Antioxidant activity was measured in cord sera from 25 infants whose birth weights ranged from 830 to 3700 g. Antioxidant activity showed a significant positive association with birth weight. Deficiency in serum antioxidant activity may be important in the pathogenesis of certain neonatal disorders such as retinopathy of prematurity.

Background Accurate measurement of neonatal cardiac function remains a key goal to improve understanding of circulatory pathophysiology in prematurity. Cardiac MRI has been shown to be viable in this population, but robust validation is crucial. Our aim was to assess the accuracy of cardiac functional measures derived from MRI ventricular stack segmentation against phase contrast measures in te...

Outcomes assessed in the review Neonatal mortality, total mortality, pneumothorax, pulmonary interstitial emphysema, X-ray grade at 6 hours (grades 3 to 4), number receiving oxygen at 28 days, number receiving oxygen at 36 weeks, all brain haemorrhages, intraventricular haemorrhages (grade 3 and 4), periventricular leukomalacia, patent ductus arteriosus, necrotising enterocolitis, retinopathy o...

The results and predictive value of the gastric aspirate shake test are reviewed in 432 preterm babies admitted to a neonatal unit during a 3-year period. It is concluded that the degree of prematurity is a better indicator of the chance of developing idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome than the test itself.

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the determinants associated with neonatal mortality in a municipality Zona da Mata of Pernambuco state. Method: Cross-sectional and analytical study, carried out city Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco. All child deaths reported by to Brazilian Mortality Information System between 2011 2018 were analyzed. Data categorized organized three dimensions be subjected de...

IMPORTANCE Neonatal hypothermia has been associated with higher mortality and morbidity; therefore, thermal control following delivery is an essential part of neonatal care. Identifying the ideal body temperature in preterm neonates in the first few hours of life may be helpful to reduce the risk for adverse outcomes. OBJECTIVES To examine the association between admission temperature and neo...

The aim of the study was to analyze the profile of mothers and newborns who died in the early and late neonatal period. Descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study that used secondary data obtained from the information systems of mortality, births and hospital records of mothers living in Cuiabá, who gave birth in 2010. We studied 77 deaths, of which 72.7% occurred in the early neonatal peri...

PURPOSE To report the reduction in the incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in rural India over a 4-year period following the introduction of improved neonatal care practices. METHODS The Karnataka Internet Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity program (KIDROP), is a tele-medicine network that screens for ROP in different zones of Karnataka state in rural India. North ...

Methods: Forty-one pregnant woman with moderate and severe mitral stenosis were enrolled in the study. Predictor variables were the apgar score, new born weight and delivery week. Progression of NYHA functional class, thromboembolism, death, new onset atrial fibrillation was accepted as maternal event. Abortion, fetal or neonatal death, prematurity or low birth weight were accepted as fetal eve...