Ogbo, Felix Akpojene Ezeh, Osita Kingsley Awosemo, Akorede O. Ifegwu, Ifegwu K. Tan, Lawrence Jessa, Emmanuel Charwe, Deborah Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundUnder-five mortality is still a major health issue in many developing countries like Tanzania. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal target of ending preventable child deaths in Tanzania, a detailed understanding of the risk factors for under-five deaths is essential to guide targeted interventions. This study aimed to investigate t...
Edmond, Karen M. Strobel, Natalie A. Adams, Claire McAullay, Dan
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Systematic Reviews
BackgroundImpacts of early childhood development (ECD) interventions (such as fostering attachment and responsiveness through communication, play and stimulation) are well known. Globally, there is increasing recognition of the importance of the ‘golden’ minutes, hours and days after birth for infant health and development. However, only one system...
Patriksson, Katarina Wigert, Helena Berg, Marie Nilsson, Stefan
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundA number of parents in neonatal care are foreign-born and do not speak the local language, which makes communication between healthcare professionals and parents more difficult. Interpreters can be used when language barriers exist - parent interactions, medical communication and communication about the care of the child. The aim in this ...
Guizard, Maylis Karanian, Marie Dijoud, Frédérique Bouhamama, Amine Faure-Conter, Cécile Hameury, Frédéric Tirode, Franck Corradini, Nadège
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Case Reports in Oncology
Neonatal soft tissues sarcoma is a rare entity that comprises heterogeneous types of tumors. In this article we describe a neonatal case of round-cell sarcoma with an YWHAE-NUTM2B fusion gene. The patient was treated just after birth with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, then surgical resection, but evolution was quickly fatal. This fusion transcript has ...
Li, Chaofeng Liu, Lili Tao, Yuhong
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
BackgroundCongenital tuberculosis is rare and carries a high mortality rate. Our objective was to summarize the current experience of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with congenital tuberculosis.MethodsIn total, 73 reported cases of congenital tuberculosis published in Chinese and 19 patients with congenital tuberculosis admitted to West Ch...
Chukwuma, Adanna Mbachu, Chinyere McConnell, Margaret Bossert, Thomas J. Cohen, Jessica
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundGaps in postnatal care use represent missed opportunities to prevent maternal and neonatal death in sub-Saharan Africa. As one in every three non-facility deliveries in Nigeria is assisted by a traditional birth attendant (TBA), and the TBA’s advice is often adhered to by their clients, engaging TBAs in advocacy among their clients may in...
O’Brien, Caitlin E. Santos, Polan T. Kulikowicz, Ewa Reyes, Michael Koehler, Raymond C. Martin, Lee J. Lee, Jennifer K.
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Developmental Neuroscience
Therapeutic hypothermia is the standard of clinical care for moderate neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. We investigated the independent and interactive effects of hypoxia-ischemia (HI) and temperature on neuronal survival and injury in basal ganglia and cerebral cortex in neonatal piglets. Male piglets were randomized to receive HI injury o...
Ben Fadel, Nadya Pulgar, Lynette Khurshid, Faiza
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Journal of Ultrasound
ObjectivesDespite increased evidence that point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to improve patient care in many clinical areas, the extent of use and training in POCUS in Canadian neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has not been described in the literature. In this study, we aimed to explore the extent to which POCUS is being used an...
Agrawal, Ashish Singh, Sanjeev Kolhapure, Shafi Kandeil, Walid Pai, Rishma Singhal, Tanu
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Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Pertussis is an under-recognized cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. To review information on the epidemiology and disease burden of neonatal pertussis in South and Southeast Asian countries, a systematic literature review of three bibliographic databases was undertaken. Peer-reviewed original studies on neonatal pertussis epidemiology and b...
Zhu, Suyue Wang, Haijun Zhang, Jun Yu, Chunlin Liu, Chengquan Sun, Haiping Wu, Yunduo Wang, Yumei Lin, Xiaofei
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3 Biotech
The present study investigated the anti-asthmatic activity of quercetin glycosides in neonatal asthmatic rats. Rats were divided into four groups: sham (non-asthmatic), asthmatic control, quercetin (25 mg/kg), and quercetin (50 mg/kg). Inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), inflammatory markers, apoptosis, fibrinogen level, prot...
