Comparative analysis of neonatal umbilical cord blood gases across various delivery modes at a referral center.

Background: This study aimed to address the increasing prevalence of cesarean section and the importance of evaluating newborn health through arterial blood gas analysis. Its primary objective was to compare the umbilical cord blood gas levels in newborns delivered through different delivery methods.

Method: This retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study included singleton pregnancies with a gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks and infants weighing between 2500 and 4000 g.

Study on the comparison between Bosentan and Macitentan in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborns, simultaneously on sildenafil: A randomized double-blinded non-inferiority parallel clinical trial.

Background: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is characterized by sustained elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP). Drug resistance and the adverse effects of current therapeutic agents warrant investigation of other targeted therapies. Bosentan has shown benefits in affected neonates.

Determining the incidence of heart malformations in neonates: A novel and clinically approved solution.

Background: Screening for critical congenital heart defects should be performed as early as possible and is essential for saving the lives of children and reducing the incidence of undetected adult congenital heart diseases. Heart malformations remain unrecognized at birth in more than 50% of neonates at maternity hospitals. Accurate screening for congenital heart malformations is possible using a certified and internationally patented digital intelligent phonocardiography machine.

Oncolytic viruses: A novel treatment strategy for breast cancer.

Breast cancer, an unceasingly occurring neoplasm, is one of the major determinants of mortality in women. Several ineffective attempts have been pursued using with conventional therapies against breast cancer. Resistance to existing therapies and their respective debilitating adverse effects have led research toward a new era of cancer treatment using viruses.

Ozone therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: A scoping review.

Severe forms of COVID-19 can evolve into pneumonia, featured by acute respiratory failure due to acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In viral diseases, the replication of viruses is seemingly stimulated by an imbalance between pro-oxidant and antioxidant activity as well as by the deprivation of antioxidant mechanisms. In COVID-19 pneumonia, oxidative stress also appears to be highly detrimental to lung tissues.

Renal function in the third year among very low birth weight infants fed by supplemental proteins.

Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants have higher nutritional needs than term infants. Energy and protein are two important factors influencing their growth. Breastfeeding is not enough to meet VLBW infants' needs, for this reason, complementary protein is required by them.

The effect of gentle human touch during endotracheal suctioning on procedural pain response in preterm infant admitted to neonatal intensive care units: a randomized controlled crossover study.

Background: Neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit are frequently subjected to painful procedures. Non-pharmacological pain control techniques are useful for reducing procedural pain. Touch as one of the aspects of developmental care used to reduce neonatal pain.

Effect of Fortification of Breast Milk in Conjugation with Protein Supplement on Neurodevelopment of Preterm Low Birth Weight Infants at 3 Years.

Introduction: Choice of appropriate nutrition has a special place, which variations in dietary nutrient can potentially be involved in growth deficits in preterm neonates.

Aim: to investigate the effect of protein supplementation in very low birth weight (VLBW= birth weight under 1500 grams) infants on neurological growth in the third year of birth.

Material And Methods: We investigated neurological growth in two groups of control and intervention (each group, n= 18 subjects).

Investigation of association between maternal 25-OH vitamin D serum levels and neonatal early onset sepsis in newborns by evaluating key factors.

Background: The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between maternal 25-OH Vitamin D serum levels and neonatal early-onset sepsis in newborns by the effective factors.

Methods: A case-control study was done and 64 neonates hospitalized in Akbar Abadi Hospital (Tehran- Iran; 2016) and their mothers were enrolled. The case group consisted of 32 NICU term hospitalized neonates due to neonatal early-onset sepsis.

Investigation of the relationship between umbilical cord pH and intraventricular hemorrhage of infants delivered preterm.

Objective: We measured the level of pH gases in premature infants at birth, and examined the relationship between brain ultrasonography on the third and seventh day after birth. A case-control study conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Shahid Akbar Abadi Hospital, Iran, during the years 2016-2017.

Methods: All premature infants who were admitted to NICU were enrolled in the current study.