Tag: Premature Birth

Full course of antenatal steroids at GA 22 weeks or earlier tied to greater likelihood of survival to discharge, survival without major morbidity

But UCM safe, feasible and may offer some health benefits for nonvigorous infants at birth

Increases seen in proportion of infants who had direct breastfeeding at first oral meal, average number of DBF meals during hospitalization

Infants born to Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and Hispanic versus White mothers less likely to receive active treatment

Children born at 37 to 38 versus 39 to 41 weeks have increase in odds of scoring 1.5+ SD above sample mean for hyperactivity

ED visits, systemic steroid use, chronic respiratory symptoms more likely for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who attend day care

Exposure tied to 12 to 16 percent increased risk

Higher rate of successful intubation on the first try, without physiological instability in the infant, seen with use of nasal high-flow therapy

Atypically developing versus neurotypically developing girls had lower normalized proton density, while boys had longer T1 in white matter

Single injection administered before RSV season protects from medically attended RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection