Evidence supporting delayed cord clamping (DCC) in the premature newborn is increasing, yet in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); DCC was not being consistently performed, and when it was there were noted variations in the absence of a standardized guideline. The objective of this quality improvement (QI) project was to develop and secure institutional approval of a DCC guideline f...

the effect of mother presence on their views’ to pain control in neonates in intensive care units .     jamalabadi z [1] , sabzvari s [2] *, baneshi mr [3]     received: 28 sep, 2012 accepted: 30 nov, 2012     abstract   background & aims : in nicu some painful procedures can be happened for neonates. neonates pain is a stressful experience to their parents. this research was done to determine ...

premature and critically sick infants frequently experience several interventions, including blood transfusions, parentral nutrition, and prescriptions during hospitalization that could affect the result of thyroid function test. this study aims to investigate the correlation between thyroxine level and clinical short term outcome among the newborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (n...

Newborn intensive care, a relatively new medical specialty, has recently become a very controversial one. It involves extremely complicated and expensive technology applied to cases of often uncertain benefit and considerable emotional investment. Many difficult issues remain unresolved, including whether newborn intensive care is an appropriate allocation of increasingly limited medical resour...

OBJECTIVE To review well-known aspects of exogenous surfactant therapy, and to discuss controversial points regarding the current state of research. SOURCES Review of the literature, using Medline and Cochrane Database Library, in association with the authors' experience in relation to exogenous surfactant replacement therapy. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS The main aspects of surfactant character...

Background: Fungal infections with high morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care unit are usually preceded by colonization. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of fungal colonization, determine the risk factors and health outcome such as any change in the patient's improvement in hospitalized infants of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). <e...

Background: Transient tachypnea of the new born is a benign condition. The aim study to find any correlation between mode delivery and occurrence transient newborn.Methods: Study proposed assess risk factor like caesarean section its relationship with TTN in term neonates clinical course cases admitted Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Department Pediatrics, Kamineni Institute Medical Scienc...

Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...

conclusions according to the results, parents need accurate information about the health and the death of their neonates in the nicu. they also need to communicate with healthcare professionals and their babies. communication is regarded as a channel for obtaining information. therefore, the healthcare team needs to address these families’ needs and attempt to fulfill their requirements in neon...

background: we presumed that the surgeon himself has an impact on the results after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) as there is no unique protocol for the discharge of post-operative cardiac patients at our institution. therefore, we examined whether the surgeon himself has an impact on the intensive care unit (icu) stay of isolated cabg patients. methods: we prospectively studied a tota...