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This section considers studies regarding all aspects of neonatal health, disease, care, and outcomes.
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The Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates (BPSN) is a multidimensional pain assessment tool that is already widely used in clinical settings in the German speaking areas of Europe. Recent findings indicate that pain...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:171
Published on: 19 July 2017
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Extremely preterm infants (≤ 28 weeks gestation) commonly require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) to maintain adequate oxygenation and gas exchange. Given that MV is independently assoc...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:167
Published on: 17 July 2017
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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) still represents one of the leading causes of visual impairment in childhood. Systemic propranolol has proven to be effective in reducing ROP progression in preterm newborns, a...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:165
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research article
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:166
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research article
Approximately 8–23% of premature infants develop pulmonary hypertension (PH), and this diagnosis confers a higher possibility of mortality. As a result, professional societies recommend PH screening in prematu...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:163
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Neonatal mortality accounts for nearly three quarters of all infant deaths in Vietnam. The nursing team are the largest professional group working with newborns, however do not routinely receive neonatal train...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:161
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Complications during pregnancy, childbirth and/or the postnatal period may result in the admission of a baby to a neonatal unit (NNU). While the survival and long-term prospects of high-risk infants are enhanc...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:158
Published on: 11 July 2017
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The use of cord blood in the neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is being done with increasing frequency but has yet to be adequately evaluated against the use of periphe...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:159
Published on: 11 July 2017
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According to WHO (2013) report the number of under five-year mortality in Ethiopia was 195,504, out of this 84,437 was from neonatal death and this mortality is related to immediate obstetric and newborn care ...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:157
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Infant birth weight, which is classified into low birth weight, normal birth weight and macrosomia, is associated with short and long-term health consequences, such as neonatal mortality and chronic disease in...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:144
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) remains a problem of great concern worldwide especially in developing countries. The occurrence of a neurological syndrome can be an indicator of insult to the brain. We a...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:131
Published on: 25 May 2017
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There are conflicting results in the literature on the impact of chorioamnionitis on neonatal respiratory morbidities. However, most studies are based on small clinical samples and fail to account for the comp...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:128
Published on: 17 May 2017
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Early identification of infants at higher risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) may enable a targeted approach to reduce BPD. We aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that the interstitial pneumonia p...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:125
Published on: 15 May 2017
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BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:111
Published on: 21 April 2017
Research article
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe multifactorial disease in preterm neonates associated with high morbidity and mortality. Better insight into prognostic values of the many reported factors associate...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:105
Published on: 14 April 2017
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Each year 700,000 infants die due to intrapartum-related complications. Implementation of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)-a simplified neonatal resuscitation protocol in low-resource clinical settings has shown t...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:103
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Late-onset sepsis (LOS), defined as sepsis occurring after 48 h of age causes substantial mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants. Risk factors for LOS include immaturity, intravascular cathet...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:98
Published on: 4 April 2017
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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia has traditionally been screened by either total serum bilirubin or transcutaneous bilirubin. Whole blood bilirubin (TwB) by the GEM Premier 4000® blood gas analyzer (GEM) is a relat...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:92
Published on: 29 March 2017
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Previous studies have indicated edema may be involved in the pathophysiology following hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and melatonin may exhibit neuro-protection against brain insults. However, little i...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:90
Published on: 28 March 2017
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In newborns and children, body fat estimation equations are often used at different ages than the age used to develop the equations. Limited validation studies exist for newborn body fat estimation equations a...
BMC Pediatrics 2017 17:88
Published on: 27 March 2017
