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The experiences of teenage mothers in the neonatal unit
... Neonatal care has developed over the years and the family centred model of care is a preferred model. Parents and family members are included in planning, care and treatment of the hospitalised infant (Thomas, ...
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Patterns of preterm neonatal death and associated factors in ayder referral hospital neonatal unit from 2010 2014 (five years record review), Tigray Region, North Ethiopia
... 2010). Neonatal hypothermia has been associated with increased risk of infection, coagulation defects, acidosis, delayed fetal to newborn circulatory adjustment, hyaline membrane disease, brain hemorrhage, ...
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Economic and healthcare related determinants of infant health at birth
... to neonatal units, infants born on larger delivery suites are at a lower risk of mortality than their counter- parts born elsewhere (Heller et ...volume neonatal units, therefore, our results are likely to ...
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Clincal Audit of Admission Pattern and its outcome in the NICU of Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar
... Care Unit (NICU), Department of Pediatrics, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan from June, 2006 to June, ...neonatology unit were included in the ...The neonatal unit of RMI is grade ...
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Maternal “Oxygen and Fluids Therapy” to Correct Abnormalities in the Cardiotocograph (CTG): Scientific Principles vs Historical (Mal) Practices
... Therefore, it should be of no surprise to any obstetrician or midwife who practices evidence- based medicine, and care for women during labour using scientific principles that the administration of fluids (intravenous or ...
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Neonatal septicemia: bacteriological profile in a tertiary level hospital in South India
... Background: Early onset bacterial sepsis remains a major cause of neonatal morbidity and death. The choice of antibiotic for an infant with sepsis depends on the predominant bacterial pathogens and the antibiotic ...
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Patterns of admission and factors associated with neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
... referral unit for the ...The unit does not have a mechanical ventilator or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine but uses bubble CPAP locally developed for neonates with respiratory distress ...
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Antibiotic Use
... 13. Cotten CM, Taylor S, Stoll B, et al; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Prolonged duration of initial empirical antibiotic treatment is associated with increased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and death for ...
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Acuity Measurement at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
... This chapter explained that the acuity measurement enables a simulation model to statistically compare several policies. The experiments in this chapter showed that using acuity as support for the decisions regarding ...
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Intraocular infections in the neonatal intensive care unit
... Neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with a diagnosis of septicemia or fungemia are routinely screened to rule out ocular involvement. Risk factors of developing endophthalmitis in neonates ...
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Candida tropicalis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiologic and Molecular Analysis of an Outbreak of Infection with an Uncommon Neonatal Pathogen
... University neonatal intensive care unit ...the neonatal ICU who were expected to stay for >7 days were ...the neonatal ICU may lead to a preponderance of ...
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Bacteraemic Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit A Nine Month Survey
... Bacteraemic Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit A Nine Month Survey ORIGINAL ARTICLE Bacteraemic Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit A Nine Month Survey N L Lim, MRCP* Y H Wong, B Sc[.] ...
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Sibling Visiting in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
... These data suggest that sibling visiting to a neonatal intensive care unit is not likely to be harmful and might be beneficial to the siblings and their families.. Pediatrics 1983;71:835[r] ...
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Otitis Media in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
... cases with abnormal tympanic membrane mobili- ty or documented otitis. Clinical Manifestations[r] ...
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<p>Causes and factors associated with neonatal mortality in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, South West Ethiopia</p>
... The neonatal ICU is one of the ICU services that the hospital is currently ...The unit has 20 neonatal beds and 14 Kangaroo mother care (KMC) ...the unit also has 2 incubators,10 radiant ...
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Antibiotic usage and auditing of antibiotic sensitivity pattern of culture positive neonatal septicemia in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective study
... Antibiotics are the most frequently used medicines in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). With increasing prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms being reported in many intensive care units (ICU), the ...
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Perinatal complications associated with preterm deliveries at 24 to 33 weeks and 6 days gestation (2011- 2012): A hospital-based retrospective study
... The growing number of preterm neonates in tertiary centers substantiates the importance to better understand and medically approach preterm infants. Short-term and long-term evaluation, monitoring and follow up of ...
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SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE PATTERN OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS USED IN CASES OF NEONATAL SEPSIS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN WESTERN INDIA
... INTRODUCTION: Neonatal sepsis is defined as “a clinical syndrome of bacteraemia with systemic signs and symptoms of infection in the first four weeks of ...
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An Interaction Guide for a Neonatal Special-Care Unit
... On the left side of the guide, phone calls, visits to the nursery, and involvement in handling and caring for the infant are recorded. A blank column is available for recording procedure[r] ...
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Antimicrobial therapy in neonatal intensive care unit
... For neonatal meningitis, the same authors suggest a duration of therapy of 14 to 21 days for GBS, ≥ 21 days for Lysteria monocytogenes, a minimum of 21 days for Gram-negative meningitis and 4 to 6 weeks in cases ...
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