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OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1977
An outbreak of influenza A/Victoria/3/75 (H3N2) involving five infants in a neonatal intensive care unit is described. The clinical signs and symptoms were indistinguishable from those seen in bacterial sepsis. There was no evidence of meningoencephalitis. All infants recovered without any sequelae.
R, Meibalane, G V, Sedmak, P, Sasidharan, P, Garg, J P, Grausz   +4 more
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Psychiatry in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Clinics in Perinatology, 1980
The primary role of the psychiatrist in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is to assist in providing humane care for those in distress--the infants, the parents, and the staff. The issues that face NICU psychiatrists and the unique characteristics of these groups of individuals with whom they interact are presented.
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Methaemoglobinaemia among neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit

Acta Paediatrica, 1995
After detection of a few clinical cases of methaemoglobinaemia (methb) in our NICU, a prospective clinical study was undertaken to determine the extent of the problem and to identify the causes. Consequently, during the following 8 months all haemoglobin tests included simultaneous measurements of methb on an OSM 3 hemoximeter (Radiometer): 8% (n= 33 ...
Hjelt, K, Lund, JT, Scherling, B, Bendixen, S, Lundstrøm, K, Støvring, S, Voldsgaard, P, Linnet, Kristian   +7 more
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Wound Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal Network, 2011
The skin is a vital organ with key protective functions. Infants in the NICU are at risk for skin injury because of developmental immaturity and intensive care treatments. When skin injury occurs, the neonatal nurse is challenged to provide wound care to optimize functional and cosmetic healing.
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Covering the Costs of Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Pediatrics, 1992
The continued rise of health care costs, despite private and governmental control efforts, has sustained cost containment as a central issue for health care researchers and policy makers. In keeping with these concerns, the Florida Health Care Cost Containment Board conducted a study of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Florida to ascertain the ...
A W, Imershein, C, Turner, J G, Wells, A, Pearman   +3 more
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Predictors of Parental Presence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Advances in Neonatal Care, 2019
Background: Parental presence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may affect preterm infants' developmental outcomes. However, few studies have described predictors of parental presence in the NICU. Purpose: To identify sociodemographic, clinical,
Lauren Head Zauche, Michael S. Zauche, Anne L. Dunlop, Bryan Lee Williams   +3 more
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Palliative care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2015
This chapter presents the core values of neonatal palliative care within the context of providing culturally appropriate, compassionate, individualized, family-centered developmental care (IFCDC) and patient-focused care for infants receiving care in the NICU environment.
Cheryl Thaxton, Brigit Carter, Chi Dang Hornik   +2 more
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Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

JOGN Nursing, 1982
The field of neonatal care has evolved into a specialty brimming with technological advances, accompanied by expanded nursing roles and responsibilities. In light of this, the impact that thermoregulation, noise pollution, and disruptive care planning can have upon the progress of a sick newborn is discussed.
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Perinatal Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2022
With the frequency of infant deaths in the United States, many attributed to congenital malformations and prematurity, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse must be adept at planning and providing perinatal palliative care. The NICU nurse requires education and training to proficiently contribute to the care planning and delivery of care and ...
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A global perspective on parental stress in the neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-analytic study

Journal of Perinatology, 2020
C. Caporali, C. Pisoni, Linda Gasparini, Elena Ballante, M. Zecca, S. Orcesi, L. Provenzi   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source