Desaturation During Cry in the Neonatal Period

Desaturation During Cry in the Neonatal Period

Antiretroviral therapy during the neonatal period

http://www.sajhivmed.org.za doi:10.4102/sajhivmed.v16i1.361 Rationale for initiating combination antiretroviral therapy during the neonatal period Initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) at 6–9 weeks of age has been shown to reduce early infant mortality by 76% and HIV progression by 75% compared with cART deferred until clinical or CD4 criteria were met.1 In the landmark Childr...

Feeding difficulties during the neonatal period

Feeding difficulties (FD) are a major issue in neonatology, as they could hamper the assessment of an adequate enteral nutrition, delay hospital discharge and lead to breastfeeding failure. Functional and anatomical maturation of the gastrointestinal tract is strictly related to gestational age (GA); hence, premature infants are more prone to develop FD. Feeding intolerance (FI) is very common ...

HIV testing during the neonatal period

Testing for HIV in the neonatal period has been routinely recommended for all HIV-exposed infants in the developed world for over two decades. In 2015, birth testing for certain asymptomatic HIV-exposed infants was included in the South African National Consolidated Guidelines for the first time.1 Questions remain concerning the optimal recommendations for and implementation of HIV testing in n...

Ketone-body metabolism during the neonatal period.

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