BACKGROUND It has been suggested that mild hypothermia treatment of hypoxia-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) should start within 6 h after HIE, but many children are admitted to the hospital > 6 h, particularly in developing areas. We aimed to determine whether hypothermia treatment could remain effective within 12 h after birth. METHODS According to their admission, 152 newborns were enrolled i...

Abstract Background To study optic disc features of premature infants and compare to that term explore the pattern newborn development provide basis for diagnosis disease. Methods This was a prospective clinical research. Newborns underwent fundus disease screening from January 1st, 2016 October 31st, in neonatal ward Ruian City Maternal Child Health Hospital were selected. RetCam 3 Version6.1....

Objective: To compare the efficacy of different non-pharmacological interventions (kangaroo care, cuddling, playing white noise, ambient sound) applied to newborns during heel stick procedure on newborns’ pain level, duration crying, and voice decibel. Methods: This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial including pre- post-tests four groups. The setting neonatal intensive care unit in T...

The objective: to evaluate the applicability of nSOFA scale as a predictor an unfavorable outcome in premature newborns. Subjects. study was designed retrospective and observational. enrolled 109 newborns with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks pregnancy (birth weight 1,071 (772‒1,451) g, 29 (26‒32) weeks, 22 (20,4%) patients died. scores were determined based on first 72 hours after birth, peak values...

BACKGROUND Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to be useful for identifying asphyxiated newborns at risk of developing brain injury, whether or not therapeutic hypothermia was administered. However, this technique has been only rarely used in newborns until now, because of the challenges to obtain sufficient signal-to-...

objective(s): in recent years, there has been an increasing amount of study on early diagnosis of kidney injury through sensitive and specific biomarkers. we examined the practical applicability of the urinary levels of nag (n-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase), ap (alkaline phosphatase), and ldh (lactate dehydrogenase) as renal dysfunction screening biomarkers in full and pre-term newborns treated wi...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy of interruption of intrauterine infection of HBV with HBIG in pregnant women with positive HBeAg and HBsAg. METHODS A prospective randomized controlled trial was adopted. Sixty cases with positive HBeAg and HBsAg were coincident with the criteria of inclusion, and 8 cases were excluded. Fifty-two cases were analyzed (28 cases in trial group and 24 in control group...

The purpose of this methods paper is to offer pediatricians and nuclear medicine physicians a diagnostic protocol for performing lymphoscintigraphy in newborns that may be useful for enhancing diagnosis and management of newborns with congenital lymphatic abnormalities. Indications for lymphoscintigraphy, choice of tracer, optimal dose, routes of administration, methods of data acquisition, tim...