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Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Cytomegalovirus Infection in a Premature Infant

Pediatrics, 2013
Necrotizing enterocolitis is the most common gastrointestinal emergency in neonates. The etiology is considered multifactorial. Risk factors include prematurity, enteral feeding, hypoxia, and bacterial colonization.
L. Tran, M. Ferris, J. Norori, M. Stark, R. Craver, S. Dowd, D. Penn   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Premature Infant Pain Profile: development and initial validation.

The Clinical Journal of Pain, 1996
OBJECTIVE Inadequate assessment of pain in premature infants is a persistent clinical problem. The objective of this research was to develop and validate a measure for assessing pain in premature infants that could be used by both clinicians and ...
B. Stevens, C. Johnston, P. Petryshen, A. Taddio   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Thermal Stability of the Premature Infant in Neonatal Intensive Care

, 2014
Hypothermia continues to be a problem for premature infants being cared for in neonatal intensive care because care and procedures expose infants to cold environmental temperatures and infants have immature thermoregulation. Researchers continue to study
R. Knobel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of the Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention on Feeding Progression and Length of Stay in Preterm Infants

Advances in Neonatal Care, 2011
Purpose:Preterm infants frequently experience oral feeding difficulties due to underdeveloped oral motor skills and the lack of coordination of sucking, swallowing, and respiration.
Brenda S. Lessen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Premature Infant Pain Profile: Evaluation 13 Years After Development

The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2010
ObjectiveTo review the (1) reliability, validation, feasibility, and clinical utility and (2) the use of the Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) from 1996 to 2009 to determine the effectiveness of pain management strategies. MethodsData sources included
B. Stevens, C. Johnston, A. Taddio, S. Gibbins, J. Yamada   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The problem of the premature infant

British medical journal, 2002
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Brenda Wigmore, Cherie Lovell, Desiree Lloydd, Paul Burnham   +3 more
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Cerebral white matter injury of the premature infant-more common than you think.

Pediatrics, 2003
Brain injury in the premature infant consists of multiple lesions, principally germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL).
J. Volpe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementation of a multidisciplinary guideline‐driven approach to the care of the extremely premature infant improved hospital outcomes

Acta paediatrica, 2009
Aim:  To test the hypothesis that implementing guidelines for the standardized care of the extremely premature infant (
CA Nankervis, E. Martin, ML Crane, KS Samson, SE Welty, L. Nelin   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Periventricular white matter injury in the premature infant is followed by reduced cerebral cortical gray matter volume at term

Annals of Neurology, 1999
Periventricular white matter injury, that is, periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the dominant form of brain injury in the premature infant, is the major neuropathological substrate associated with the motor and cognitive deficits observed later in such ...
T. Inder, P. Huppi, S. Warfield, R. Kikinis, G. Zientara, P. Barnes, F. Jolesz, J. Volpe   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Early Aggressive Nutrition for the Premature Infant

Neonatology, 2008
Nutrition for sick newborn infants, both term and preterm, has been evolving since the first published report of use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in an infant.
A. Parish, J. Bhatia
semanticscholar   +1 more source