Publications by authors named "Andrea Dunshee Abranches"
Plasma and breast milk adipokines in women across the first year postpartum and their association with maternal depressive symptoms and infant neurodevelopment: Protocol for the APPLE prospective cohort study.
PLoS One
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Adiponectin and leptin are key hormones that impact the brain's function, particularly during the critical postpartum period for mothers and their infants, affecting maternal mood and infant development.
- * The study aims to investigate how levels of adiponectin and leptin in mothers’ blood and breast milk relate to infant neurodevelopment at 6 and 12 months old and maternal mental health during the first year postpartum.
- * A prospective cohort study is underway, having recruited 68 out of 95 mother-infant pairs as of September 2023, focusing on various factors like maternal depression, infant growth, and nutritional habits to improve healthcare strategies for mothers and infants.*
The trajectory of head circumference and neurodevelopment in very preterm newborns during the first two years of life: a cohort study.
J Pediatr (Rio J)
August 2024
Objective: To evaluate the growth trajectory of head circumference and neurodevelopment, and to correlate head circumference with cognitive, language, and motor outcomes during the first two years.
Method: Prospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital including 95 newborns under 32 weeks or 1500 g. Neonates who developed major neonatal morbidities were excluded.
Compared with full-term infants, preterm infants have fat-free mass deficit in the first months of life, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases in the future. In this cohort of children born under 32-week gestational age or less than 1500 g, we aimed to evaluate the associations of body composition at term equivalent age and in the first 3 months of life with fat-free mass and fat mass percentage at 4 to 7 years of life. Body composition assessments by air displacement plethysmography and anthropometry were performed at term, at 3 months of corrected age, and at 4 to 7 years of age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gastroschisis is an abdominal wall malformation usually associated with impaired growth.
Objective: To evaluate the growth and body composition of infants born with simple gastroschisis in a referral center.
Methods: This was a single-center, prospective case series of infants with simple gastroschisis who were measured at birth, at discharge, and at 3 months.
Background: Small for gestational age preterm infants show differences in body composition when compared to those appropriate for gestational age at term, which have consequences on metabolism.
Aim: To compare growth and body composition of children born small and appropriate for gestational age between 4 and 7 years.
Method: A Cohort of small and appropriate for gestational age infants <32 weeks or 1500 g were followed at term and 3 months corrected ages and at 4 to 7 years.
Unlabelled: In this cross-sectional study, conducted in a cohort of infants with a gestational age of < 32 weeks, we aimed to evaluate and compare resting energy expenditure (REE) and body composition between infants who developed bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and those who did not. REE and body composition were assessed at term equivalent age using indirect calorimetry and air displacement plethysmography. Anthropometric measurements (weight, head circumference, and length) were obtained and transformed into Z-scores per the Fenton (2013) growth curve, at birth and at term equivalent age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the nutritional profile of newborns with microcephaly and factors associated with worse outcomes during the first 14 days of life.
Methods: This investigation is a longitudinal, descriptive study carried out in 21 full-term neonates exposed vertically to the Zika virus and hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit from February to September 2016. Patients receiving parenteral nutrition were excluded.
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the ratio between energy expenditure and caloric density in human donor milk versus formula milk in preterm newborn infants.
Methods: This was a crossover, randomized clinical trial with 29 preterm newborn infants receiving full diet. The infants were randomly assigned to receive either human milk or formula milk alternating, after a 24-h period.
Background: Children with microcephaly due to vertical exposure to Zika virus are an interesting population for investigation. Highlighted among their unique aspects are those related to nutrition due to its impact on child growth and development. Knowledge about the nutrition of microcephalic infants can help mothers and caregivers provide better care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Extremely preterm infants with weights less than the 10th percentile at discharge have a fat-free mass deficit.
Aim: To analyze the relationship of weight Z-scores less than -2SD at term age with fat-free mass and fat mass at term age and at 1 and 3 months of corrected age in very preterm infants.
Study Design: COHORT STUDY: Subjects: Sixty-six preterm infants born before or at 32 weeks gestation with birth weight equal or greater than the 10th percentile for age were included at term age.
Introduction: The macronutrient concentrations of human milk could be influenced by the various processes used in human milk bank.
Aims: To determine the effect of various process (Holder pasteurization, freezing and thawing and feeding method) on the macronutrient concentration of human milk.
Methods: The samples of donated fresh human milk were studied before and after each process (Holder pasteurization, freezing and thawing and feeding method) until their delivery to newborn infants.