Levosimendan in two neonates with ischemic heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral propranolol has improved the treatment of infantile hemangiomas, and a pediatric oral solution of propranolol has recently been licensed in the USA and Europe. In very preterm infants, infantile hemangiomas are associated with the occurrence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and both diseases share...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Bührer C,Bassler D

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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:Inflammation due to perinatal infection (PI) and perinatal asphyxia (PA) may cause damage to various tissues and very often to the immature brain of the fetus and the newborn. Previously, we have shown that the neonatal immune system has the ability to produce increased chemokine protein levels in the serum ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Petrakou E,Mouchtouri A,Levi E,Lipsou N,Xanthou M,Fotopoulos S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is currently evolving. Novel therapeutic options are emerging that have the potential to complement existing therapies and improve treatment outcomes. However, any new therapeutic option must be thoroughly evaluated before existing (and successful) treatment paradigms can ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Stahl A,Hellstrom A,Smith LE

更新日期：2014-01-01 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:Apnea of prematurity (AOP) occurs frequently in preterm infants and a variable proportion of AOP can be induced by gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Conservative treatment, including dietary modifications, should be the first-line approach for both GER and GER-related apneas in this population. OBJECTIVES:To e...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Corvaglia L,Spizzichino M,Aceti A,Legnani E,Mariani E,Martini S,Battistini B,Faldella G

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inhaled glucocorticoids may increase the risk of pneumonia in adults. Thus, respiratory infections may be a potential explanation for the non-significantly increased mortality seen in the glucocorticoid group in the largest randomized trial on inhaled glucocorticoids for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Koch A,Kreutzer K,von Oldershausen G,Poets CF,Bassler D,NEuroSIS Trial Group.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborns are susceptible to inflammatory diseases due to defects in clearing activated immune cells from tissues. Therefore, mechanisms have likely evolved to protect neonates from leukocyte-mediated cytotoxicity. Bilirubin has antioxidant activity, and it is possible that it also exerts effects on cellular ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Weinberger B,Archer FE,Kathiravan S,Hirsch DS,Kleinfeld AM,Vetrano AM,Hegyi T

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Lipid metabolism is vital to fetal development and cardiometabolic health and the final weeks of gestation are known to be a time of intense metabolic activity. New techniques such as lipidomics allow investigation of a complex lipidomic profile in infants. OBJECTIVES:This research aimed to (1) describe var...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： McCloskey K,De Livera AM,Collier F,Ponsonby AL,Carlin JB,Vuillermin P,Mellett NA,Jayawardana K,Weir JM,Blangero J,Curran JE,Burgner D,Meikle PJ,BIS investigator group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenobarbitone induces suppression of cerebral electrical activity on amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE); however, its effect during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has not been well characterized. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of phenob...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Deshpande P,Jain A,McNamara PJ

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increasing incidence of births of very preterm very-low-birth-weight infants, there is a demand for echocardiographic reference values of cardiac dimensions. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to provide reference values of cardiac valve annulus diameters in a cohort of extremely preterm very-low...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： van Ark AE,Molenschot MC,Wesseling MH,de Vries WB,Strengers JLM,Adams A,Breur JMPJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Melatonin is a potent free radical scavenger and an indirect antioxidant. Knowledge about the behavior of melatonin secretion in the early neonatal period, which may relate to its properties at a vital stage during very high antioxidant demands, is limited. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 35 newborns admitted to t...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Muñoz-Hoyos A,Bonillo-Perales A,Avila-Villegas R,González-Ripoll M,Uberos J,Florido-Navío J,Molina-Carballo A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Restrictive use of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in preterm infants reduces the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Our objective was to determine its effect on neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) at 24 months' corrected age (CA). METHODS:This retrospective single-center cohort s...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Vliegenthart RJS,Onland W,van Wassenaer-Leemhuis AG,De Jaegere APM,Aarnoudse-Moens CSH,van Kaam AH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, sustained inflations (SI) during chest compression (CC) (CC+SI) have been suggested as an alternative to the current approach during neonatal resuscitation. No previous study compared CC+SI using CC rates of 90/min to the current 3:1 compression:ventilation ratio (C:V). OBJECTIVE:To determine whet...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Li ES,Görens I,Cheung PY,Lee TF,Lu M,O'Reilly M,Schmölzer GM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a common enzyme deficiency affecting more than 300 million individuals worldwide. Extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, with its severe sequelae of bilirubin neurotoxicity and the potential of death, is the most devastating manifestation of G6PD deficienc...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kaplan M,Wong RJ,Stevenson DK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although liver can be injured under the hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) condition, there is currently no histopathological evidence. Therapeutic hypothermia is used to protect the brain; however, the therapeutic potential for concomitant liver injury is unknown. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to histopat...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Kubo H,Shimono R,Nakamura S,Koyano K,Jinnai W,Yamato S,Yasuda S,Nakamura M,Tanaka A,Fujii T,Kanenishi K,Chiba Y,Miki T,Kusaka T,Ueno M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventing the development of allergic skin disease in children is the best way to treat the disease. OBJECTIVES:Ultraviolet (UV)-free blue light phototherapy has been reported to treat atopic eczema. We evaluated the effect of neonatal phototherapy on allergic skin disease in children. METHODS:We randomly...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Ku MS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case highlighting several controversial and important topics regarding neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Current neonatal guidelines recommend a 3:1 compression:ventilation ratio; however, the most effective ratio of delivering chest compressions (CC) remains controversial. We report a case o...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Li ES,Cheung PY,Pichler G,Aziz K,Schmölzer GM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed cord clamping (DCC) improves placental transfusion and increases blood volume in preterm infants when compared with immediate cord clamping (ICC). However, evidence to support DCC in multiple-birth preterm infants is still lacking. OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes of ICC versus DCC in preterm infan...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Ruangkit C,Bumrungphuet S,Panburana P,Khositseth A,Nuntnarumit P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), severe retinopathy of prematurity (sROP), and cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) are 3 major morbidities with long-term neurodevelopmental impairments in preterm infants. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the strength of associations and identify key risk factors shared by B...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Wang LW,Lin YC,Wang ST,Huang CC,on behalf of the Taiwan Premature Infant Developmental Collaborative Study Group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 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:Faecal calprotectin has been proposed as a sensitive marker for gastrointestinal inflammation in children and adults. High levels have been reported in healthy newborns and during the first months of life; the effect of the kind of feeding on the calprotectin concentration in stools is controversial. OBJECT...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Savino F,Castagno E,Calabrese R,Viola S,Oggero R,Miniero R

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) may have clinical and syndromic presentations different from those of esophageal atresia (EA) that affects shorter segments of the esophagus (non-LGEA). This may suggest unique underlying developmental mechanisms. OBJECTIVES:We sought to characterize clinical differences b...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Bairdain S,Zurakowski D,Vargas SO,Stenquist N,McDonald M,Towne MC,Miller DT,Jennings RW,Kantor DB,Agrawal PB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing survival in the smallest preterm infants, the incidence of chronic lung disease has not decreased. Research into ventilatory strategies has concentrated on minimising barotrauma, volutrauma and atelectotrauma, but little attention has been paid to the role of bias gas flow rates and the po...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Bach KP,Kuschel CA,Oliver MH,Bloomfield FH

更新日期：2009-01-01 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