Respiratory distress in newborns, which may lead to risks of morbidity and death, is one of the reasons for a referral to the more advanced health facilities. Respiratory distress analysis in small fo...
To identify the risks, complications, death induced by respiratory distress in SGA infants prior to hospital discharge....
A retrospective cohort study was conducted on live- born infants at Sardjito Hospital. Singleton and gestational age 26-42 weeks were the inclusion criteria. The exclusion criteria included major cong...
There were 12,490 infants eligible for the study, consisting of 9,396 FT-AGA infants, 2,003 PT-AGA infants, 771 FT-SGA infants, and 320 PT-SGA infants. Nine hundred and thirty-two infants developed re...
PT-SGA had the highest risk of respiratory distress with complications of length of hospital stay, and ventilator use. Mortality analysis discovered the highest CMI in PT-SGA infants. We should theref...
To assess the relationship between high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) abnormalities and clinical phenotypes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)....
A retrospective, single-center study was carried out at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University between 2013 and 2020. Preterm infants born at ≤ 32 weeks' gestation who were diagnosed with BPD and...
A total of 81 cases were included in the study. Cases with more severe BPD had a higher TS (...
HRCT scores correlated with BPD severity and PH in our study. HS might be a useful tool in the assessment of BPD severity while linear densities and consolidation might be helpful in predicting PH....
Invasive bacterial infection (IBI) causes a significant burden in infants. In this study, we analyzed changes in epidemiology of IBI among infants in Korea....
A retrospective multicenter-based surveillance for IBIs in infants <3 months of age was performed during 2006-2020. Cases were classified as an early-onset disease (EOD) (0-6 days) or late-onset disea...
Among 1545 cases, the median age was 28 days (IQR: 12, 53) and EOD accounted for 17.7%. Among pathogens, S. agalactiae (40.4%), E. coli (38.5%), and S. aureus (17.8%) were the most common and attribut...
During 2006-2020, among IBI in infants <3 months of age, S. agalactiae, E. coli, and S. aureus were most common and an increasing trend of S. agalactiae was observed....
Maternal diet is known to be important to both mother and infant health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DAS...
The study included 350 breastfeeding mothers with an average age of 29.5 ± 5.9 years. Psychological functions were performed using standard questionnaires, including a Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (Q...
Subjects in the highest tertile of DASH DP had significantly lower scores of mother's sleep latency (0.70 ± 1.18 vs. 1.24 ± 1.3; P value = 0.031), sleep disorders (4.3 ± 1.6 vs. 5.3 ± 2.4; P value= 0....
According to our findings, adherence to DASH DP is associated with a lower score for sleep disorders in mothers and their infants....
(1) Objective: To investigate the effects of play in an upright position on intra-individual variability and to examine the relationship between the variability of gross motor and language development...
To determine the trends in inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) utilization in the late phase of hospitalization in a large Japanese cohort of extremely preterm infants and evaluate its benefit on long-term out...
This was a retrospective multicenter cohort study of 15 977 extremely preterm infants born at <28 weeks of gestational age between 2003 and 2016, in the Neonatal Research Network, Japan. Demographic c...
Post-acute iNO utilization rates increased from 0.3% in 2009 to 1.9% in 2016, even under strict insurance coverage rules starting in 2009. Gestational age (1-week increment; aOR 0.82, 95% CI 0.76-0.88...
The increasing post-acute iNO utilization rate among extremely preterm infants has been concurrent with improved survival rates of extremely preterm infants in Japan. Infants treated with post-acute i...
Data regarding the outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for the management of SAMD9L -associated ataxia-pancytopenia syndrome remains limited. We depict the case of a 2-month-old male...
Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV has evolved over the past two decades. Although public health agencies advocate for male involvement in such interventions, their role in the prevention of v...
To investigate the association between early life exposures during the first 1000 days (conception to age 24 months) and aortic intima-media thickness (aIMT), an early indicator of cardiovascular dise...
The MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, and Allied and Complementary Medicine databases were searched from inception to July 2021. Eligibility criteria included observational controlled studies in youths...
A total of 8657 articles were identified, of which 34 were included in our meta-analysis. The age of participants ranged from 22.9 weeks gestation in utero to 10.9 years. In the meta-analysis (n = 122...
Adverse early life exposures are associated with greater aIMT in youths, consistent with an increased risk for CVD later in life. Further research is needed to determine whether intervention and preve...
Globally, infant mortality is a major public health concern and a sensitive indicator of countries' socio-economic and health status. Despite the substantial reduction of under-five mortality in sub-S...
The present study has utilized 138,803 weighted samples from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) of 12 East African countries. Considering the hierarchical nature of DHS data shared frailty parametr...
The infant mortality rate in East Africa was 41.41 per 1000 live births. Mothers aged 25-34 years, wanted birth, health facility delivery, 1-3 ANC visit, being 2...
Despite the substantial progress in improving maternal and child health, this study showed that infant mortality is still a major public health concern in East Africa. Maternal age, place of delivery,...
