Publications by authors named "Silvia Martin Ramos"

Introduction: Breastfeeding appears to protect the onset of obesity in infants. The aim is to know whether breastfeeding duration is associated with the risk of obesity in infants and toddlers aged 12 and 24 months.

Material And Methods: Prospective longitudinal study in a cohort of children born in Spain between April 2017 and March 2018 (LAyDI study) in the paediatric primary care system conducted in the framework of the PAPenRed research network.

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Objective: To find out actual statistics on breastfeeding in Spain, as well as sociocultural and perinatal factors that affect its initiation and maintenance.

Design: Prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, nationwide study (XXX study). SITE: Primary care paediatricians' office.

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Introduction: The Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE) index is an instrument that enables continuous, fast and objective assessment of neonatal discomfort. The aim of the study was to analyse changes in NIPE values after performance of blood draws and the factors involved in this variation.

Material And Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study.

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Background: Corticosteroids have had a central role in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome. The management of these patients who become dependent to steroids is complex, involving different immunosuppressive drugs patterns. The monoclonal antibody anti CD20, Rituximab, is likely to have beneficial effects in cases of steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome patients with no easy resolution, even when we cannot make a statement about the specific role in the impact.

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Background: Neonatal sepsis is a condition with high mortality and morbidity that contributes to high rates of antibiotic therapy at birth. In addition, very low birth weight newborns (VLBWN) are particularly vulnerable. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) seems to be an early and effective marker that could help a better selection of patients to be treated.

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Background: Unplanned extubations are safety events relatively frequent in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). This study aimed to describe the frequency and characteristics of unplanned extubations in a NICU.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of unplanned extubations in the NICU of a tertiary regional referral hospital.

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Background: Corticosteroids have had a central role in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome. The management of these patients who become dependent to steroids is complex, involving different immunosuppressive drugs patterns. The monoclonal antibody anti CD20, Rituximab, is likely to have beneficial effects in cases of steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome patients with no easy resolution, even when we cannot make a statement about the specific role in the impact.

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Introduction: when own mother´s breast milk is unavailable, donor human milk is the best option to guarantee the nutritional requirements of preterm or ill newborns. Objectives: to analyze the macronutrient composition of donor breast milk and its evolution over lactation periods. Material and methods: we retrospectively analyzed the nutritional composition of 822.

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X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) causes significant burden in pediatric patients in spite of maintained treatment with phosphate supplements and vitamin D derivatives. Administration of burosumab has shown promising results in clinical trial but studies assessing its effect in the everyday practice are missing. With this aim, we analyzed the response to one-year treatment with burosumab, injected subcutaneously at 0.

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