Premature infants receiving intensive care are exposed to a great deal of pain, and this pain causes damage to the child. Despite this half of the infants admitted to neonatal intensive units will not receive any pain relief, ...
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Researchers have proven that rudeness—like poison in the water cooler—is toxic in the workplace, affecting both job and business performance. But what if your office is a hospital Intensive Care Unit where lives hang ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is the leading cause of childhood respiratory hospitalizations among premature babies, can be detected from the clothes worn by caregivers/visitors who are visiting infants in the ...
Aug 24, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Exposure to rudeness has adverse consequences on the diagnostic and procedural performance of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) team members, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in Pediatrics.
Aug 13, 2015
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Among extremely preterm infants, prolonged episodes of hypoxemia (abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood, which leads to shortness of breath) during the first 2 to 3 months after birth were associated with an increased ...
Aug 11, 2015
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Admission rates are increasing for newborns of all weights at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the United States, raising questions about possible overuse of this highly specialized and expensive care in some newborns, ...
Jul 27, 2015
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Screening newborn babies who are in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using a testing process called high-frequency tympanometry can help identify middle-ear problems earlier, according to newly published research from ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Premature babies are at an increased risk for developing autism spectrum disorder. But a small study indicates that preemies who avoid eye contact in early infancy are less likely to demonstrate symptoms of autism at age ...
Jul 1, 2015
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Many hospitals lack the resources and patient volume to employ a round-the-clock, neonatal intensive care specialist to treat their youngest and sickest patients. Telemedicine—with real-time audio and video communication ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Among extremely preterm infants, early screening for the vascular disorder patent ductus arteriosus before day 3 of life was associated with a lower risk of in-hospital death and pulmonary hemorrhage, but not with differences ...
Jun 23, 2015
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