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Frequency and pain intensity of painful procedures in premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
J Educ Health Promot
December 2024
Rohani NICU, Clinical Research Development Unit, Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Background: Various painful therapeutic and diagnostic procedures are performed daily for hospitalized infants. These procedures are very effective in their growth and recovery process. This study was conducted to determine "the frequency and pain intensity of painful procedures in premature infants hospitalized in NICU.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficacy and Safety of Orogastric vs. Nasogastric Tube Feeding in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Children (Basel)
October 2024
Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Background: Enteral nutrition can be delivered to the stomach using nasogastric or orogastric tubes, with each route having advantages and disadvantages. This meta-analysis aimed to compare the effects of these methods on growth, development, and the incidence of adverse outcomes.
Methods: This analysis included studies that enrolled preterm infants who received nasogastric or orogastric tube feeding.
Preventability of Hospital Deaths in Patients With Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.
Clin Infect Dis
November 2024
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Crude and adjusted mortality rates for patients with non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) are among the highest of all healthcare-associated infections, leading to calls for greater prevention. Patients prone to NV-HAP, however, tend to be severely ill at baseline, making it unclear whether their high mortality rates are due to NV-HAP, their underlying conditions, or both.
Methods: Two infectious disease physicians conducted detailed medical record reviews on 150 randomly selected adults from 4 hospitals who died in-hospital following an NV-HAP event between April 2016 and May 2021.
A Nurse-Driven Protocol for Neonatal Enteral Access Device Placement Confirmation.
Adv Neonatal Care
August 2024
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Emory University Hospital Midtown (Dr Cooley); and Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Emory University Hospital Midtown, and Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Denning).
Background: Preterm infants require the use of nasogastric and orogastric enteral access devices (EADs) to provide nutrition and medications. Confirmation of the location of the tip of the EAD is essential to minimize complications. At the study site, EAD location was limited to verifying the centimeter marking at the lip/nares and nonevidence-based methods of visual observation of aspirate and auscultation.
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