ABSTRACT Objectives: to compare the parameters of activity/rest cycle early postpartum breastfeeding women under a controlled and uncontrolled long wavelength ray light regimen. Methods: quasi-experimental study with their babies during postnatal rooming-in, São Paulo, Brazil. Participants were allocated either an experimental (intervention) or comparison group. The intervention involved exposu...

OBJECTIVE The evaluation of outpatient treatment adherence among 140 Latina adolescent suicide attempters and their families. METHOD Sequentially, 75 attempters received standard emergency room care and 65 attempters received a specialized emergency room program including (1) training workshops for emergency room staff, (2) a videotape aimed at modifying families' treatment expectations, and ...

BACKGROUND Stabilization and resuscitation of a newborn infant is a complex activity that involves multiple team members. Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) participating in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) iNICQ 2012 quality improvement collaborative reported on delivery room care policies and guidelines and submitted information on up to 10 consecutive deliveries attended by NICU team membe...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of hypertensive pseudocrisis in patients treated in emergency rooms with substantially elevated blood pressure levels. To compare this prevalence in private and public hospitals. To describe the frequency of wrong treatment for this condition. To identify, during triage, independent predictors of pseudocrisis. To evaluate the prognosis of patients with pseu...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus is the main cause of severe gastroenteritis (GE) in children. Two vaccines currently available have proven efficacy against the predominant genotypes. Rotavirus genotypes vary both geographically and/or temporally. Genotype surveillance is important to monitor trends associated or not with vaccine use. AIM To update information on rotavirus genotypes circulating in two ma...

Jaundice develops in most newborn infants and is one of the most common reasons infants are rehospitalized after birth. American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines strongly support the recommendation that clinicians promote and support breastfeeding. Recognizing that the disruptions associated with phototherapy interfere with breastfeeding, the challenge often faced by clinician...

forth effort at the proper times. Immediately following is a chapter entitled "The Psychology of Labor" in which the sensations of the different stages are described, as well as the actual mechanics of the hospital admission and the various procedures usually carried out during labor and delivery. A discussion of breast feeding and of the "rooming-in" plan is included. The concluding chapters d...