Continuous surveillance to reduce extended-spectrum β-lactamase Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial infections endanger preterm infants. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present controlled randomized trial was to investigate whether Bifidobacterium lactis reduces the incidence of nosocomial infections in infants with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1,500 g) <30 weeks of gestation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:I...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Mihatsch WA,Vossbeck S,Eikmanns B,Hoegel J,Pohlandt F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermittent hypoxic episodes are common among preterm infants, although longer term consequences on growth pattern and cardiovascular regulation are unclear. Furthermore, the effects of intermittent hypoxia (IH) may depend on the pattern of hypoxia-reoxygenation. OBJECTIVES:We tested the hypothesis that a ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Pozo ME,Cave A,Köroğlu OA,Litvin DG,Martin RJ,Di Fiore J,Kc P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Near-infrared spectroscopy-derived regional tissue oxygen saturation of haemoglobin (rStO2) reflects venous oxygen saturation. If cerebral metabolism is stable, rStO2 can be used as an estimate of cerebral oxygen delivery. The SafeBoosC phase II randomised clinical trial hypothesises that the burden of hypo-...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Pellicer A,Greisen G,Benders M,Claris O,Dempsey E,Fumagalli M,Gluud C,Hagmann C,Hellström-Westas L,Hyttel-Sorensen S,Lemmers P,Naulaers G,Pichler G,Roll C,van Bel F,van Oeveren W,Skoog M,Wolf M,Austin T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal lung development requires proper coordination between lung epithelial and vascular morphogenesis. A major determinant in lung vascular development is vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is regulated by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). VEGF is expressed in the airway epithelium, while its ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Rajatapiti P,de Rooij JD,Beurskens LW,Keijzer R,Tibboel D,Rottier RJ,de Krijger RR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose recombinant erythropoietin (rEpo) is neuroprotective in neonatal animal models of brain injury, but the long-term consequences of neonatal exposure have not been studied. OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that multiple injections of high-dose rEpo during the neonatal period would be safe, and would impro...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： McPherson RJ,Demers EJ,Juul SE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimizing initial neonatal blood draws and their associated pain is important. The placenta has ample fetal blood that is otherwise discarded; obtaining admission laboratory evaluations from fetal umbilical venous blood (FUVB) may provide a suitable alternative. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that obtaining an ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Greer R,Safarulla A,Koeppel R,Aslam M,Bany-Mohammed FM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous electromyography of the diaphragm (dEMG) is a noninvasive and easy applicable tool to measure the electrical activity of the diaphragm. dEMG monitoring has recently been introduced in the neonatal intensive care unit as a novel cardiorespiratory monitor providing direct information on diaphragmatic brea...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kraaijenga JV,Hutten GJ,de Jongh FH,van Kaam AH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rites of passage mark important changes during human life and, for the neonate, its transition from intrauterine life into society. Their original intent was to purify the body from blood and meconium. But the cleansing rites had a spiritual dimension from the very start. When the rites of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Jewi...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Obladen M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a gestational age (GA)-related illness that can lead to blindness in premature infants. Timely screening of premature infants could improve visual prognosis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the WINROP algorithm as a method of predicting severe ROP in a Chinese population. METHODS:...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Sun H,Kang W,Cheng X,Chen C,Xiong H,Guo J,Zhou C,Zhang Y,Hellström A,Löfqvist C,Zhu C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eye drop treatment routinely used to obtain mydriasis prior to fundoscopy in neonates requires repeated instillations of mydriatic agents that can lead to systemic side effects. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to compare the mydriatic efficacy and tolerance of administration of phenylephrine and tropic...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Bremond-Gignac D,Jacqz-Aigrain E,Abdoul H,Daruich A,Beresniak A,Baud O,Alberti C,on behalf of the CLAIR FO Study Group.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy is a major cause of neurologic impairment and mortality in neonates. Early knowledge of brain injury is important to guide therapeutic decisions and reliably inform the parents. Increased secretoneurin levels have been detected in adult patients suffering from brain injury an...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Wechselberger K,Schmid A,Posod A,Höck M,Neubauer V,Fischer-Colbrie R,Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U,Griesmaier E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) devices are commonly used for screening of hyperbilirubinemia in term and near-term infants not exposed to phototherapy. However, the accuracy of TcB devices in infants exposed to phototherapy is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To conduct a systematic review of studies comparing TcB devic...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Nagar G,Vandermeer B,Campbell S,Kumar M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a new MRI scoring system for preterm non-haemorrhagic white matter injury (WMI), derived from the analysis of the natural evolution of WMI throughout the neonatal period until term-equivalent age, can be used for outcome prediction. METHODS:Eighty-two infants <36...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Martinez-Biarge M,Groenendaal F,Kersbergen KJ,Benders MJNL,Foti F,van Haastert IC,Cowan FM,de Vries LS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose dexamethasone (DXM) treatment of preterms at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia leads to a deterioration in quality of their general movements (GMs). It is unknown whether low-dose DXM affects GM quality similarly. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of low-dose DXM treatment on the quality of GMs and...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Hitzert MM,Roescher AM,Bos AF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Closed endotracheal suction interferes with mechanical ventilation received by infants, but the change to ventilation may be different when ventilator modes that target expired tidal volume (VT(e)) are used. OBJECTIVE:To measure airway pressure and tidal volume distal to the endotracheal tube (ETT) during a...