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 with intrave...

With the rapid implementation of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programs, a test of middle-ear function for infants is urgently needed. Recent evidence suggests that 1 kHz tympanometry may be effective. Normative data are presented for newborn intensive care unit (NICU) graduates tested at a mean age of 3.9 weeks (Study 1) and full-term infants tested at 2-4 weeks (Study 2) who pass...

BACKGROUND Preterm infants constitute a large proportion of the newborn population in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Parents, as the main members of the care team, are not adequately supported as the focus is chiefly on infant care. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of a family support intervention on the stress levels among the parents of preterm infants in NICU. MAT...

The rapid advancement of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and the decrease in costs for whole-exome sequencing (WES) and whole-genome sequening (WGS), has prompted its clinical application in several fields of medicine. Currently, there are no specific guidelines for the use of NGS in the field of neonatal medicine and in the diagnosis of genetic diseases in critically ill newborn in...

Introduction: The increase in mortality of newborns, especially premature babies, is caused by non-optimal lung development where the production less surfactant triggers collapse and compliance. This causes stress on newborn requires more intensive care. One care taken to overcome these problems nesting application. Objectives: To identify effect model infants' respiratory status behavioral res...

Osteopenia of prematurity and neonatal metabolic bone disease are terms used to describe the reduced skeletal mineralization seen in preterm babies at term as compared with those who have remained in utero. During the last trimester of pregnancy there is a rapid accretion of calcium and phosphorus due to active transport across the placenta(l). The osteopenia makes the preterm newborn more susc...

The admission of a newborn child to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is among the most emotionally distressing situations that a family can face. Young families with little experience with critical care medicine are thrown into a high-tech environment that is bewildering and foreign to most parents1. A sick child may pose emotional, educational, and logistical problems for a parent. Duri...

Background: Family members of the new born admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of hospitals are stressed and in are in undue anxiety. Aims: What are the health care needs of preterm neonates admitted to NICU as perceived by the mothers. Materials and methods: Thirty mothers whose preterm child was being provided care in NICU were studied. An interview questionnaire tool was applied ...