Health related quality of life (HRQoL) in mothers of premature infants at NICU discharge.

Background: Premature delivery and a potential Neonatal Intensive Care Unit admission may be associated with the risk of poor maternal health. We aimed to examine the mothers' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at the time of infant discharge.

Study Design: Fifty mothers completed the Medical Outcomes Study-Short Form 12.

Characterizing Early State Regulation in Preterm Infants.

Objectives: To characterize state regulation and behavior of preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Methods: We recruited singleton infants born at ≤35 weeks of gestational age (GA) before NICU discharge. Parents completed surveys at discharge and 1, 3, and 6 months after discharge.

Validation of automated lobe segmentation on paired inspiratory-expiratory chest CT in 8-14 year-old children with cystic fibrosis.

Objectives: Densitometry on paired inspiratory and expiratory multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for the quantification of air trapping is an important approach to assess functional changes in airways diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF). For a regional analysis of functional deficits, an accurate lobe segmentation algorithm applicable to inspiratory and expiratory scans is beneficial.

Materials And Methods: We developed a fully automated lobe segmentation algorithm, and subsequently validated automatically generated lobe masks (ALM) against manually corrected lobe masks (MLM).