OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this research was to assess the effects of breast milk on the severity and outcome of neonatal abstinence syndrome. METHODS.We conducted a retrospective chart review of 190 drug-dependent mother and infant pairs. Patients were categorized according to the predominant type of milk consumed by the infant on the fifth day of life (breast milk: n 85 or formula: n 105). The...

There are important and significant differences in normal hematologic and serum biochemical parameters between neonatal foals and mature horses. Failure to recognize these differences can lead to erroneous interpretation of neonatal clinical pathologic values. Author’s address: Department of Large Animal Medicine, H-302 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602; e-...

background: in the recent decades, the prevalence of nosocomial infections in neonates has grown and almost 21% of preterm neonates experience these kinds of infections. some factors were proposed to have a protective effect against neonatal infections through promoting the development of the immune system of the newborn. this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of oral glutamine supplementati...

a EPiUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal b Departamento de Epidemiologia Clínica, Medicina Preditiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal c Programa de Doutorado em Saúde Pública Global, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal d Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade d...

how to cite this article : sabzehei mk, basiri b, bazmamoun h. the etiology, clinical type, and short outcome of seizures in newborns hospitalized in besat hospital/ hamadan/iran. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):24-28. objective seizures in neonates are very different from those of older children and adults. the aim of this study was to determine the etiology, clinical presentation, and o...

A prenatal diagnosis of ductal-dependent, complex congenital heart disease was made in a fetus with trisomy 18. The parents requested that the genetic diagnosis be excluded from all medical and surgical decision-making and that all life-prolonging therapies be made available to their infant. There was conflict among the medical team about what threshold of neonatal benefit could outweigh matern...

A prenatal diagnosis of ductal-dependent, complex congenital heart disease was made in a fetus with trisomy 18. The parents requested that the genetic diagnosis be excluded from all medical and surgical decision-making and that all life-prolonging therapies be made available to their infant. There was conflict among the medical team about what threshold of neonatal benefit could outweigh matern...

Background The etiology, epidemiology, treatment patterns, and clinical outcomes of neonatal and pediatric pneumonia patients in China are not well reported. This retrospective chart review study aimed to describe such information among neonatal (0 to 27 days) and pediatric (28 days to <18 years) pneumonia patients in two regions of China. Methods Electronic medical records of pneumonia hospi...

Signa Vitae is an international peer-reviewed open access journal, which currently indexed in SCIE, scopus, etc. It covers many aspects of adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, anesthesia emergency medicine