Facilitated tucking during early neonatologist-performed echocardiography in very preterm neonates.

Aim: To assess the effect of facilitated tucking (FT), a nonpharmacologic nursing intervention, on echocardiographic parameters and infant comfort collected prospectively during neonatologist-performed echocardiography.

Methods: Echocardiography was performed twice, in standard conditions and with FT; the order was randomised by computer. Echocardiography provided data on pulmonary artery flow and pressure, right and left ventricular function, and persistent ductus arteriosus.

Estimation of Fat-free Mass at Discharge in Preterm Infants Fed With Optimized Feeding Regimen.

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to validate a previously calculated equation (E1) that estimates infant fat-free mass (FFM) at discharge using data from a population of preterm infants receiving an optimized feeding regimen.

Methods: Preterm infants born before 33 weeks of gestation between April 2014 and November 2015 in the tertiary care unit of Croix-Rousse Hospital in Lyon, France, were included in the study. At discharge, FFM was assessed by air displacement plethysmography (PEA POD) and was compared with FFM estimated by E1.

Atypical pneumonia linked to community-acquired staphylococcus aureus cross-transmission in the nursery.

We report the observation of a necrotizing pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding gene in a previously healthy neonate, with favorable clinical outcome in spite of extensive radiologic lesions. The case was linked to a cluster of 3 neonates colonized by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing, methicillin-resistant S. aureus through cross-transmission in the nursery, underlining the need to comply with standard infection control precautions in the maternity ward.