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Gavage Program for the Preterm Infant
<p>Preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit, are susceptible to hospital acquired infections due to their immature immune systems. To mitigate this occurrence a change project will be implemented to decrease the incidence of nosocomial infection in this population. The project will be …
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NICU Nurses’ Attitudes Regarding Preterm Infant Massage
When preterm infants are admitted in the NICU, mothers report experiencing uncertainty; powerlessness; loss of control; role alterations; fears to hold, feed, or touch the newborn; feelings of intrusion; and alienation in the NICU. Thus, preterm birth presents a risk for the early mother-infant …
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QUANTIFICATION OF PRETERM INFANT FEEDING COORDINATION: AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH
… feeding competency is a primary requirement for preterm infant hospital release. Currently there is no widely accepted method to objectively measure oral feeding. Feeding consists primarily of the integration of three individual feeding events: sucking, breathing, and swallowing, and the …
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Enteral docosahexaenoic acid supplementation to attenuate inflammation in the preterm infant
Preterm infants have an underdeveloped immune system and as such they are predisposed to developing unregulated inflammatory responses that are associated with disease in the postnatal period. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) with known …
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A multifaceted approach to addressing feeding intolerance in the preterm infant
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Computational Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis of Brain Development in the Preterm Infant
… 7-8% of all babies born in the UK are born preterm and the incidence has increased significantly over the past two decades. Improving medical care has led to increased survival in those born prematurely; however, preterm infants carry a profound risk of severe neurological disabilities along …
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A Comparative Analysis of Methods for Baseline Drift Removal in Preterm Infant Respiration Signals
… intrinsic to the survival of any human being. In preterm infants it is an important indicator of maturation and feeding competency, which is a hallmark for hospital release. The recommended method of measurement of infant respiration is the use of thermistors. Accurate event detection within …
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Integrative Metagenomic Approaches to Study Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microbial Functions in the Preterm Infant Gut Microbiome
… clinical outcomes, particularly the survival of preterm infants. In neonatal intensive care units, antibiotics are frequently administered because these infants are at high risk of severe bacterial infections. However, early-life antibiotic exposure can alter the developing gut microbiome and …
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Studies on polyunsaturated fatty acid content and lipid peroxidation in preterm infant nutrition from non-maternal sources.
… fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are essential for infants’ health and development. Preterm infants have particularly high requirements for LCPUFAs, due to premature interruption of the maternal-foetal transfer. Research suggests that current feeding practices are insufficient to meet preterm …
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A single-centre Preterm infant Retrospective Analysis of post 6-week Immunisation SideEffects, ‘PRAISE' study, in a busy neonatal unit in the Western Cape, South Africa between 2016-2018
… of the high Underfive Mortality Rate (U5MR). Preterm infants are inherently at higher risk of mortality from VPDs. Studies irrefutably show the benefit of vaccinating preterm infants according to their chronological age with the benefit of timely vaccination outweighing unjustified delays. …
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Mother-Infant Synchrony during Infant Feeding
MOTHER-INFANT SYNCHRONY DURING INFANT FEEDING By Barbara A. Reyna, PhD A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010. Major Director: Rita H. Pickler, PhD Endowed …
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Rapid versus slow rate advancement of feeds for enterally fed extremely low birth weight infants < 1000g: randomised controlled trial
… achievement of full enteral nutrition in a preterm infant is a critical prerequisite for optimal growth, neurodevelopment and long-term wellbeing. However, the optimal enteral feeding regimen for preterm infants has not been established, and wide variations occur in practice. The debate on …
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Functional Imaging the Neonatal Brain with Wearable Diffuse Optical Tomography
… challenges when working with vulnerable newborn infant populations. Non-invasive and wearable optical brain imaging technologies may allow for the cot-side study of newborn infants in clinical settings. This has particularly important implications for preterm infants in intensive care, for whom …
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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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Effects of Auditory Stimulation in Low and High Light Conditions on Behavioral and State Organization in Preterm Infants
… amounts of light and vocal stimulation) on preterm infants' behavioral and state organization. Specifically, we looked at the effects that supplemental vocal stimulation (taped female voice) had when varied in amount of exposure (three times a day versus once a day) and when provided in …
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Powerless responsibility: women’s experiences of caring for their late preterm baby/babies.
… the experiences of women who are caring for late preterm baby/babies (LPBs). These women’s experiences are especially relevant to examine, as the number of babies born late preterm is rising. Traditionally mothers and their LPBs have been studied under the umbrella of the general preterm infant …
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The development of the preterm infant's responsiveness to auditory and tactile social stimuli prior to 40 weeks' postconceptional age
Despite concern that preterm infants receive inappropriate tactile and auditory stimulation because of early birth, few studies have explored the development of responsiveness to tactile and auditory stimulation prior to 40 weeks' postconceptional age. The present research traced longitudinally the …
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