The objective of this study was to investigate the maternal mood after pregnancy and premature childbirth after perinatal loss which is defined as the fetal death occurred in the last weeks of gestation or the newborn in the first few weeks after delivery. The study is part of the work executed during a phD course in Woman's Health (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Instituto Fernandes Figueira) using the ...

1. The efficacy of oral vitamin E supplementation in preventing the early anaemia of the premature infant was assessed in a 10-week double-blind trial. Forty-two babies received either a placebo or 5 or 15 mg supplementary vitamin E/d with oral feeding. No infant received less than the recommended vitamin E:polyunsaturated fatty acid (E:PUFA) value of 0.6. No iron supplement was given. 2. Weekl...

Improved life-sustaining technology in the neonatal intensive care has resulted in an increased probability of survival for extremely premature babies. In the neonatal intensive care, the condition of a baby can deteriorate rapidly. Nurses and parents are together for long periods at the bedside and so form close and trusting relationships. Neonatal nurses as the constant caregivers may be pres...

Background: Literature presented numerous methods to promote nutrition in premature newborns. The aim of the review is to promote nutrition in premature newborns using numerous methods which have been suggested by systematic review. Materials and Methods: </...

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is uncommon in premature babies. In term infants, the typical presentations include a palpable mass over the epigastric area, exaggerated gastric peristalsis after feeding and projectile non-bilious vomiting. However these symptoms are not commonly seen in premature infants. The onset of symptoms in pyloric stenosis in premature infants is later than that in term i...

Objective of the study was to share a case high risk pregnancy with premature preterm rupture membranes (PPROM), placenta and vasa praevia plus velamintous cord insertion. PPROM carries increasing rates neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, brain prematurity, electrolyte imbalance. Having previa significant recurrent bleeding increases making threatened by antepartum haemorrhage chance losing...

Premature infants are highly vulnerable to aberrant gastrointestinal tract colonization, a process that may lead to diseases like necrotizing enterocolitis. Thus, spread of potential pathogens among hospitalized infants is of great concern. Here, we reconstructed hundreds of high-quality genomes of microorganisms that colonized co-hospitalized premature infants, assessed their metabolic potenti...