Methods of enteral feeding in preterm infants.

abstract：:Magnetic Resonance Imaging is becoming more widely available and increasingly important for imaging the neonatal brain. In newborn infants it poses challenges regarding patient preparation, safety, optimal timing, and sequence optimization. These issues are addressed in this paper and indications for performing neonat...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： van Wezel-Meijler G,Leijser LM,de Bruïne FT,Steggerda SJ,van der Grond J,Walther FJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This year is the 20th anniversary of the first successful trial of exogenous surfactant for respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn and it is perhaps a good time to review recent advances in basic science and clinical practice as they relate to surfactant therapy. ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Curley AE,Halliday HL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Depression during pregnancy is a significant cause of adverse birth outcomes, and its prevalence has increased in recent years. This study aimed to give an updated quantification of the risk of preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) that is associated with antenatal d...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Ghimire U,Papabathini SS,Kawuki J,Obore N,Musa TH

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some researchers have developed child feeding indices to summarize child feeding practices so that they can compare child feeding practices across countries and monitor changes over time within a given country. AIMS:An adapted version of the infant and child feeding index (ICFI) developed by Ruel and Menon ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Zhang J,Shi L,Wang J,Wang Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnant women's sleep disturbance due to fetal movement is well known. Fetal movement is thought to be an index of fetal well-being. However, as there has never been a way to easily and reliably record fetal movement, psychophysiological studies of pregnant women's sleep disturbance and fetal well-being hav...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Nishihara K,Horiuchi S,Eto H,Honda M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the conundrum called mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is provided. During the past decades, the definition of HIE has evolved to accommodate the short window of time required for the initiation of therapeutic hypothermia. Also, neurological evaluations have changed with the use of simpler staging...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Chalak L,Latremouille S,Mir I,Sánchez PJ,Sant'Anna G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children born preterm are at risk for later developmental disorders. The present study examined the predictive effects of neonatal, sociodemographic, and temperament characteristics on behavioral outcomes at toddlerhood, in children born preterm. The sample included 100 toddlers born preterm and with very-low-birth-we...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Guilherme Monte Cassiano R,Gaspardo CM,Cordaro Bucker Furini G,Martinez FE,Martins Linhares MB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow velocity was measured in both main stem uterine arteries by means of a transvaginally inserted Duplex scanner (240 degrees sector, pulsed Doppler) and visual vessel recognition to investigate normal and abnormal uterine perfusion. Its relationship to fetal circulation and fetal outcome was studied. Fetal ve...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Deutinger J,Rudelstorfer R,Bernaschek G

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the postnatal growth patterns of 238 small-for-gestational age (SGA) and 241 large-for-gestational age (LGA) babies are presented. Three proportionality ratios were selected; and their changes in shape, by these indices, during the first 7 years are compared with a random sample of 284 children drawn from the ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Ounsted M,Moar VA,Scott A

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kangaroo care, i.e., skin-to-skin cohabitation (SSC) between an infant and caregiver, is often used in neonatal intensive care units to promote bonding, breastfeeding and infant growth. The direct salutary effects of SSC on cardio-respiratory control in preterm infants remain equivocal; some reports suggest ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Bloch-Salisbury E,Zuzarte I,Indic P,Bednarek F,Paydarfar D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common neonatal problem and, sadly, results in acute and chronic respiratory morbidity. Although meconium aspiration can occur prior to delivery even in the absence of labour, in many infants this condition could be prevented by appropriate suctioning at birth. More accurate pre...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Greenough A

更新日期：1995-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of exchange transfusion made it possible to prevent severe hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus, but kernicterus has never completely disappeared and it is still occurring in North America and, more frequently in Western Europe and the developing world. I discuss the epidemiology and major causes of sev...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Maisels MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world's literature has been scoured to obtain data on 492 examples of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the Northern Hemisphere. The seasonally pattern of FAS birth prevalence rates is compared with the seasonality pattern of ethanol intakes to estimate the time-lag between them and hence the timing of ethanol d...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Renwick JH,Asker RL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Son preference remains common in countries from East Asia through South Asia to the Middle East and North Africa. Where sex selective technology and abortion are readily available, such as in China, South Korea and India, this has led to a marked excess in male births. Worst excesses are seen in parts of rural China w...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Hesketh T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversial results have been reported on the effect of type of feeding on the level of fecal calprotectin in infants. OBJECTIVE:To assess fecal calprotectin levels in breast fed or nonbreast fed healthy infants. DESIGN:A study was conducted to compare fecal calprotectin in infants who were exclusively b...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Li F,Ma J,Geng S,Wang J,Ren F,Sheng X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case-control studies are frequently performed in prenatal and perinatal epidemiology. For data collection, these studies often rely on self-administered questionnaires or personal interviews. Although of importance, validation of these measurement instruments received little attention in epidemiologic research so far....

