[Recommendations for the assessment of birth size and postnatal growth of preterm newborns].

It is unquestionable the need to have standards of size at birth and growth to evaluate and contribute to guide the actions in the care of the newborn. For many years the references of Lejarraga and Fustiñana were used, progressively replaced by those of Fenton and Kim. However, recently, the INTERGROWTH-21st project has developed prescriptive growth standards to evaluate the size at birth from 33 weeks of gestational age, references from 24 to 32.

Fatigue during Chest Compression Using a Neonatal Patient Simulator.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate chest compression (CC) quality and operator fatigue during CC, with coordinated ventilation, on a neonatal simulator and to explore its association with provider aerobic activity and body mass index.

Methods: This was a prospective observational experimental study on pediatricians, neonatologists, and neonatal nurses who frequently deliver newborns and who have signed the informed consent. Subjects performed CC coordinated with ventilations at a ratio of 3:1 for 10 minutes on a neonatal mannequin.

Evaluation of neonatal mortality in Buenos Aires City by place of residence and use of a health system subsector.

Introduction: Neonatal mortality is the most important component of infant mortality. Analyzing neonatal mortality is complex and does not depend exclusively on the health system. In Buenos Aires City (CABA), between2000 and 2012, neonatal mortality rate was lower than the national mean rate but no changes were recorded.

Migrant population and perinatal health.

Introduction: The number of foreign migrants tends to grow. The situation of people living away from their own country is complex and has an impact on the public health system. The objective of this article was to analyze the perinatal risk of migrant mothers and their newborn infants in comparison to native Argentine mothers and their newborn infants.

Size at birth and blood pressure in young adults: findings from a Brazilian birth cohort study.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of borderline blood pressure (BBP)and hypertension (HT) among young adults and to assess the association between size at birth and BBP/HT.

Methods: Data were collected from the fi rst Ribeirão Preto Birth Cohort Study conducted in the city of Ribeirão Preto, southeastern Brazil, that started in 1978-1979. Of the 6,827 singletons born in hospitals, 2,060 were assessed at23-25 years of age.

Randomized trial of early bubble continuous positive airway pressure for very low birth weight infants.

Objective: To determine whether very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs), initially supported with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and then selectively treated with the INSURE (intubation, surfactant, and extubation to CPAP; CPAP/INSURE) protocol, need less mechanical ventilation than those supported with supplemental oxygen, surfactant, and mechanical ventilation if required (Oxygen/mechanical ventilation [MV]).

Study Design: In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, spontaneously breathing VLBWIs weighing 800-1500 g were allocated to receive either therapy. In the CPAP/INSURE group, if respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) did not occur, CPAP was discontinued after 3-6 hours.

[Patient volume, medical and nursing staffing and its relationship with risk-adjusted outcomes of VLBW infants in 15 Neocosur neonatal network NICUs].

Introduction: Few studies have attempted to evaluate the relationship between medical and nursing staffing and neonatal outcomes providing inconclusive evidence. The purpose was to assess whether morbidity and mortality of VLBW infants are associated with levels of patient volume, provision and training of medical and nursing, and if exist differences between public and private centers.

Material And Methods: Neonatal outcomes of all VLBW inborn infants consecutively admitted to 15 South-American NICUs between 2005 and 2007 were retrospectively studied.