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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Premature infants"”.
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Electroencephalography of premature infants
… of neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants remains challenging. An objective tool with the potential to provide useful information about preterm brain health is the electroencephalogram (EEG) but current knowledge remains incomplete in infants of this age group. The ability to record …
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Investigations of Pharmacokinetic Challenges in Premature Infants
<p>Premature infants (gestational age less than 37 weeks) are considered a vulnerable patient population due to their immaturity at birth. Currently, off-label prescribing is common in younger pediatric populations, especially in premature neonates and infants, which is a primary group receiving …
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The effect of massage on premature infants.
… identify and compare characteristics of preterm infants' pulse rate, respiratory rate, stress related behavior and self comforting behavior in two situations: (1) the infant receiving routine nursing care in the environment of a neonatal intensive care nursery, and (2) the infant in the same …
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Stress and coping of parents of hospitalized premature infants
… associated with having a low birthweight, premature infant hospitalized in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU). From this list of stressors, parents chose the most stressful, rated the extent to which they felt they had control, reported what they did to cope, and completed the Ways of …
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Neonatal Toxic Stress and Long-Term Neurodevelopment in Premature Infants
… neurologic development, and long-term health. Premature infants spend many months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) often separated from their parent(s). Decrease in the age of viability threshold allows extremely preterm infants to benefit from lifesaving therapies; however, they are …
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Understanding stress measurement and adjustment in parents of premature infants
… (PSS: NICU) for measuring stress in parents of infants hospitalised in intensive care units across countries</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; …
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Differential Neonatal Mortality of Premature Infants at a Selected Hospital
… toward an investigation of neonatal mortality of premature infant at a selected hospital. The sample included all premature infants who were born in and died at the selected hospital during the neonatal period between January 01, 1952 and December 31, 1959.</p> <p>The epidemiological approach was …
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Stress Experiences of Parents with Premature Infants in a Special Care Nursery
… study of stress experiences of parents with premature infants born from 30-35 weeks gestation being cared for in a tertiary special care nursery (SCN). Sixty mothers and 59 fathers of premature infants and 60 mothers and fathers of term infants were recruited into the study. A range of …
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A Bayesian Approach to the Characterization of Electroencephalographic Recordings in Premature Infants
Preterm infants are particularly susceptible to cerebral injury, and electroencephalographic: EEG) recordings provide an important diagnostic tool for determining cerebral health. However, interpreting these EEG recordings is challenging and requires the skills of a trained electroencephalographer. …
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Effect of Procedural Pain on Purines, MDA and Allantoin in Premature Infants
… the biochemical effects of procedural pain in infants is a continuing challenge for clinicians. To address this issue we evaluated the relationship between procedural pain, ATP utilization (hypoxanthine and uric acid), and oxidative stress (MDA and allantoin) in premature infants. Through these …
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Heart rate variability (HRV) as a predictor of anemia in premature infants using Artemis
Premature infants often receive multiple blood transfusions within the first few weeks of life because of their physiological needs. Anemia is a major contributor to the need for transfusions in premature infants, and current detection practices rely on laboratory testing of blood samples. This …
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The Gut Microbiome of Premature Infants: An Ecological Analysis of a Probiotic Intervention Study
Preterm infants are a unique population of patients, as prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age, and survivors are extremely challenged during their early and future life 1. Due to prematurity on every system, challenges faced by preterm infant early and later in …
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Detection, Identification and Classification of Suck, Swallow and Breathing Activity In Premature Infants During Bottle-Feeding
… delivery. Among all the problems encountered by premature infants, feeding difficulties are very common. Many premature infants are fed intravenously at first, and they progress to milk feedings provided by a tube passed into the stomach. At around 34 weeks of gestation, premature infants should …
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Polynomial system identification modeling and adaptive model predictive control of arterial oxygen saturation in premature infants
The automation of the regulation of the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) in neonatal mechanical ventilation to treat respiratory distress syndrome has proven challenging due to competing objectives: maintaining arterial oxygen saturation levels (SpO2) while simultaneously not inducing …
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The Effects of Environmentally Induced Influences on the Neurologial Maturation and Weight Gain of Premature Infants
<p>Premature birth deprives the infant of the influences of maternal uterine stimulation on his physical growth and neurological development. It also deprives the newborn of the influences of the maternal sleep cycle and other aspects of maternal cyclicity. This problem has been recognized and …
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Posttraumatic stress and growth symptoms in parents of premature infants: The role of rumination type and social support.
Research has started to recognise premature birth and subsequent hospitalisation of the infant as a potentially traumatic experience for parents. There is also a growing interest within the trauma literature, of the potentially positive psychological changes that can occur following a traumatic …
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