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Prenatal exposure to social adversity and infant cortisol in the first year of life
Exposure to social adversity has been associated with cortisol dysregulation during pregnancy and in later childhood; less is known about how prenatal exposure to social stressors affects postnatal cortisol of infants.
Victoria F. Keeton +5 more
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Preterm Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a recognizable and defined clinical syndrome in term infants that results from a severe or prolonged hypoxic-ischemic episode before or during birth. However, in the preterm infant, defining hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII), its clinical course, monitoring, and outcomes remains complex.
Gopagondanahalli, KR +6 more
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Myocardial infarction (MI) triggers a poor ventricular remodeling response, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, the authors show that sentrin‐specific protease 1 (SENP1) is downregulated in post‐MI mice and in patients with severe heart ...
Zhihao Liu +20 more
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Enteral feeding in preterm newborns – determinants of progression
Background: Delay in achieving full enteral feeding (FEF) in preterm newborns is associated with longer hospital stays and greater comorbidities. Methods: Medical records review of newborns with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks, born between July 2014 and ...
Sofia Vasconcelos +3 more
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Effect of Kangaroo mother care on vital physiological parameters of the low birth weight newborn
Objectives: Low birth weight (LBW;
Alpanamayi Bera +5 more
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Use of Heated Humidified Gases for Early Stabilization of Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis
Background: Large observational studies in preterm infants have shown an increase in mortality and morbidity when admission temperature is below 36.5°C. Recent randomized controlled studies have shown a reduction in admission hypothermia and an increase ...
Michael P. Meyer +5 more
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Lucrative Preterm Babies [PDF]
The importance of preterm birth as a growing and, to a large extent, iatrogenic problem is depicted in this article with startling clarity: The statement that the proportion of medically indicated deliveries before the 39th week of gestation could be lowered by 70–80% by providing responsible and high-quality obstetric services, is not consistent with ...
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Progesterone and preterm birth [PDF]
AbstractProgestogens (vaginal progesterone and intramuscular 17‐hydroxyprogesterone acetate) are widely recommended for women at high risk of preterm birth. Typical regimens include 17‐hydroxyprogesterone caproate (250 mg intramuscularly weekly), starting at 16–20 gestational weeks until 36 weeks or delivery for women with a singleton gestation and a ...
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Preterm labor: current tocolytic options for the treatment of preterm labor [PDF]
While tocolytic therapy may not be indicated in all cases of spontaneous preterm labor (SPTL), the evidence that they are superior to placebo is robust. The perfect tocolytic that is 100% efficacious and 100% safe does not exist and efforts should continue to develop and introduce safer and more effective agents.
Jørgensen, Jan Stener +2 more
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Background: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common disease in premature neonates, which could occur in up to 50% of the neonates weighting
Mehdi Ghaderian +3 more
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