A light/dark cycle in the NICU accelerates body weight gain and shortens time to discharge in preterm infants.

Background: Bright constant light levels in the NICU may have negative effects on the growth and development of preterm infants

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the benefits of an alternating light/dark cycle in the NICU on weight gain and early discharge from the therapy in premature infants.

Patients And Methods: A randomized interventional study was designed comparing infants in the NICU of Hospital Juarez de México, exposed from birth either to an LD environment (LD, n=19) or to the traditional continuous light (LL, n=19). The LD condition was achieved by placing individual removable helmets over the infant's heads.

Outbreak of Candida parapsilosis in a neonatal intensive care unit: a health care workers source.

Nosocomial neonatal candidiasis is a major problem in infants, which require intensive therapy. The subjects of the present study were three preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez".