Third stage of the kangaroo method: exclusive breastfeeding and growth of preterm and/or low birth weight newborns.

Objective: To evaluate the rates of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and growth of preterm and/or low birth weight newborns during the third stage of the Kangaroo Method (TSKM), at discharge.

Methods: Retrospective study in a reference public maternity hospital between Jan/2014 and Dec/2017, including the preterm (less than 37 weeks) and/or low birth weight (less than 2500 g) newborn infants. Information was collected from medical records.

Association between early onset of skin-to-skin contact and mother-infant interaction at hospital discharge and six months of corrected age among preterm infants.

Objective: To compare mother-infant interaction between hospital discharge and at six months of corrected age of infants born ≤32 weeks and investigate the association between the onset of skin-to-skin contact and the difference in mother-infant interaction between discharge and six months of corrected age (CA) among preterm infants.

Material And Methods: Prospective observational study, in which 72 mother-infant dyads were evaluated. Preterm newborns (born with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks of gestational age) from two public maternity hospitals were assessed by means of video macro analysis of the mother-infant interaction according to the parameters adopted by the Mother-Baby Observation Protocol 0-6 (POIMB), at hospital discharge and at six months of corrected gestational age.

Neuropsychomotor development in children born preterm at 6 and 12 months of corrected gestational age.

Objective: To assess the incidence of neuropsychomotor developmental delay at 6 and 12 months of corrected gestational age in children born at 32 gestational weeks or less.

Methods: A descriptive and prospective study was carried out at two public maternity hospitals. Between April 2017 and January 2019, we assessed 133 children without any known risk factors for neuropsychomotor developmental delay.

Signs and Symptoms of Primary Tooth Eruption in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Children.

To evaluate signs and symptoms associated with the eruption of the primary mandibular central incisors in preterm and low birth weight (PLBW) children.
A prospective longitudinal study was performed with 46 PLBW Brazilian children in a university hospital with a 10-month follow-up. Signs and symptoms of tooth eruption were recorded monthly by clinical examination and caregivers' report.

Factors associated with the socioemotional development of preterm infants.

Preterm birth is a risk factor for problems in interactions with others. We compared the difference in socioemotional development between hospital discharge and at six months of corrected age of infants born ≤32 weeks and assessed the impact of maternal and infantile factors on socioemotional development rate within a 6 month's period. Mother-child dyads (n = 144) were assessed by the Mother-Baby Observation Protocol 0-6 months through a video microanalysis.

Does ankyloglossia interfere with breastfeeding in newborns? A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aim: Ankyloglossia is a congenital anomaly that can affect breastfeeding. The aim was to evaluate the prevalence of ankyloglossia in newborns and breastfeeding difficulties reported by mothers; assess possible factors that may interfere with breastfeeding.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 391 pairs of mothers/newborns at a university hospital.

Perinatal risk factors and Apgar score ≤ 3 in first minute of life in a referral tertiary obstetric and neonatal hospital.

This study aimed to identify the maternal, labour and newborn risk factors associated with an Apgar score of ≤3 in the first minute of life. This was a cross-sectional evaluation from an internal database information system in a tertiary referral obstetric and neonatal centre. Newborns with gestational age ≥24 weeks and birth weight ≥500 g with a registered Apgar score in the first minute of life were included.

Is sensory processing associated with prematurity, motor and cognitive development at 12 months of age?

Background: Prematurity may be a risk factor for sensory processing difficulties. Limited research has investigated sensory processing in preterm infants in their first year of life, when sensory processing dysfunctions are more subtle and difficult to detect.

Aims: The aims of this study were to investigate the association between prematurity and sensory processing and the associations between sensory processing and motor and cognitive development in infants at 12 months of age.

BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE: 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL.

Objective: To describe the experience of the 25-year-old trajectory of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in Brazil. The first unit was implemented in 1992.

Methods: Information and data were collected from publications on the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Health websites and in national and international journals, about the period 1990-2017.

Risk Factors for Delayed Onset of Lactogenesis II Among Primiparous Mothers from a Brazilian Baby-Friendly Hospital.

Background: Low milk supply is frequently reported as a reason for exclusive breastfeeding cessation.

Research Aims: To determine the occurrence of, and the risk factors associated with, delayed onset of lactogenesis II among primiparas seen at a Baby-Friendly Hospital in Brazil.

Method: We conducted a prospective longitudinal observational cohort study of 224 primiparas who had a singleton delivery.

Association between hemodynamic activity and motor performance in six-month-old full-term and preterm infants: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.

This study aimed to assess task-induced activation in motor cortex and its association with motor performance in full-term and preterm born infants at six months old. A cross-sectional study of 73 six-month-old infants was conducted (35 full-term and 38 preterm infants). Motor performance was assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development third edition-Bayley-III.

