OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine physician management choices for hospitalized premature infants with bronchiolitis compared with erm infants and to evaluate predictors of steroid use in premature infants. METHODS A chart review was conducted of premature and nonpremature infants admitted to 2 children's hospitals with bronchiolitis. Reviewers selected charts based on Intern...

This study was designed to determine the postnatal development of the human coagulation system in the healthy premature infant. Consecutive mothers of healthy premature infants born at either St Joseph's Hospital or McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton were asked for consent. One hundred thirty-seven premature infants (30 to 36 weeks of gestational age) entered the study. The prematur...

BACKGROUND Anthropometric indicators are difficult to interpret in very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, including both appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants. Therefore, the purpose was to describe the anthropometric indicators of growth and nutritional status in VLBW premature infants AGA and SGA, hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care u...

Background: Currently, the number of premature deliveries has been increasing, resulting in early postnatal discharge due to shortage of beds in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted through investigating the premature infants’ files for gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW) and duration of the first hospitalization. Furthermore, th...

We examined 30 newborn infants for respiratory compromise before, during, and after placement in a recommended car seat restraining device. Twelve infants were premature with a history of apnea, eight were premature without known apnea, and 10 were born at term. Both premature groups had significant decreases in oxygen saturation while in the car seat (P less than 0.01) and more frequent desatu...

Abstract: Introduction: Premature birth is highly stressful for parents. Nursing support is crucial for premature infants. Parental satisfaction is a vital indicator of the quality of care provided by nurses. Therefore, determining the factors related to parental satisfaction is important in nursing care. Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between social support and p...

were performed on premature or term infants using blood preserved with acid citrate and glucose. The plasma concentrations of glucose, free fatty acids, insulin, glucagon, and growth hormone were measured in the donor blood and in blood from the infant at different times during the transfusion. The total amounts of metabolite and hormone infused and removed from the infant were calculated. The ...

PURPOSE To study the validity of urinary uric acid (UA) as a marker of perinatal asphyxia in term and premature infants. METHODS The urinary ratio of UA to creatinine (Cr) was obtained within 24 hours after birth in four groups of infants: 17 term infants and 18 premature infants with perinatal asphyxia, and 22 healthy term infants and 20 premature infants without perinatal asphyxia. Perinata...