Improvised bubble continuous positive airway pressure (BCPAP) device at the National Hospital Abuja gives immediate improvement in respiratory rate and oxygenation in neonates with respiratory distress [PDF]
Background: Prematurity accounts for 25% of Neonatal mortality in Nigeria and Respiratory Distress Syndrome is responsible for half of these deaths. Introducing continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of RDS in Nigeria where health care ...
Audu, LI+3 more
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Effects of intrauterine exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids on fetal, newborn, and infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in humans : a systematic review [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Synthetic glucocorticoids are commonly used in reproductive medicine. Fetal organ systems are highly sensitive to changes in the intrauterine environment, including overexposure to glucocorticoids.
1994 Effect of corticosteroids for fetal maturation on perinatal outcomes+257 more
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Moderately Preterm Infants : studies on Length of Hospital Stay and Neonatal Outcome [PDF]
Objective Moderately preterm infants account for a large proportion of admissions and bed-days in neonatal units. Determinants of length of hospital stay, contemporary measures of morbidity by gestational week and risk factors predicting neonatal ...
Altman, Maria
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The respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
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Factors influencing decision making in neonatology: inhaled nitric oxide in preterm infants. [PDF]
ObjectiveWe studied decision making regarding inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in preterm infants with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH).Study designWe asked members of the AAP-Society of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Division-Chiefs to select from three ...
Dukhovny, Dmitry+8 more
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The respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn : studies of blood gases and acid/base balance with the object of formulating principles of treatment [PDF]
Respiratory failure accounts for a large, if not the largest, percentage of deaths during the first 48 hours of life. During the last ten years a great deal of research has been devoted to this early respiratory failure.
Warley, Mogamat Arashat
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The Utilization of Exogenous Surfactant in the Neonate [PDF]
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a common consequence of pulmonary immaturity in the lungs of neonates. RDS is the result of the deficient secretion of endogenous surfactant, causing increased surface tension in the alveolar sacs leading to ...
Thorkildsen, Katherine
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn--Principles in Treatment [PDF]
Douglas Gairdner, M. A. Warley
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Spondylothoracic dysostosis, Jarcho Levin syndrome: case report [PDF]
Dysostosis spondylothoracic, or Jarcho Levin syndrome, is characterized by a short neck and thorax, a protruding abdomen, abnormal vertebral segmentation and fusion posterior costal resulting in thoracic restriction or respiratory failure and scoliosis ...
Burciaga Flores, Carlos Horacio+5 more
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Fungal microbiota in newborn infants with and without respiratory distress syndrome
Background Pneumocytis jirovecii infection in preterm newborns has recently been associated with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Changes in the bacterial microbiota of the airways have also been described in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Vicente Friaza+10 more
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