Hypoglycemia is the most common metabolic alteration in neonatal period. Most of these neonates have transient hypoglycemia. However, persistent and recurrent hypoglycemia in neonates is usually caused by endocrine or metabolic disorders. These babies require frequent glucose monitoring to prevent hypoglycemic brain injury and advanced investigations for diagnosis of underlying etiology. An app...

This paper describes one year's experience with the running of a special postnatal ward area, established so that babies who needed more treatment and monitoring than is generally undertaken on postnatal wards but who did not need the facilities of the neonatal unit could be kept by their mother's bedside. This 'intermediate care ward' admitted 297 babies with their mothers during its first yea...

The relationship between pain and the newborn’s microcirculation has been a poorly understood field of research. Introduction of orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) imaging and sidestream dark field (SDF) imaging to clinical medicine has opened a new field of monitoring and target treatment in various neonatal diseases and states. The non-invasiveness and safety of these bedside technologies...

BACKGROUND Intrauterine exposure to antidepressants may lead to neonatal symptoms from the central nervous system, respiratory system and gastrointestinal system. Finnegan score (Neonatal Abstinence Score, NAS) has routinely been used to assess infants exposed to antidepressants in utero. AIM The purpose was to study neonatal maladaptation syndrome in infants exposed to selective serotonin re...

Background: The present study aimed to assess handling procedures and their effects on the sleep-wake time in the preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: This observationalcross-sectional study was conducted in the NICU ofVali-e-Asr Teaching Hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran in 2016. Sample population consisted of 15...

We developed a knowledge-based system, VIE-VENT, for monitoring and therapy planning of the artificial ventilation of newborn infants. Clinical and textbook knowledge were implemented in VIE-VENT’s knowledge base. Therapy planning was based on transcutaneously and invasively determined blood gas measurements and on clinical observations. After the selection of appropriate input parameters, meas...

Some maternal factors associated with neonatal hypoglycemia justify monitoring blood glucose levels in the first 24 hours of life. The objective of this study was to describe the socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of mothers to newborns undergoing capillary blood glucose control in the first 24 hours of life, hospitalized in a rooming-in maternity ward of a Baby Friendly Hospital. ...

OBJECTIVES To conduct a regional survey of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Directors in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) to ascertain current practice. BACKGROUND Use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy in infants < 34 weeks gestational age is not supported by current evidence. METHODS A cross-sectional electronic survey based on structured questionnaire was conducted amongst the Direc...

OBJECTIVE We sought to systematically review the medical literature on the maternal and newborn safety of planned home vs planned hospital birth. STUDY DESIGN We included English-language peer-reviewed publications from developed Western nations reporting maternal and newborn outcomes by planned delivery location. Outcomes' summary odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. ...