introduction: hearing is essential for humans to communicate with one another. early diagnosis of hearing loss and intervention in neonates and infants can reduce developmental problems. the aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of hearing impairment in newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) and analyze the associated risk factors.   materials and methods: th...

background: by increasing the survival of immature newborns, intravenous access methods, used to provide intravenous therapy, became more important. more attention has been recently paid on peripherally inserted central venous catheters in newborns, although it is yet unknown in iran. in this study, we tried to discover the barriers to spread the usage of peripherally inserted central venous ca...

abstract background: advancements in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) science and technology have increased the survival rate of preterm infants. despite these advances, they are still facing with neurobehavioral problems. noise level in nicu is a potential source of stress for preterm infants. it should be decreased to the standard level as much as possible. the purpose of this study was to...

conclusions the present study was the first report on the isolation and identification of t. ptyseos from pif in iran. t. ptyseos are frequently present in various kinds of foods; therefore, further investigation on these samples is required. it is necessary to track the t. ptyseos in a wide variety of foods and individuals especially in immunocompromised people such as human immunodeficiency v...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact on mortality and duration of stay of weekend admission of paediatric patients to the Paediatric/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PNICU). METHODS Retrospective, nine-year cohort study. The study was performed in a tertiary level PNICU between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2007. Data about the day of admission, diagnosis, outcome, and duration of stay was collec...

OBJECTIVE To verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units. METHOD Quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the applicati...

1Consultant Neonatologist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE 2Consultant Neonatologist and Head of Pediatric Department & Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE 3Specialist Senior Registrar, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, Latifa Women & Childr...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there was increased stress and impact on the family for mothers of infants whose screening results and subsequent diagnostic findings indicated hearing loss (HL) and mothers of infants with a positive screening result who subsequently pass the rescreening (false-positive group), compared with mothers of infants who pass the initial screening (control group), when ...

Investigators from the University of California, San Francisco studied the yield of continuous video EEG (vEEG) in diagnosing electrographic seizures in their neonatal intensive care unit.