How can we prevent early death in preterm infants?

How can we prevent early death in preterm infants?

The study by de Almeida et al. is a multi-center prospective cohort study of early (< 6 days of age) intrahospital neonatal deaths of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants from eight tertiary care hospitals in Brazil. It was observed that 16% of the 579 eligible infants died early, and the mortality rate varied from 5-31% between centers. This difference in mortality between centers persisted de...

How can we best prevent pertussis in infants?

Pertussis is a very contagious respiratory infection, and despite a high rate of vaccine coverage, it is the only vaccinepreventable disease currently increasing in the United States. In 2009 a total of 16 858 cases of pertussis with 12 infant deaths were reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [1], and 10 infant deaths were also documented in a recent outbreak of pertussis i...

(How) can we prevent type 2 diabetes?

Can we prevent sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients?

E nd-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are at high risk for mortality. The annual death rate for prevalent US dialysis patients in 2004 was 230 deaths per 1000 patient-years (1). Cardiac disease is the largest single cause of death for both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, accounting for 43% of all-cause mortality (1). In the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database, arr...

How Can We Better Prevent Obesity in Children?

The aim of this review is to discuss the state of the art regarding the field of health promotion in the context of childhood obesity prevention in order to learn how we can better prevent childhood obesity. Challenges have been identified that exist within the different steps of health promotion programme development and implementation. Important steps forward include studying behaviours and d...