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BACKGROUND
Studies on pulse oximetry screening for neonatal sepsis and respiratory disease in a middle-income country are lacking. Newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) using pulse oximetry is an effective and life-saving strategy in developed countries. While most studies
Because hypoxia is one of the most common major stresses to which a neonate is exposed, we postulated that it alone might be the cause of intestinal bacterial translocation, which could be the underlying etiology of neonatal sepsis. An animal model, in which hypoxia is the sole stress, was developed
When bacterial infections exceed or overcome the ability of a kitten's immune system to provide protection, life-threatening illnesses such as neonatal sepsis often occur. Many kittens with neonatal sepsis show unusual presentations or a wide variety of clinical presentations that may not be
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) relates to clinical manifestations of sepsis in the newborn, especially with systemic hypotension, acidosis, severe hypoxemia (which may represent pulmonary hypertension) and oliguria.
METHODS
Prospective study of 35 consecutive newborns with
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that inflammation modulates fetal erythroblastosis and/or the release of nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) independent of hypoxia or fetal stress. We sought to determine whether fetal inflammation is associated with an elevation in
Group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis produces arterial hypoxemia in newborns. In piglets we previously found that hypoxemia develops because of increased ventilation perfusion heterogeneity, and reduced mixed venous pO2 occurring in association with decreased pulmonary blood flow. We hypothesize that
BACKGROUND
Neonatal infections are a major cause of death worldwide. Simple procedures for identifying infants with infection that need referral for treatment are therefore of major public health importance.
METHODS
We investigated 3303 infants <2 months of age presenting with illness to health
OBJECTIVE
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique of extracorporeal oxygenation used in newborn infants with refractory hypoxemia after failure of maximal conventional medical management, when mortality risk is higher than 80%. We retrospectively reviewed all the neonates treated
Develop and pilot indicators of quality of care to neonates with relevant conditions in Mexico (prematurity, neonatal sepsis, perinatal asphyxia, and intrauterine hypoxia).Own indicators were built based on key recommendations of national clinical practice In order to assess the importance of pertinent perinatal risk factors in causing hearing loss (HI), a retrospective evaluation was made of the records of 146 affected children born in the city of Göteborg between 1970 and 1979. The incidence among six-year-olds born between 1970 and 1974 was 3.8 per
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal illness in premature infants characterized by severe intestinal inflammation. Despite medical interventions, NEC mortality remains alarmingly high, which necessitates improved therapies. Lactoferrin is among the most abundant Optimal enteral nutrition is essential for growth restricted preterm infants because if nutrition remains suboptimal during early days of life, physical and neuro-developmental outcome might be in danger. However, chronic hypoxia during antenatal period makes them susceptible for feeding intolerance
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used in the treatment of reversible pulmonary disease in the newborn. The ECMO program at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center began in 1985 and to date, 57 patients have been placed on bypass for a mean of 125 hours. The indications for ECMO are severe,
Newborn infants may be transferred to a special care nursery because of conditions such as prematurity (gestation less than 37 weeks), prolonged resuscitation, respiratory distress, cyanosis, and jaundice, and for evaluation of neonatal sepsis. Newborn infants' core temperature should be kept above
BACKGROUND
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), originally developed as an artificial replacement for respiratory assistance, is decreasingly used in neonates with respiratory failure. Nevertheless, there is a constant need for this invasive and expensive neonatal treatment