Acute metabolic emergencies in neonates represent a challenge to the medical and nursing staff. If not treated optimally, these disorders are associated with poor outcome. Early diagnosis, supportive therapy and specific measures addressing the derranged metabolic process are the gold standards for favorable results. This review highlights treatment strategies for Inborn Errors of Metabolism (I...

Objective To assess the effectiveness of strategies incorporating training and support of traditional birth attendants on the outcomes of perinatal, neonatal, and maternal death in developing countries. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sourcesMedline, Embase, the Allied and ComplementaryMedicine database, British Nursing Index, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and ...

Clinical microbiologists are reminded to look for group B streptococci in neonatal infants. We report four deaths, one with meningitis, occurring among 14 such infected newborn infants at our institution; of the nursing staff, 31% were also carriers of group B streptococci.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 2 Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork, Ireland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 5 School of Nursing and Midwifer...

A prospective survey of activity in neonatal nurseries associated with 17 specialist maternity units delivering some 38,700 babies in the Northern region was undertaken during 1991. Data were collected concerning the numbers of babies requiring various forms of neonatal care, using a nursing dependency scale validated by work study. Facilities for prolonged high dependency care are partially de...

BACKGROUND Over the past decade more than 120 advanced neonatal nurse practitioners (ANNPs) have graduated from the Southampton based ANNP programme. OBJECTIVES To determine the scope of practice and evolving role of ANNPs and to identify factors that may affect future recruitment and retention. METHOD An open ended structured questionnaire on clinical role, working arrangements, retention ...

OBJECTIVE To verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units. METHOD Quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the applicati...

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