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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Neonatal ICU"”.
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Avaliação das bactérias isoladas em amostras biológicas em neonatos internados na unidade de terapia intensiva no Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley de João Pessoa
… exacerbate the condition health of the patient. Neonatal hospitalized in the intensive care unit are more susceptible to acquiring hospital infections, because they have an immature immune system, present a stratum corneum still developing, and with it, greater contact of mucous membranes such as …
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Infection Control: Reducing Hospital Acquired Central Line Bloodstream Infections
… a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (Ceballos, Waterman, Hulett, & Makic, 2013). It’s estimated that each neonatal bloodstream infection costs about $35,000 and adds about two weeks to a baby’s hospital stay (Akron's Children Hospital, 2015). This project …
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The development of a neonatal vital signs database
… required. The aim of this thesis was to create a neonatal vital signs database to be used for this purpose, by means of a computer-based central station. The computer was interfaced to a number of neonatal monitors (Neonatal ICU, Groote Schuur Hospital). The monitors were interrogated to obtain …
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Os pais e a possibilidade da morte do filho prematuro de risco
… Twenty families with children in the neonatal ICU of the Instituto Fernandes Figueira were interviewed The purpose was to verify how parents perceive their babies' hospitalization and the risk of death. The contents of these interviews were analyzed according to Martins and Bicudo' s …
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The perceived barriers to timely therapeutic hypothermia treatment for neonates diagnosed with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy when born outside the cooling facility within the private healthcare setting
… therapeutic hypothermia (TH) provided at certain neonatal facilities and should commence within the treatment window of 6 hours (1). The outborn neonates are at a disadvantage because they require timely transport to a TH-capable neonatal ICU. The study aimed to identify the perceived barriers to …
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A comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with and without evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Western Cape, South Africa
… has been associated with poor pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. While SARS-CoV-2 infection itself could partly account for high maternal mortality rates observed in the Western Cape, indirect effects of the pandemic such as movement restrictions and health service pressure may also have played …