Effect of cue-based feeding on time to nipple feed and time to discharge in very low birth weight infants.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a cue-based feeding protocol in improving time to nipple feed and time to discharge in very low birth weight infants in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Demographic, feeding, and discharge data were recorded and compared between the two cohorts. The pre-protocol cohort included infants born from August 2013 through April 2016 and the post-protocol cohort included infants born from January 2017 through December 2019.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of human milk intake and retinopathy of prematurity: a significant update.

Objective: Two recent meta-analyses have studied the association of exclusive or mainly human milk intake (HMI) on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). One of these meta-analysis found a protective effect of only or mainly HMI on Severe ROP but not on any stage ROP. However, both these meta-analyses did not find protection from any stage ROP or Severe ROP with any amount of HMI.

Primary care-based interventions for intimate partner violence: a systematic review.

Context: Primary care providers are uniquely positioned to respond to patients' disclosure of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, the research on primary care-based IPV interventions has not been systematically synthesized, making it difficult for providers, policymakers, and researchers to understand how to effectively intervene in the primary care setting. This systematic review summarizes primary care-based interventions for patients experiencing IPV.

Update on the diagnosis and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia/chronic lung disease of infancy: what the radiologist should know.

Pediatric radiologists are frequently called upon to render interpretations of chest radiographs performed on premature infants with chronic respiratory problems. After the acute phase of surfactant deficiency (respiratory distress syndrome), infants with persistent respiratory problems are loosely categorized by clinicians as evolving toward a broad, rather vague entity called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or chronic lung disease (CLD). This review aims to update the radiologist on how the characteristics of the disease have shifted and how management, diagnosis and pathology have changed since the disorder was first described more than 40 years ago.

Tub bathing improves thermoregulation of the late preterm infant.

Objective: To compare body temperature of the late preterm infant after 24 hours of life at three time points before and after immersion tub bathing or sponge bathing. We hypothesized that late preterm infants achieve significantly improved thermoregulation when bathed by immersion tub bath compared to traditional sponge bathing.

Design: This study was a randomized controlled trial.

Sepsis and acute renal failure in pregnancy.

The unique physiology of pregnancy poses several problems for clinicians charged with caring for critically ill pregnant patients. This focused review summarizes two problems encountered in critically ill pregnant patients: pregnancy-related sepsis and acute renal failure. Common causes, and the effects of pregnancy on diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

Human seminal plasma protein allergy: a diagnosis rarely considered.

Women with seminal plasma protein allergy (SPPA) have an immunologic response to human semen. Symptoms vary from local inflammation and pruritus to systemic anaphylaxis after exposure. The first case was documented in Germany in 1958.