Respiratory syncytial virus associated hospitalizations in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Background: To evaluate the risk of RSV infection in infants and children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) over two consecutive RSV seasons.

Methods: Retrospective, single-center cohort study from southern Austria including infants with CDH born between 1993 and 2012. Infants were retrieved by searching via ICD-10 codes Q79.

Haemodynamic Transition after Birth: A New Tool for Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring.

Background: Substantial haemodynamic changes occur during the first minutes after birth. Currently, only heart rate (HR) and arterial oxygen saturation are routinely used to monitor haemodynamic transition after birth.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to continuously assess haemodynamic changes during transition in term infants for the first time by using electrical velocimetry (EV), a new method of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring (NICOM), based on impedance cardiography technology.

Changes of locoregional skin temperature in neonates undergoing laser needle acupuncture at the acupuncture point large intestine 4.

Laser acupuncture bears a potential risk for the skin surface, especially in neonates whose skin has histological and physiological peculiarities. We evaluated thermal changes of skin temperature in neonates during laser acupuncture by using a thermal camera (Flir i5, Flir Systems Inc., Portland, USA).

Cardiocirculatory monitoring during immediate fetal-to-neonatal transition: a systematic qualitative review of the literature.

Background: The fetal-to-neonatal transition is a complex process that includes changes in cardiac and respiratory systems.

Objective: The aim of this study is to review the different methods of cardiocirculatory monitoring during the immediate neonatal transition period.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed and Ovid Embase was performed using the following terms: infant, newborn, newborn infant, neonate, neonates, heart, cardiac, blood pressure, haemodynamic, hemodynamics, blood circulation, circulation, echocardiography, ultrasonography, sonography, electrocardiography, ECG, oximetry, pulse, pulse oximetry, monitoring, measurement, acclimatization, adaptation, transition, after birth and delivery room.

Twin-to-twin delivery time: neonatal outcome of the second twin.

Objective: To examine the effect of twin-to-twin delivery time (TTDT) on neonatal outcome.

Methods: We evaluated twin deliveries >34 weeks of gestation. Twin pregnancies with both twins delivered by cesarean section and pregnancies with antenatal complications were excluded.