Publications by authors named "Rossella Mastroianni"
Objective: This study aimed to describe the type and frequency of enteral and parenteral fluids and medications used during the transport of neonates by a regional pediatric critical care transport team.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of neonates transported by a regional neonatal transport team affiliated with a level IV neonatal intensive care unit within a large care network between 2020 and 2021. Demographic and clinical data were collected from the electronic medical record.
Objective: Neonatal transports are an essential component of regionalized medical systems. Neonates who are unstable after birth require transport to a higher level of care by neonatal transport teams. Data on adverse events on neonatal transports are limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this program evaluation was to describe the outcomes of daily neonatologist telerounding with the onsite advanced practice provider (APP) in a Level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Study Design: Bedside telerounding occurred with an onsite APP using a telehealth cart and paired Bluetooth stethoscope. Data collected by longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys and chart review before (May 2019-February 2020) and during (March 2020-February 2021) the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.
In most NICUs, the choice of the venous access device currently relies upon the operator's experience and preferences. However, considering the high failure rate of vascular devices in the neonatal population, such clinical choice has a critical relevance and should preferably be based on the best available evidence. Though some algorithms have been published over the last 5 years, none of them seems in line with the current scientific evidence.
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- This study looked at a tool called the Antenatal Counseling Milestones Scale (ACoMS) that helps healthcare workers improve their skills in talking to parents about preterm birth.
- Experts created this tool to evaluate how well healthcare professionals can counsel patients and scored their performances during practice sessions.
- Results showed that the ACoMS tool worked well, meaning it can help tell how good someone is at counseling based on their training level, but more testing is needed to see how useful it is in real hospital situations.
Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize vital sign abnormalities, trajectories, and related risk factors during neonatal transport.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of neonates transported within a US regional care network in 2020 to 2021. Demographic and clinical data were collected from electronic records.
Purpose:: This is a prospective observational study conducted by neonatologists in neonatal intensive care unit from Sant'Anna and San Sebastiano Hospital, Caserta, Italy. The objective of the study is to verify the feasibility of intracavitary electrocardiography method for tip location of central venous access device in infants of less than 5 kg and evaluate the accuracy of the method in comparison with post-procedural echocardiographical verification of the tip position.
Patients And Methods:: We enrolled 27 patients weighted between 0.
Purpose:: The neonatologists of Sant'Anna and San Sebastiano Hospital of Caserta have carried out a pilot study investigating the safety, feasibility, and accuracy of intracavitary electrocardiography for neonatal epicutaneous cava catheter tip positioning.
Patients And Methods:: We enrolled 39 neonates (1-28 days of postnatal age or correct age lower than 41 weeks) requiring epicutaneous cava catheter in the district of superior vena cava (head-neck or upper limbs). Intracavitary electrocardiography was applicable in 38 neonates.
Early-life factors associated with pediatric functional constipation.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
March 2014
Objective: This multicenter prospective study aimed to establish possible risk factors for functional constipation (FC) in the first year of life.
Methods: At the infant's age of 3, 6, and 12 months, parents of all included infants completed 2 questionnaires: one about the presence of FC and the other screened the possible risk factors for FC. Parents of 465 infants completed the questionnaires at 3 and 6 months and of 402 infants at 12 months of life.