Parasympathetic evaluation for procedural pain assessment in neonatology.

Introduction: The Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE) index is an instrument that enables continuous, fast and objective assessment of neonatal discomfort. The aim of the study was to analyse changes in NIPE values after performance of blood draws and the factors involved in this variation.

Material And Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study.

[Antenatal corticosteroids and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress after elective caesarean section in late preterm and term neonates].

Introduction: Birth by elective caesarean section in late preterm and early term newborn increases the risk of respiratory distress. Administration of antenatal corticosteroids in these cases could reduce the respiratory distress and its severity.

Objectives: To determine the influence of antenatal corticosteroids use in elective caesarean sections in the respiratory distress of the newborn from 35+0 to 38+6 weeks of gestational age.

[Late neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes].

Currently, the group A Streptococcus is a unusual cause of infection in the neonatal period. The description of cases of severe infection in the newborn is sporadic. We present a 12-days-old newborn attended at the emergency room for fever without focus, which developed neurological and systemic involvement during admission.