SENSORY PROCESSING DURING CHILDHOOD IN PRETERM INFANTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

Objective: To conduct a systematic search for grounded and quality evidence of sensory processing in preterm infants during childhood.

Data Source: The search of the available literature on the theme was held in the following electronic databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline)/PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs)/Virtual Library in Health (BVS), Índice Bibliográfico Español de Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS)/BVS, Scopus, and Web of Science. We included only original indexed studies with a quantitative approach, which were available in full text on digital media, published in Portuguese, English, or Spanish between 2005 and 2015, involving children aged 0-9years.

Early Empiric Antibiotic Use Is Associated With Delayed Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants: A Retrospective Analysis.

The causative factors of neonatal feeding intolerance are poorly understood, but potentially related to clinical practices such as empiric antibiotic usage. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether early empiric antibiotic exposure negatively affects preterm infants' enteral feeding tolerance. Data from infants without risk factors for sepsis, 500 to 1499 g birth weight and 24 to 34 weeks gestational age were analyzed.

Factors Associated with Nipple Lesions in Puerperae.

This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with nipple lesion development in puerperae. Analyses were performed using the Poisson regression with robust variance. The level of significance was set at 5% (p < 0.

Preterm newborn readiness for oral feeding: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To identify and systematize the main studies on the transition from enteral to oral feeding in preterm infants.

Research Strategy: Articles that describe the transition from oral to enteral feeding in preterm infants were located in MEDLINE, LILACS, and SciELO databases.

Selection Criteria: Original studies, with available abstract, published in the last 10 years were included.

[Near-infrared spectroscopy as an auxiliary tool in the study of child development].

Objective:: To investigate the applicability of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for cortical hemodynamic assessment tool as an aid in the study of child development.

Data Source:: Search was conducted in the PubMed and Lilacs databases using the following keywords: ''psychomotor performance/child development/growth and development/neurodevelopment/spectroscopy/near-infrared'' and their equivalents in Portuguese and Spanish. The review was performed according to criteria established by Cochrane and search was limited to 2003 to 2013.

Drug utilisation profile in the neonatal unit of a university hospital: a prospective observational study in Brazil.

Background: Advances in neonatology have contributed to changes in the drug utilisation profile in neonates, both in the number of drugs and the pharmacotherapeutic groups.

Objective: To analyse drug use in the neonatal care unit of a teaching hospital in Brazil and to evaluate the associations among perinatal, clinical care and drug use data.

Setting: The neonatal care unit of a teaching hospital in Brazil.

Risk factors for laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection in neonates undergoing surgical procedures.

Background: Healthcare Associated Infections constitute an important problem in Neonatal Units and invasive devices are frequently involved. However, studies on risk factors of newborns who undergo surgical procedures are scarce.

Objective: To identify risk factors for laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection in neonates undergoing surgical procedures.

[Imaging for evaluation of urologic abnormalities in infants with fetal hydronephrosis: advances and controversies].

Recent advances in prenatal diagnosis resulted in an improvement of detection and management of urinary tract abnormalities. Prenatal ultrasonography allows to identify urological abnormalities that otherwise would not be seen until later in life, when complications occur. The voiding cystourethrogram can be reserved for selected patients.

Antenatal ultrasonographic anteroposterior renal pelvis diameter measurement: is it a reliable way of defining fetal hydronephrosis?

Purpose. It was to quantify the intraobserver and interobserver variability of the sonographic measurements of renal pelvis and classify hydronephrosis severity. Methods.

Prevalence of hearing impairment in children at risk.

Unlabelled: Hearing impairment is prevalent in the general population; early intervention facilitates proper development.

Aim: To establish the prevalence of hearing impairment in infants at risk, born between June 2006 and July 2008, and to correlate the variables with hearing loss.

Type Of Study: descriptive and cross-sectional.

Clinical course of prenatally detected primary vesicoureteral reflux.

The purpose of this study was to report the clinical course of medium-long-term follow-up of children with prenatally detected vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Between 1986 and 2004, 53 (41 males) children with VUR detected by investigation of prenatal hydronephrosis were followed up for a mean time of 66 months (range: 6-200 months). Newborns were investigated by ultrasound, voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) and DMSA scan.

Diagnostic accuracy of postnatal renal pelvic diameter as a predictor of uropathy: a prospective study.

Background: There is a necessity to standardize postnatal ultrasonographic markers predictive of significant uropathies. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of anteroposterior renal pelvic diameter (APD) on postnatal ultrasound to discriminate between significant uropathy and idiopathic renal pelvic dilatation.

Materials And Methods: Neonates ( n=110) who were found to have isolated fetal renal pelvic dilatation underwent systematic investigation and were prospectively followed up.