[Neonatal screening for critical congenital heart diseases in Peru: an urgent call].

Congenital heart diseases are the most common congenital malformations worldwide and represent one of the leading causes of neonatal death, in addition to the significant use of human and financial resources by health systems. The purpose of this document is to support the implementation of neonatal screening for critical congenital heart diseases using pulse oximetry according to the different geographical altitudes of Peru. This technology is widely used worldwide and has high sensitivity, specificity, and cost-effectiveness.

Factors associated with complications from COVID-19 in hospital workers: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare professionals represents a threat to the healthcare system.

Objectives: To identify factors associated with complications from COVID-19 in healthcare workers infected by SARS-CoV-2, in a specialized national hospital level III in Peru in 2020.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Clinical and epidemiological characterization in the follow-up of newborns with COVID-19: a descriptive study.

Introduction: COVID-19 disease affects newborns, but its middle and long-term effects are still unclear.

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and follow-up of newborns infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Methods: An observational and descriptive study.

Maternal-perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with covid-19 in a level III hospital in Peru.

The present study aimed to describe the perinatal outcomes of newborns of mothers with 2019 coronavirus infection identified before delivery in a level III hospital in Peru. Sociodemographic variables, obstetric complications, and neonatal morbidities were evaluated in the births that occurred between April 1 and June 30, 2020, at the National Maternal Perinatal Institute of Peru. 43 newborns were registered: 93% came from asymptomatic mothers, the most frequent obstetric complications were premature rupture of membranes (18.

[Perinatal outcomes and serological results in neonates of pregnant women seropositive to SARS-CoV-2: A cross-sectional descriptive study].

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly throughout the world. However, its ability to cause severe disease is not homogeneous according to sex and the different age groups.

Objective: To determine perinatal characteristics, morbidity, mortality, and serological results in neonates from seropositive pregnant women to SARS-CoV-2.

Neonatal meningitis: a multicenter study in Lima, Peru.

Objective: To determine the incidence and the clinical, bacteriological and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics of neonatal meningitis in Lima hospitals.

Materials And Methods: An observational, multicenter study was conducted in six hospitals in the city of Lima during 1 year of epidemiological surveillance.

Results: The cumulative hospital incidence was 1.

[Consensus on the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pain and stress in the newborn].

Pain and stress experienced by the newborn have not been addressed adequately. Infants in neonatal intensive care units often undergo painful and stressful invasive procedures, and inappropriate treatment increases morbidity and mortality. At the 5th Clinical Consensus of the Ibero-American Society of Neonatology, 32 neonatologists from the region were invited to establish recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal pain and stress.