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Neonatal sepsis

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
In this paper on neonatal sepsis, after a short presentation of etiopathogenesis and physiopathology, we will briefly present the clinical picture, the diagnosis and the therapy. Concerning diagnosis, we will focus our attention on procalcitonin (PCT),
Angelica Dessì, Chiara Pravettoni, Giovanni Ottonello, Francesca Birocchi, Francesca Cioglia, Vassilios Fanos   +5 more
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Neonatal supraventricular tachycardia and necrotizing enterocolitis: case report and literature review

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) are serious emergencies in the neonatal period. Although these conditions are recognized as distinct pathologies, literature reports suggest that recurrent episodes of SVT ...
Federico Mecarini, Federica Comitini, Flaminia Bardanzellu, Paola Neroni, Vassilios Fanos   +4 more
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Study protocol for a randomised cross-over trial of Neurally adjusted ventilatory Assist for Neonates with Congenital diaphragmatic hernias: the NAN-C study

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Background Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a mode of mechanical ventilation that delivers oxygen pressures in proportion to electrical signals of the diaphragm.
Grace Poole, Christopher Harris, Sandeep Shetty, Theodore Dassios, Allan Jenkinson, Anne Greenough   +5 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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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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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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Risk of impaired cerebellar growth in preterm infants: a prospective mastoid fontanelle ultrasound study

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Objectives: Recent studies realized with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed impaired cerebellar growth in follow-up of preterm infants. Cerebellar injury may contribute to impaired motor, cognitive, language and behavioral dysfunction seen among ...
Flavia Correa, Manuel Cunha, Rosalina Barroso, Helena Carreiro   +3 more
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Subcutaneously Anchored Sutureless Device for Securement of Chest Tubes in Neonates with Pleural Effusion: Three Case Reports

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2020
We report the clinical cases of three neonates, all of them premature, requiring the placement of a chest tube for drainage of a massive pleural effusion.
Carmen Rodriguez Perez, Maria Grazia Romitti, Elena Pezzotti, Vito D’Andrea, Lucilla Pezza, Mauro Pittiruti   +5 more
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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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