Publications by authors named "Andreea Gorgos"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to investigate the link between maternal hypertension during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in extremely preterm infants at 24 months of age.
- Researchers analyzed data from two neonatal units, focusing on infants born between 23 and 28 weeks gestation, assessing outcomes related to maternal hypertension and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) status.
- The findings revealed that infants exposed to maternal hypertension had significantly higher odds of developing any NDI and that the risk increased even more when combined with SGA conditions.
Article Synopsis
- Clinicians and parents discussed brain MRI results regarding neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH), revealing concerns about the reliability and clarity of these discussions.
- Clinicians expressed uncertainty and lack of confidence when interpreting MRI findings, particularly with early imaging, leading them to often seek additional imaging before making prognostic discussions.
- Parents emphasized the need for timely and clear communication in a supportive environment, indicating that they found the discussions challenging but did not frequently address the limitations of MRI results.
A shared vision of quality of life: Partnering in decision-making to understand families' realities.
Paediatr Respir Rev
February 2019
Quality of life (QOL) measures are increasingly used when important prognostication and treatment decisions need to be made in the care of a critically ill child. Unfortunately, health-care professionals and families experience difficulties when attempting to accurately predict and estimate QOL for a patient. Aspects such as subjectivity, complexity and adaptation to illness play an important role in how QOL is ultimately experienced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the influence of resiliency and stress on parental perspectives of the future quality of life (QOL) of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) newborns at high risk of neurodevelopmental disability.
Study Design: We conducted a prospective multicenter questionnaire study. Perspectives from parents of newborns at high risk of disability as per neonatal follow-up criteria were compared with a low-risk group consisting of parents of all other NICU newborns.