: new approach to the study of neonatal hypotonia through the analysis of a rare case of X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
The Floppy Infant Syndrome includes a variety of signs and symptoms: decrease in muscle tone (hypotonia), in muscle power (weakness) and ligamentous laxity and increased range of joint mobility.
Massimiliano De Vivo, Silvana Rojo, Roberto Rosso, Giovanni Chello, Paolo Giliberti   +4 more
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Pain Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2015
While pain management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was thought to be useless due to the infants’ inabilities to experience pain, research has confirmed that infants can and do experience pain at the same, if not greater, level of intensity ...
Hagy, Holly N.
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Prader-Willi Syndrome: an under-recognized cause of hypotonia?

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2017
The “floppy infant” is a well-recognized entity characterized by general­ized hypotonia presenting at birth or in early life. Hypotonia represents a diagnostic challenge because it may be the presentation sign of numerous diseases, as central or ...
Marlene Rodrigues, Miguel Costa, Joana Teixeira, Carla Sá, Liliana Pinheiro, Eduarda Abreu, Albina Silva, Nicole Silva, Matos Marques, Miguel Rocha, Almerinda Pereira   +10 more
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Kidney volume-to-birth weight ratio as an estimate of nephron endowment in extremely low birth weight preterm infants

Scientific Reports
In humans, nephrogenesis is completed by 32–36 weeks gestation, with a highly variable total number of nephrons, ranging from 200,000 to over 2 million. Premature birth disrupts the development and maturation of the kidneys, leading to a reduction in the
Gabriele Villani, Pierluigi Zaza, Raffaella Lamparelli, Gianfranco Maffei   +3 more
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