Probiotic supplement linked to deathof premature infant
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Cytotoxic Activity of Familact: A Probiotic Supplement
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متن کاملThe premature infant.
Chairman Sanford: Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Commissioner of Health of Chicago, organized 12 years ago the “Chicago Premature Plan.’ ‘ This consists in registering all premature infants with the City Health Department within a few hours after birth. The premature infant who is born at home, or in a hospital that does not have adequate premature care, is transported in an oxygenated incubator ambul...
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متن کامل[Care of the premature infant].
The Labor Room It is accepted that the umbilical cord should be clamped early in known and suspected cases of erythroblastosis. When isoimmunization is not a factor, some advocate late clamping to effect a physiologic transfusion. Others say this produces excessive blood volume, which may be a causative factor in the respiratory-distress syndrome. Studies by umbilical-vein catheterization thus ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-0991(15)30486-2