journal_title：Early human development

authors： van Gelder MM,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids have physical, chemical, and physiological properties that make them important factors in human nutrition. They form a group of compounds of varied chemical nature that have the common property of being soluble in organic solvents but insoluble in water. This basic property affects their digestion, absorption, ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Ramírez M,Amate L,Gil A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that cord insertion type of one twin correlates with chorionic plate vascularization of the monochorionic co-twin. Specifically, for twins with paracentral cords, chorionic plate vascularization is significantly greater when the co-twin has a velamentous, rather than paracentral cord...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Chu S,Mao Q,Shapiro S,Luks SL,De Paepe ME

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bakan's hypothesis that sinistrality is caused by perinatal insult was investigated by attempting to relate the handedness of 1094 six-year-old children to many aspects of their birth history ascertained from hospital records. Handedness of the children and their families was obtained by questionnaire. A secular incre...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Smart JL,Jeffery C,Richards B

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:198 infants were followed up from birth until 4 1/2-5 years to observe the development of eczema and asthma and its relation to infant feeding. Findings here refer only to eczema. Comparison between those initially breastfed, regardless of duration, and those fed on cows milk preparations showed little difference in t...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Pratt HF

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the preschool neurodevelopmental outcome in CDH survivors between 2 and 5 years of age and to identify perinatal and postnatal factors that may be predictive of persistent neurological deficits. METHODS:The study cohort consists of 60 CDH survivors that were enrolled in our prospective, follow-up...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Danzer E,Gerdes M,D'Agostino JA,Partridge EA,Hoffman-Craven CH,Bernbaum J,Rintoul NE,Flake AW,Adzick NS,Hedrick HL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of the Wigglesworth experimental model to produce newborn rats that are small for gestational age by ligation of one of both uterine vessels was confirmed. Newborn rats from the opposite horns are used as controls in the classical model. It is concluded from this study that newborns from sham-operated dam...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Kollée LA,Monnens LA,Trijbels JM,Veerkamp JH,Janssen AJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transitional circulation of the preterm infant differs significantly from the term infant. The preterm infant is uniquely at risk of hypotension and low systemic blood flow states due to failure or delay in the normal transitional circulation processes. The maintenance of normal tissue oxygenation requires mainten...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Kluckow M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although official guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) exist in Germany the practice in tertiary care neonatology centres differs considerably. There is no consensus about the appropriate level of oxygen saturation for infants at risk for BPD or infants with established BPD. Targe...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Thomas W,Speer CP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that sleep plays a major role in the development of neural pathways in the neonatal brain. Several studies have suggested evidence-based approaches to improve sleep for infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); however, in many neonatal centers very few of these strategi...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： van den Hoogen A,Teunis CJ,Shellhaas RA,Pillen S,Benders M,Dudink J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In severe intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to placental insufficiency a haemodynamic adaptation occurs, resulting in preferential blood flow to the fetal brain (brain sparing). With Doppler ultrasound an increased ratio between the umbilical and the cerebral artery pulsatility index (U/C ratio) can...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： van den Broek AJ,Kok JH,Houtzager BA,Scherjon SA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This century has seen marked improvement in perinatal outcomes but prematurity remains a problem the world over. To improve these results requires more attention to early pregnancy or even pre-pregnancy care. Control of pre-existing conditions, improved social behavior in nutrition, smoking cessation and other factors...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Work BA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported energy content of infant formulas will vary, depending upon the method used to calculate or measure the caloric value. Manufacturers' specifications regarding the energy content of milk formulas reflects the 'metabolizable' energy. i.e., the amount of energy which is digested and absorbed by the infant. H...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Lemons JA,Moorehead H,Jansen RD,Schreiner RL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal experiments have convincingly demonstrated that prenatal maternal stress affects pregnancy outcome and results in early programming of brain functions with permanent changes in neuroendocrine regulation and behaviour in offspring. AIM:To evaluate the existing evidence of comparable effects of prenata...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Mulder EJ,Robles de Medina PG,Huizink AC,Van den Bergh BR,Buitelaar JK,Visser GH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with altered lung development in human and rat. The transcription factor PPARγ, is thought to contribute to lung development. PPARγ is activated by docosahexanoic acid (DHA). One contribution of PPARγ to lung development may be its direct regulation of chromatin mod...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Joss-Moore LA,Wang Y,Baack ML,Yao J,Norris AW,Yu X,Callaway CW,McKnight RA,Albertine KH,Lane RH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00