Health care workers (HCW) are exposed to ribavirin aerosol during therapy of infants with respiratory syncytial virus infections. To assess the degree of HCW exposure, we analyzed air samples from patient rooms and HCW personal breathing zones during ribavirin aerosol delivery by ventilator (two samples), oxygen hood (two samples), and a new vacuum exhaust hood (four samples). HCW exposure to r...

INTRODUCTION Pain experienced during labor is probably the most painful event in the lives of women. Environment itself influences a mother's experience of pain. Tension and stress resulting from pregnancy crisis and labor increase when the mother is hospitalized, which is concomitant with stressful situations and factors that affect pain perception during labor. The purpose of this study was t...

Α Ι Μ : The objective of this study was to access the perceptions of mothers of newborns regarding their cooperation with the midwife and the obstetrician in the delivery room. M A T E R I A L M E T H O D : The sample consisted of 607 mothers living in Northern Greece. The Kuopio Instrument for Mothers (KIM) was used for the data collection. R E S U L T S : All the participants gave birth in a ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate how the 4thStep of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was applied, assess the prevalence of breastfeeding (BF) within the first hour after birth and analyze factors associated with non-BF in this period of life. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted in a high-risk maternity-hospital in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, with interview to a sample of 403 rooming-in moth...

The survival rate of extremely preterm infants improved over the last years as a result of a better prenatal and neonatal care mainly due to a greater use of antenatal steroids, appropriate management in the delivery room and in the initial care, surfactant therapy, and better modalities of assisted ventilation. However, this improvement in survival has not been associated with an equal reducti...

The results of several clinical trials suggest that infants born depressed can be successfully resuscitated with room air. In 2010, the American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and the International Liaison Committee published new guidelines to initiate the resuscitation of the term neonate with 21% oxygen. Although this recommendation cannot b...

While planning a new maternity teaching hospital, we encountered the problem of relating number of delivery rooms to expected case load. The flow of patients in the teaching and research sections of the hospital could be predicted on the basis of previous experience, but for an attached "sector unit" the problem was much more difficult. The unit was intended to serve a new function, and therefo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of staphylococcal nasal carriage of health care workers (HCWs) and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the isolates for appropriate decolonization therapy. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, during the period from May 2007 to April 2008. METHODOLOGY Nasal swa...

The first minutes of life may determine the quality of that life. Prompt, organized, and skilled response to emergencies in this period requires that institutions delivering maternal-infant care have written policies delineating responsibility for immediate newborn care, resuscitation, selection and maintenance of necessary equipment, and training of personnel in proper techniques. These polici...

Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common problem that most pediatricians will encounter in the delivery room and normal newborn nursery. Approximately 13% of all live births are complicated by meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF). MAS is defined as respiratory distress in an infant born through MSAF whose symptoms cannot be otherwise explained. Optimal care for an infant born through MS...