BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Apgar scoring is accepted by medical professionals both as a measure of the infant's clinical status and the infant's response to resuscitation. Recent studies, however, have suggested significant variability when used for scoring preterm infants. We hypothesized that agreement in Apgar scoring would improve with increasing gestational age and at low levels of respirat...

BACKGROUND Congenital heart defects (CHD) and preterm birth (PTB) are major causes of infant mortality. However, limited data exist on risk of mortality associated with PTB for newborns with CHD. Our objective was to assess impact of PTB on risk of infant mortality for newborns with CHD, while taking into account the role of associated anomalies and other potentially confounding factors. METH...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of kangaroo care on heart rate variability in a healthy preterm infant. DESIGN Case study. SETTING Private room on a postpartum unit. PARTICIPANT A mother-preterm infant dyad. INTERVENTION Kangaroo (skin-to-skin) care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Heart rate variability, a noninvasive measurement of the sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the autonomi...

The European Resuscitation Council has produced these newborn life support guidelines, which are based on the International Liaison Committee (ILCOR) 2020 Consensus Science and Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) for Neonatal Life Support. guidelines cover management of term preterm infant. topics covered include an algorithm to aid a logical approach resuscitation newborn, factors before deliver...

OBJECTIVE The greatest cause of infant mortality in Brazil is perinatal conditions, mostly associated with preterm delivery. The objective of the study was to evaluate the evolution of preterm delivery rates in Brazil. METHODS A review was conducted using the Medline and Lilacs databases, including published studies in periodicals, thesis and dissertations since 1950. Exclusion criteria were:...

background: preterm infants need to be hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) and receive specific systematic care in order to survive. nonetheless, long hospital stay leads to parents’ separation from the infant and disturbance in the family life. it also has many undesirable effects on the infant. the present study aimed to determine the effect of family-centered empowerment ...

Preterm infant’s condition is a major risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality rate. infants that getting treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) will be disrupted due to different factors causing sleep distrubance on infant. Due critical role of premature brain development, developmental as nesting needed facilitate sleep’s necessary. This study aimed explore implication ...

BACKGROUND Social factors affect the risk of very preterm birth and may affect subsequent outcomes in those born preterm. We assessed the influence of neighbourhood socio-economic characteristics on the risk and outcomes of singleton very preterm birth (<32 weeks of gestation) in two European regions with different health systems. METHODS Live births (n=1118) from a population-based cohort of...

BACKGROUND Fetuses-at-risk denominators are commonly used in research on preterm stillbirth, but applications to postnatal outcomes such as preterm infant mortality are controversial. We evaluated whether biased associations between maternal risk factors and preterm infant mortality caused by stratification by preterm birth could be avoided using fetuses-at-risk risk ratios. METHODS Data incl...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, resulting in a pressing need to identify risk factors leading to effective interventions. Limited evidence suggests potential relationships between maternal sleep or vital exhaustion and preterm birth, yet the literature is generally inconclusive. METHODS We examined the relationship between maternal s...