Hemodynamic evaluation of extremely low birth weight infants during the first 7 days of life.

Background And Aim: We aimed to investigate the hemodynamic status of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants during the transitional period under intensive management.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-systolic wall stress (ESWS), left ventricular internal dimension in diastole (LVIDd), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) of ELBW infants during their first week of life. Small for gestational age (SGA), histological chorioamnionitis (hCAM), severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and non-survival to discharge infants were compared to their counterparts.

Evaluation of Postnatal Complications in Clinical and Histological Chorioamnionitis in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Japanese Cohort Study.

Objective: Terminating pregnancy appropriately before the intrauterine infection has progressed may have an improved prognosis for preterm infants. We evaluate how the combination of histological chorioamnionitis (hCAM) and clinical chorioamnionitis (cCAM) affects the short-term prognosis of infants.

Study Design: This retrospective multicenter cohort study based on the Neonatal Research Network of Japan included extremely preterm infants born weighing <1,500 g between 2008 and 2018.

Evaluation of newborns with Down syndrome with weight less than 1500 g in the neonatal intensive care unit: A Japanese multicentre study.

Aim: This study aimed to clarify the characteristics and their mortality-related factors in very low birthweight infants with Down syndrome (DS) in Japan.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study enrolled newborns with DS weighing <1500 g admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the perinatal centre registered with the Neonatal Research Network of Japan (NRNJ) database from 2008 to 2019. The clinical characteristics and their mortality-related factors were compared among the Dead group (newborns with DS who died in the NICU), the Survival group (newborns with DS who were alive from the NICU) and the Control group (newborns without congenital or chromosomal condition).

5-Aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy to superficial malignant skin tumors using Super Lizer.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using topically applied 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has become a generally accepted treatment modality for superficial malignant skin tumors. However, the costly excimer-dye laser, diode laser and light-emitting diode (LED) frequently used to administrate PDT are impractical to use in most dermatology clinics. This study evaluated the effectiveness of ALA-mediated PDT using a Super Lizer (Tokyo Iken, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with band-pass filters in 38 patients with superficial malignant skin tumors (33 cases of actinic keratosis and five cases of Bowen's disease).