Publications by authors named "Mark Gaylord"
Article Synopsis
- Rural hospitals in the US, particularly in Tennessee, are closing at alarming rates, resulting in reduced healthcare access for rural populations.
- Interviews with stakeholders from five diverse rural communities in Tennessee revealed key strategies that have helped some hospitals survive despite these closures.
- The analysis identified six main themes related to preventing closures, including government policies, commercial factors, internal business strategies, community engagement, ongoing challenges, and the impact of behavioral health and substance abuse issues.
Objective: To report the incidence of torticollis diagnosed in infants treated for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and compare neonates with and without torticollis.
Study Design: This prospective cohort study reports on infants examined at 1-4 months of age. Numerous obstetrical/newborn factors and other drugs used during gestation were compared.
Apnea in the pediatric population is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in a large number of developed as well as developing countries. It is even more prominent in preterm newborn infants and is commonly referred to as apnea of prematurity. Its current diagnosis and therapy involve the use of traditional technologies, which often result in discomfort to the infants due to the use of invasive devices attached to their sensitive skin, especially in overnight clinical sleep analysis (for over a 12- or 24-h period).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough parents of premature infants experience many challenges when transitioning home from the neonatal intensive care unit, healthcare providers and social support systems tend to focus on mothers and infants rather than fathers. Unfortunately, very little is known about paternal concerns and needs as compared with maternal ones. The lack of understanding about paternal needs may lead to inadequate designs of neonatal intensive care unit family support programs with less involved fathers, all of which contribute to increased burdens on mothers and poor health outcomes for their infants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the incidence of parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis (PNAC) between two pediatric parenteral amino-acid formulations, Aminosyn PF (APF) and Trophamine (TA).
Setting: Tertiary newborn intensive-care nursery.
Subjects: A total of 661 neonates who received either TA or APF.