Evaluating the effect of hospital setting on outcomes for neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the impact of hospital setting on outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective study in two hospitals and three different hospital units. The inpatient group (n = 60) was managed on general inpatient floors, the NICU group (n = 50) was managed primarily in an NICU, and the combination group (n = 49) was managed in both NICU and inpatient units.

Interleukin-10 versus dexamethasone: effects on polymorphonuclear leukocyte functions of the newborn.

Interleukin-10 (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine, may have therapeutic potential in the fetal inflammatory response syndrome and its sequelae such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Our aim was to compare the effects of IL-10 versus dexamethasone (DEX) on important PMN functions of the newborn. PMNs were isolated into culture medium from cord blood after elective cesarean section deliveries.