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kiraly NJ,Tingay DG,Mills JF,Dargaville PA,Copnell B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies in cultured cells indicate that damage to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) dictates cellular responses to oxidant stress, yet the consequences of mtDNA damage have not been studied directly in the preterm lung. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether hyperoxia-induced fetal lung dysmorphogenesis ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Gebb SA,Decoux A,Waggoner A,Wilson GL,Gillespie MN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ductus arteriosus and foramen ovale were described by Galen without understanding their functions. His beliefs in soul localization and spiritization within the left ventricle established religious pneumatology which became a theological need in the Middle Ages. Pulmonary transit was recognized by Servetus and Colombo...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Obladen M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent and prolonged seizures are harmful for the developing brain, emphasizing the importance of early seizure recognition and effective therapy. Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) has become a valuable tool to diagnose epileptic seizures, and, in parallel, genetic etiologies are increasi...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Vilan A,Mendes Ribeiro J,Striano P,Weckhuysen S,Weeke LC,Brilstra E,de Vries LS,Cilio MR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In high-risk newborns indirect hyperbilirubinemia can lead to acute bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus. Despite the current therapeutic modalities, preventing or reversing the neurotoxicity cannot be achieved in all infants. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the neuroprotective effects of hypothermia on biliru...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kuter N,Aysit-Altuncu N,Ozturk G,Ozek E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring is a potentially useful clinical tool in the neonatal setting. Our aim was to evaluate a new method of non-invasive continuous cardiac output (CO) measurement (NICOM™) based on the principle of bioreactance in neonates. METHODS:In this prospective observational study, ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Weisz DE,Jain A,McNamara PJ,EL-Khuffash A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm infants with signs of poor perfusion are often treated with volume expansion, although evidence regarding its effect on cerebral perfusion is lacking. Moreover, the effect is questionable in preterm infants with an adequate cerebrovascular autoregulation (CAR). A useful measure to assess perfusion is...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kooi EM,van der Laan ME,Verhagen EA,Van Braeckel KN,Bos AF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a neonate with type II Gaucher disease. The phenotype was unusually severe with congenital ichthyosis, hepatosplenomegaly, muscular hypotonia, myoclonus and respiratory failure. Electron microscopy of the skin revealed lamellar body contents in the stratum corneum interstices, appearances consider...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Haverkaemper S,Marquardt T,Hausser I,Timme K,Kuehn T,Hertzberg C,Rossi R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to educate neonatal caregivers about metagenomics. This scientific field uses novel and ever changing molecular methods to identify how infants become colonized with microbes after birth. Publications using metagenomics appear infrequently in the neonatal literature because clinicians are un...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Sherman MP,Minnerly J,Curtiss W,Rangwala S,Kelley ST

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) are at risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is used to predict disease severity in adult PH. Its diagnostic utility in sBPD-associated PH is unknown. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper was to determine the acc...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Avitabile CM,Ansems S,Wang Y,Fraga MV,Kirpalani HM,Zhang H,Mercer-Rosa L,Jensen EA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International neonatal resuscitation guidelines recommend assessing chest excursion when the heart rate is not improving. However, the accuracy in assessing 'adequate' chest excursion lacks objectivity. AIM:It was the aim of this study to test the accuracy in the assessment of 'adequate' chest excursion by ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Brugada M,Schilleman K,Witlox RS,Walther FJ,Vento M,Te Pas AB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage is a major cause of acute mortality and chronic neurological morbidity in infants and children. Oxidative stress due to free radical formation and the initiation of abnormal oxidative reactions appears to play a key role. Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), a main component of ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Solberg R,Longini M,Proietti F,Perrone S,Felici C,Porta A,Saugstad OD,Buonocore G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is mounting evidence that early continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) from birth is feasible and safe even in very preterm infants. However, many infants will develop respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and require surfactant treatment. Combining a noninvasive ventilation approach with a strategy for surfac...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Blennow M,Bohlin K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sustained lung inflation (SLI) applied at birth has been demonstrated to lead to clearance of lung fluid and achievement of a precocious functional residual capacity in animal studies. OBJECTIVES:To verify if the application of SLI in preterm infants at birth may reduce the need for mechanical ventilation a...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Lista G,Fontana P,Castoldi F,Cavigioli F,Dani C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Strategies for oxygen therapy for preterm infants, such as the Vermont-Oxford's 'Breathsavers' guidelines, seek to strike a balance between the potential risks of the extremes of hyperoxia and hypoxia in preterm infants. Using an algorithm based on those guidelines, we aimed to compare the proportion of time...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Clarke A,Yeomans E,Elsayed K,Medhurst A,Berger P,Skuza E,Tan K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Around 10% of newborn infants require assistance during transition after birth. Heart rate (HR) is the most important clinical indicator to evaluate the clinical status of a newborn. AIM:Our study aimed to review all established and novel methods to detect HR in babies giving special consideration to non-in...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Anton O,Fernandez R,Rendon-Morales E,Aviles-Espinosa R,Jordan H,Rabe H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00