Interleukin-8 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 mRNA expression in perinatally infected and asphyxiated preterm neonates.

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：:We report the successful and safe use of levosimendan, a new calcium-sensitizing agent with positive inotropic and vasodilatory action, in 2 critically ill term newborns with acute heart failure and pulmonary hypertension in the absence of any underlying heart malformation and/or previous cardiosurgical procedures. Du...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： De Carolis MP,Piastra M,Bersani I,Pardeo M,Stival E,Tempera A,Romagnoli C,Conti G,De Rosa G

更新日期：2012-01-01 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: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:Meconium displaces surfactant from the alveolar surface and inhibits its function. The development of active synthetic surfactants is complicated, especially to synthesize the hydrophobic surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C. A synthetic surfactant, CHF5633 containing SP-B and SP-C analogs, has been designed to...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Salvesen B,Curstedt T,Mollnes TE,Saugstad OD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeted milrinone treatment for low left ventricular output (LVO) reduces the incidence of acute cardiorespiratory instability following ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants. Despite this, some infants continue to experience postoperative deterioration. Adrenal insufficiency related...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： EL-Khuffash A,McNamara PJ,Lapointe A,Jain A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of medical complexity among very preterm infants on health care resource use, family, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months' corrected age. METHODS:This observational cohort study of Canadian infants born < 29 weeks' gestational age in 2009-2011 compared infants with and those wi...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Nassel D,Chartrand C,Doré-Bergeron MJ,Lefebvre F,Ballantyne M,Van Overmeire B,Luu TM,on behalf of the Canadian Neonatal Network and the Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal reference values of gallbladder size have been assessed in healthy newborns with enteral feeding regimen. Their applicability to critically ill patients under total parenteral nutrition (TPN) remains to be questioned. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to evaluate the impact of short-term TPN versus enteral nut...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Schmidt B,Roth B,Stützer H,Benz-Bohm G

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

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：BACKGROUND:Corticosteroids have been used widely after birth in preterm infants with respiratory failure; hydrocortisone may be preferable to other corticosteroids for this purpose. OBJECTIVES:To determine if postnatal hydrocortisone is useful to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. M...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Doyle LW,Ehrenkranz RA,Halliday HL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periventricular white matter (PWM) is particularly vulnerable in very preterm infants. Non-cystic white matter injury, known as non-cystic periventricular leukomalacia (ncPVL), is the commonest 'lesion' affecting the preterm brain. There is no consensus about whether ncPVL can be reliably identified from cer...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Graça AM,Cardoso K,Costa J,Cowan F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus strains can be the source of epidemic infection for patients. OBJECTIVES:A molecular epidemiological analysis of an impetigo bullosa outbreak in a neonatal ward was performed in order to determine a potential source of the infection and possible routes of subsequent spreadi...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Jursa-Kulesza J,Kordek A,Kopron K,Wojciuk B,Giedrys-Kalemba S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation is a risk factor for cerebral inflammation and brain injury in preterm neonates. The risk increases proportionally with the intensity of treatment. Recent studies have shown that cerebral inflammation and injury can be initiated in the delivery room. At present, initiation of intermittent positi...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Barton SK,Tolcos M,Miller SL,Christoph-Roehr C,Schmölzer GM,Moss TJ,Hooper SB,Wallace EM,Polglase GR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the ultrasound examination with pH-metry in order to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonography for diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in preterm infants. METHODS:A prospective study was conducted on 31 premature infants <34 weeks with clinically diagnosed GOR. First, they underwent...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Pezzati M,Filippi L,Psaraki M,Rossi S,Dani C,Tronchin M,Rubaltelli FF

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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:Endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) production is primarily due to heme degradation, which also results in the equimolar production of bilirubin. Thus, estimates of total body CO production can serve as indices of total body bilirubin formation. The elimination rate of CO from a person's body (CO washout rate) a...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Stevenson DK,Wong RJ,Ostrander CR,Maric I,Vreman HJ,Cohen RS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the absence of universal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection, the aim of this study was to assess the outcomes of a targeted screening protocol based on maternal and neonatal risk indicators. METHODS:The medical records of 2,623 neonates born in our maternal hospital between June 20...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Levit Y,Dym L,Yochpaz S,Manor Y,Adler A,Halutz O,Grisaru-Soen G,Herzlich J,Marom R

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various studies have shown an association between low birth weight and the prevalence of elevated blood pressure later in life. However, a relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in the neonatal period has not been investigated yet. OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between birth weight and b...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Smal JC,Uiterwaal CS,Bruinse HW,Steendijk P,van Bel F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart rate (HR) detection in premature infants using electrocardiography (ECG) is challenging due to a low signal amplitude and the fragility of the premature skin. Recently, the dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique has been miniaturized, allowing noninvasive HR measurements with a single sensor. OBJECT...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Gangaram-Panday NH,van Essen T,Goos TG,de Jonge RCJ,Reiss IKM,van Weteringen W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Therapeutic hypothermia (HT) is the standard treatment for newborns after perinatal asphyxia. Preclinical studies report that HT is more effective when started early. METHODS:Eighty cooled newborns were analyzed and grouped according to when cooling was started after birth: early (≤180 min) or late (>181 min...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Thoresen M,Tooley J,Liu X,Jary S,Fleming P,Luyt K,Jain A,Cairns P,Harding D,Sabir H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of preterm newborn rabbits with synthetic surfactants containing simple phospholipid mixtures and peptides gives similar tidal volumes to treatment with poractant alfa (Curosurf®). The addition of both surfactant protein B and C analogs to the phospholipid mixture will stabilize the alveoli, measured as ...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Curstedt T,Calkovska A,Johansson J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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: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：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycaemia is a common complication of prematurity and is associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity, yet the aetiology is incompletely understood. C-peptide has been used in adults to estimate endogenous insulin secretion due to its simple clearance kinetics. OBJECTIVE:To determine insulin secret...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Dickson JL,Chase JG,Pretty CG,Gunn CA,Alsweiler JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No survey has been published in recent years which primarily focuses on the prescription of inhaled corticosteroids in neonatal practice. Thus, the utilization rate of inhaled corticosteroids is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To elucidate the current utilization rate of inhaled corticosteroids in the prevention and th...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Maas C,Poets CF,Bassler D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm infants are at greater risk of developmental impairment and require close follow-up for early and optimal care. OBJECTIVES:The objective of the present study was to determine from which age the parental Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) allows detection of school difficulties in preterm children <...

journal_title：Neonatology

authors： Halbwachs M,Muller JB,Nguyen The Tich S,Gascoin G,Chauty-Frondas A,Branger B,Rouger V,Roze JC,Flamant C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00