OBJECTIVE To analyze the total Premature Infant Pain Profile scores of premature infants undergoing arterial puncture during music and 25% glucose interventions, and to assess their association with neonatal and therapeutic variables. METHOD A randomized clinical trial with 80 premature infants; 24 in the Experimental Group 1 (music), 33 in the Experimental Group 2 (music and 25% glucose), 23...

Background: Bacterial sepsis is highly prevalent among premature infants. Amikacin is an antibiotic widely recommended for the treatment of neonatal sepsis, one of the consequences of which might be nephrotoxicity. The present study aimed to compare the efficacy and nephrotoxicity of multiple daily dosing (MDD) and once-daily dosing (ODD) of amikacin in preterm infants suspected of sepsis. Met...

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is uncommon in premature babies. In term infants, the typical presentations include a palpable mass over the epigastric area, exaggerated gastric peristalsis after feeding and projectile non-bilious vomiting. However these symptoms are not commonly seen in premature infants. The onset of symptoms in pyloric stenosis in premature infants is later than that in term i...

Prematurity is one of the leading causes of death in the neonatal period. Most deaths in premature infants occur during the first two to three days of life (Holmdahl, 1952). This study was undertaken in an attempt to correlate clinical impressions as to the vitality and prognosis of infants admitted to a premature department with additional clinical data during the first four days of life. We w...

Various methods have been reported and used clinically to augment the nutrient supply for human milk-fed premature infants. These methods include specialized maltinutrient powdered mixtures (fortifiers), complete liquid formulas designed to be mixed with human milk, complete powdered formulas to be mixed with human milk, and alternate feeding of human milk and preterm formula. Although the opti...

BACKGROUND Premature birth is one of the most important unresolved reproductive health problems. Premature birth is often traumatic and a source of distress for parents. Increased parental stress during the first year of their infant's life is a risk factor for later behavioral problems in infants. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and social suppor...

INTRODUCTION Anemia in preterm infants is the pathophysiological process with greater and more rapid decline in hemoglobin compared to the physiological anemia in infants. There is a need for transfusions and administration of human recombinant erythropoietin. AIM To determine the frequency of anemia in premature infants at the Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Center Sarajevo, as well as...