Perception of pacifier use among caregivers of infants 0-1 years of age.

American Academy of Pediatrics approves pacifier use for soothing and calming; it recommends delaying its use until breastfeeding is well established. Though pacifiers have protective effects against sudden infant death syndrome, prolonged use of a pacifier can lead to complications. American Academy of Family Physicians discourages the use by 6 months to 1 year of age.

Neonatal outcome of triplet versus twin and singleton pregnancies: a matched case control study.

Objective: To determine the neonatal outcome of triplet gestations versus that of singletons and twins matched for gestational age.

Study Design: All live born triplet gestations delivered between 1 April 1993 and 31 March 2000 were compared to an age matched control group consisting of live born twins and singletons. The neonatal outcome of 116 sets of triplets was compared to that of 116 sets of twins and 116 singletons.

Basement membrane biomarkers in very low birth weight premature infants. Association with length of NICU stay and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Basement membranes, critical for vital organs like the lungs, consist of two interwoven homopolymers, one assembled by type IV collagens and one by laminins. We hypothesized their serum antigens C-IV and P1, respectively, to be global measures for the maturity of these organs. In 39 very low birth weight premature neonates (means: gestational age, 25.