Sex differences in fetal growth and immediate birth outcomes in a low-risk Caucasian population
Background According to the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group recommendations, boys and girls have different growth trajectories after birth.
Sander Galjaard +6 more
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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 +1 more
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Modelling of heat and mass transfer processes in neonatology [PDF]
This paper reviews some of our recent applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to model heat and mass transfer problems in neonatology and investigates the major heat and mass transfer mechanisms taking place in medical devices such as ...
Ginalski, MK, Nowak, AJ, Wrobel, LC
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Protection against pertussis in humans correlates to elevated serum antibodies and memory B cells [PDF]
Pertussis is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis that may be particularly severe and even lethal in the first months of life when infants are still too young to be vaccinated. Adults and adolescents experience mild symptoms and are the
Carsetti, Rita +13 more
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Surfactant function in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome [PDF]
The function of pulmonary surfactant of a group of 14 preterm neonates (birth weight 907 +/- 60 g) who suffered from severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and who had received exogenous bovine lipid extracted surfactant on the first day of life was ...
Griese, Matthias, Westerburg, Bettina
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A closer look at discordant placental echogenicity: two cases under the microscope
Discordant placental echogenicity is observed in MC pregnancies complicated with twin anemia‐polycythemia sequence, but could also belong to complicated singleton gestation.
Mariano M. Lanna +6 more
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Perforated Appendix in a Neonate: A Review of Literature and a Case Report from Northern Tanzania
Acute perforated appendicitis is rare in neonates and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. This is mainly because the rarity of the pathology and the abnormal clinical features cause delays in diagnosis and definitive management.
Lodhia Jay +6 more
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Long-term continuous monitoring of the preterm brain with diffuse optical tomography and electroencephalography: A technical note on cap manufacturing [PDF]
open12noDiffuse optical tomography (DOT) has recently proved useful for detecting whole-brain oxygenation changes in preterm and term newborns' brains.
Amodio, Piero +11 more
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Breastfeeding: Biological and Social Variables in Different Modes of Conception
Background: Breastfeeding has effects on health throughout the lives of mothers and babies. In 2014 in Italy, 10,976 babies were born through ART (assisted reproductive technology), accounting for 2.2% of annual births.
Paola Pileri +6 more
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A 2-year-old boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) developed intestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), associated with massive intestinal pneumatosis (IP), pneumoretroperitoneum (PRP ...
Giorgia Contini +6 more
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