Tru-Test Ltd is a multinational company who designs and develops, manufactures and markets agritech and electrophysiological solutions. Tru-Test required 3D data of peri-natal infants to aid in the design of a specific electrode array for pre-mature infants, to be used with a new type of EEG monitoring device. However, suitable...
Innovative ultrasound technology has been one of the major technical improvements in the care of infants and children with congenital heart disease. Echocardiography, using sector (2D), Color Doppler CD, spectral Doppler in Pulsed Wave PW and Continuous Wave CW modes and tissue Doppler techniques, is routinely used for diagnostic examinations...
This paper examines the practice implications of a policy initiative, namely, offering women in Ontario Canada up to a 60-hour postpartum in-hospital stay following an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. This change was initiated out of concern for the effects of 'early' discharge on the health of mothers and their infants. It...
The U.S. infant mortality rate increased from 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 in 2002, the first increase in more than 40 years. From 2001 to 2002 infant mortality rates increased for very low birth weight infants as well as for preterm and very preterm...
Much of the decline in childhood mortality over the past two decades is attributable to improvements in neonatal intensive care for very-low-birth weight infants. Yet large and persistent disparities persist in the quality of neonatal intensive care across hospitals. Improving care for infants now served by hospitals with poor outcomes...
Placental insufficiency with fetal intrauterine growth restriction IUGR is an important cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity and is subsequently associated with significant neuro developmental impairment in cognitive function, attention capacity, and school performance. The underlying biologic cause for this association is unclear. Twenty-eight preterm infants (gestational age 32.5 _...
The researchers noted there was a wide variability in the incidence of severe Retinopathy of Prematurity ROP in very low birth weight infants reported globally by Neonatal Intensive Care Units NICUs. They believed, however, that strict management of O2 delivery and monitoring to minimize episodes of hyperoxia and hypoxia might...
Current clinical practice in the premature infant with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation PHVD includes drainage of cerebrospinal fluid CSF. This case study used advanced volumetric three dimensional magnetic resonance imaging to document the impact of CSF removal on the volume of regional brain tissues in a premature infant with PHVD. The...
The findings of this report indicate that although infant mortality has decreased among all races during the past two decades, the overall black-white gap for infant mortality has widened. The lack of progress in closing this gap is a consequence of the persistence of a two- to threefold risk for...
Apneic episodes in preterm infants demand investigation, most commonly done by reviewing recordings from an Apnea Monitoring System AMS. Pulse oximetry is a common AMS parameter with documented shortcomings in this setting: A reliable and more accurate method of recording oxygen saturation in these young infants is needed, for use...
The specific aim of this paper was to quantify at term the influence of postnatal systemic dexamethasone treatment for neonatal chronic lung disease on subsequent brain growth and development in premature infants without evidence of severe intra-ventricular hemorrhage or white matter injury. The data suggest impairment in brain growth, principally...
Home News IN BRIEF *Human embryos are better when frozen and thawed before use, a study has found. Researchers from Denmark discovered that frozen embryos produced healthier babies than fresh ones. The infants had a higher birth weight and were less likely to suffer congenital problems than...
As Sunday Rose Urban Kidman is born, John Walsh explains the new rules of celebrity monikers So, a big welcome to Sunday Rose Urban Kidman, six-and-a-half pounds, born perversely on Monday 7 July 2008, first child of Nicole Kidman, formerly Cruise (41) and country singer Keith Urban...
Dazzling New Line Lets Girls 5 and Up Create Fashion Forward "Bling" EAST AURORA, N.Y. -- Cheetah Girl and Dancing with the Stars alum Sabrina Bryan teamed up today with Fisher-Price, Inc., the largest infant and preschool toy manufacturer and a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. (NYSE:MAT), to launch...
Glamajama celebrates the upcoming presidential election with an addition of politically inspired red, white, and blue ruffled infant onesies sporting 'Little Democrat' and 'Little Republican' designs AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Presidential Election is just around the corner and picking sides will be a little...
MAIDENHEAD, England, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - PREVENAR Vaccine to Help Protect Children Against the Leading Vaccine-Preventable Cause of Death in Young Children Wyeth applauds the countries of Cyprus, Hungary, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Republic of Ireland, Slovak Republic and Sweden for announcing their decisions to routinely...
Machete attack at infant school A teacher, Lisa Potts, was among four adults and three children injured by a man wielding a machete at St Luke's School in Wolverhampton. She was later awarded the George Medal...
The two-time Big Sky rushing champion has never been one to shy away from a challenge. He's brash, head-strong and as confident as anyone you'll find on a football field. Put his infant daughter in his arms, though, and Trevyn Smith becomes a much...
BASEBALL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME--Promoted director of communications Brad Horn to senior director, communications and education. Named Craig Muder director of communications. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL--Named Jacqueline Parkes chief marketing officer. American League BOSTON RED SOX--Sent RHP...
