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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"neonatal population"”.
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Midline Catheter Usage in the Neonatal Population
<p>Neonatal sepsis is associated with increased mortality and morbidities including lengthy hospital stays. Neonate’s immature immune system and susceptibility to sepsis make them prone to antibiotic treatment. Lack of recommendations points to the need for evidence-based practices when selecting a …
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Reducing IV Infiltrates in the Neonatal Population
… </strong>The project is focusing on the neonatal population at a children’s hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This NICU is an 80 bed unit that houses both critical care patients and intermediate care neonates.</p> <p> Auditing was a major component to the project and …
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Ο ρόλος των εξωκυττάριων κυστιδίων στο νεογνικό πληθυσμό. Συστηματική ανασκόπηση της βιβλιογραφίας / The role of extracellular vesicles in the neonatal population. Systematic review of the literature
Εισαγωγή: Τα εξωκυττάρια κυστίδια (ΕΚ) αποτελούν σωματίδια προερχόμενα από κύτταρα τα οποία περιβάλλονται από την κυτταρική μεμβράνη. Τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν προσελκύσει αυξανόμενο ενδιαφέρον για τον ρόλο τους στην παθοφυσιολογία, τη διαγνωστική και τις στοχευμένες θεραπείες διαφόρων νοσημάτων. Η …
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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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Portable acquisition and interpretation of EEG for neonatal healthcare applications
Neonatal encephalopathy is a significant concern for both parents and medical staff. It results in the death or disability of over 2 million infants globally each year and accounts for 23% of all infant deaths. Early identification and treatment of brain injury is vital. Electroencephalography …
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A Comparative Effectiveness Study of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Related Skin Breakdown when using Different Nasal Interfaces in the Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonate
… superior to mechanical ventilation in the neonatal population by reducing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The neonate is vulnerable to injury secondary to immature physiological systems and skin structures and the current CPAP devices place constant pressure on nares, nasal septum and …
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Automated partial premature infant pain profile scoring using big data analytics
Lack of valid and reliable pain assessment in the neonatal population has become a significant challenge in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Current practice in the NICU involves the meticulous, time-consuming and potentially bias process of manual interpretation of pain scores. In an …
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Novel strategies to enhance bumetanide concentrations in the brain in the treatment of neonatal seizures
… Bumetanide is a potential adjunct treatment for neonatal seizures, which reduces intracellular chloride concentrations by inhibiting the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter NKCC1. This accelerates the excitatory to inhibitory switch in GABA neurotransmission. In vitro bidirectional …
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Communication between parents and nurses within neonatology: methodology development and preliminary results
… communication whilst a baby is resident on the neonatal unit. This innovative study sought to address these issues by collecting data from nurse-parent dyads and asking questions about one specific interaction. Data was collected in an interview with the parent, at the end of a visit to the …
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Cerebral Hemodynamics in High-Risk Neonates Probed by Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies
… of cerebral blood flow (CBF) during the neonatal period is vital for evaluating brain health. Traditional CBF imaging methods fail, however, for both ethical and logistical reasons. In this dissertation, I demonstrate the use of non-invasive optical modalities, i.e., diffuse optical …
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Study of the Term Neonatal Brain Injury with combined Diffuse Optical Tomography and Electroencephalography
… (EEG) in the investigation of neonatal term brain injury. With hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and perinatal stroke being the most frequent contributors to brain injury in the term neonatal population, the first part of the thesis focuses on the description and ongoing …