OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the compliance rate with a maternal risk-factor-based guideline for the prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis. METHODS In August 1994, a risk-factor-based guideline for selective intrapartum prophylaxis against neonatal GBS was adopted by a group model health maintenance organization. This guideline identified the follow...

ALEXANDRA PETRUS1,2#, CORINA RATIU1#, LAVINIA NOVEANU1,2, RODICA LIGHEZAN2,3, MARIANA ROSCA4, DANINA MUNTEAN1,2*, OANA DUICU1,2 1 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology, 14 Splaiul Tudor Vladimirescu, 300173, Timisoara, Romania 2 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Center for Translational Research a...

BACKGROUND The dosing regimen and indications for many medicines in current use in neonatology are not well defined. There is a need to prioritise research in this area, but currently there is little information about which drugs are used in UK neonatal units and the research needs in this area as perceived by UK neonatologists. METHODS The Neonatal Clinical Studies Group (CSG) of the Medicin...

Keen, J. H., and Lee, D. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 542. Sequelae of neonatal convulsions: study of 112 infants. Of 112 infants who had a convulsion during the first 28 days of life, 105 survived the neonatal period. During follow-up of 83 (80%), 14 were detected as having motor handicap, a further convulsion, or an intelligence assessment below 85. In the 45 infants whose co...

1 2 Adrenocortical Sensitivity to ACTH in Neonatal Rats: 3 4 Correlation of Corticosterone Responses and Adrenal cAMP Content 5 6 7 8 9 Jonathan Bodager, Thomas Gessert, Eric D. Bruder, Ashley Gehrand and Hershel Raff 10 11 12 13 Endocrine Research Laboratory; Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Research Institute, 14 Milwaukee, WI 53215 15 16 and 17 18 Departments of Medicine, Surgery, an...

Objetivos: Descrever a prevalência das doenças metabólicas em recém-nascidos de unidade terapia intensiva neonatal submetidos ao teste do pezinho. Método: Trata-se um estudo transversal, retrospectivo e analítico, por meio da análise 261 prontuários maternidade referência Sergipe com que necessitaram internação faziam seguimento no ambulatório especialidades maternidade. Resultados: Dos avaliad...

Background: Pediatric medicine in Iran has been known as a specialty for more than 50 years; nevertheless, the neonatal-perinatal medicine is still in the first decades of its life. Regarding this, the present study was conducted toprovide an overall view of the current situation of the neonatal medicine, its challenges, and prospects in Iran.Methods: For the purpose of the study, a questionnai...

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to model Cryptosporidiosis in laboratory animals. The parasites were inoculated into animalsand thenmultiplied. The process of proliferation was compared to controlCryptosporidiosis in humans. Materials and Methods: Twenty-five laboratory mice (4-7 days of age) and twenty-five laboratory rats (5 days of age) were assigned to the category I while the cat...