Neonatal Medicine
Neonatal Medicine

Neonatal Medicine

Neonatal Medicine

Harnessing the Power of Big Data Analytics-Estimation of Reference Intervals for Neonatal Serum TSH in Pakistan Using RefineR Algorithm

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Jul;34(7):775-779. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2024.07.775. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the population-specific reference intervals (RIs) for neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in …

Neonatal Medicine

COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania

BMC Pediatr. 2024 Jul 8;23(Suppl 2):657. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04873-1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The emergence of COVID-19 precipitated containment policies (e.g., lockdowns, school closures, etc.). These policies disrupted …

Neonatal Medicine

Community health promotion and medical provision and impact on neonates (CHAMPION2) and support to rural India’s public education system and impact on numeracy and literacy scores (STRIPES2): an update to the study protocol (v 11) for a cluster randomised trial in Madhya Pradesh, India

Trials. 2024 Jul 8;25(1):462. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08245-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This update outlines amendments to the CHAMPION2/STRIPES2 cluster randomised trial protocol primarily made due to the COVID-19 …

Neonatal Medicine

Association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and epidural-related maternal fever in Chinese parturients: a prospective cohort study

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2024 Dec;37(1):2376657. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2024.2376657. Epub 2024 Jul 8. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Epidural analgesia could increase the risk of maternal fever during …

Neonatal Medicine

Characteristics of retinal vascularization in reactivated retinopathy of prematurity requiring treatment and clinical outcome after reinjection of ranibizumab

Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 8;14(1):15647. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66483-2. ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine whether the state of retinal vascularization after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) …

Neonatal Medicine

Socioeconomic inequities during COVID 19 pandemic increase preterm birth and low birth weight in the most underprivileged

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2024 Dec;37(1):2375015. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2024.2375015. Epub 2024 Jul 8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The mitigation measures implemented to face the healthcare emergency brought …

Neonatal Medicine

An open-label, phase IV randomised controlled trial of two schedules of a four-component meningococcal B vaccine in UK preterm infants

Arch Dis Child. 2024 Jul 8:archdischild-2024-327040. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327040. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare immunological responses of preterm infants to a four-component meningococcal …