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Mashup Score: 1Neonatal Osteomyelitis - 1 day(s) ago
Osteomyelitis is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition affecting the skeletal system of newborns. The condition is relatively rare in neonates but occurs at higher rates in high-risk pregnancies, in preterm infants, and with the use of invasive devices. As a result of the anatomy and immature immune system of…
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Mashup Score: 0A Case of Neonatal Encephalopathy - 5 day(s) ago
A 27-year-old gravida 3, para 2-0-0-0 woman, married to her cousin, presents at 37 weeks’ gestation with decreased fetal movement. Her 2 prior pregnancies had resulted in term deliveries but both infants died in the first week after birth following lethargy, encephalopathy, and respiratory failure. The cause of death in…
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Mashup Score: 0Severe Influenza in Pregnancy: Neonatal Implications - 6 day(s) ago
A 35-year-old gravida 2, para 1 previously healthy pregnant woman at 30 2/7 weeks’ gestation was transferred from an outside hospital with influenza A pneumonia. The previous evening she presented to her local emergency department with cough, congestion, and worsening dyspnea. She was tachycardic, with a heart rate of 120…
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Mashup Score: 0Nosocomial Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - 7 day(s) ago
Nosocomial infections are relatively common in the NICU. These infections increase morbidity and mortality, particularly in the smallest and most fragile infants. The impact of these infections on long-term outcomes and health-care costs is devastating. Worldwide efforts to decrease the incidence of nosocomial infections have focused on implementing specific prevention…
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Mashup Score: 0A Newborn with Blueberry Muffin Lesions - 11 day(s) ago
A term male newborn infant who was appropriate for gestational age was transferred to our NICU for evaluation of blueberry muffin lesions.Born to a 24-year-old gravida 3, para 1 womanUncomplicated pregnancy course with benign prenatal screening laboratory resultsSpontaneous vaginal delivery at 38 1/7 weeks’ gestationApgar score of 8 and 9…
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Mashup Score: 1
NICU clinicians strive to provide family-centered care and often encounter complex and ethical challenges. Emerging evidence suggests that NICU clinicians likely interact with families experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). However, little research and training exists to guide NICU clinicians in their thinking and practice in the midst of IPV. In…
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Mashup Score: 3The Use of Low-Dose Dopamine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - 22 day(s) ago
Abstract. Dopamine has been used for half a century in adult and pediatric patients for the treatment of hypotension, as well as for the theoretical prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI). Although activation of renal dopamine receptors leads to increased urine output, there is no evidence that low-dose dopamine reduces…
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A male infant with a birthweight of 3,380 g is delivered at 39 5/7 weeks of gestation by a 36-year-old gravida 3, para 3 woman. The pregnancy is uncomplicated with normal glucose levels, and the woman’s evaluation for infection before delivery is negative. The infant is born via elective cesarean…
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Mashup Score: 0Safety and Effectiveness of Probiotics in Preterm Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis - 28 day(s) ago
Abstract. Although necrotizing enterocolitis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among preterm infants, its underlying pathophysiology is not fully understood. Gut dysbiosis, an imbalance between commensal and pathogenic microbes, in the preterm infant is likely a major contributor to the development of necrotizing enterocolitis. In this review, we…
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Mashup Score: 0Respiratory Distress in a 3-Week-Old Late Preterm Male Neonate - 1 month(s) ago
A 3-week-old late preterm male infant weighing 3.9 kg presents to the emergency department with a 2-day history of forceful nonbloody, nonbilious emesis, and tachypnea. He was born at 36 weeks and 5 days’ gestation after a normal pregnancy via cesarean delivery complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid. After delivery, he…
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