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Filter by:This study is a retrospective, multi-center real world study. The real world data comes from the electronic medical record system and disease database of the research centers .The patient's demographic information, disease information, clinical treatment status, efficacy evaluation and adverse events and so on will be collected and evaluated by applicability of the data, generated an analysis data set. Use the causal inference method of statistical analysis to observe the effectiveness and safety of intravitreal injection of Conbercept, and explore the effectiveness and safety of different doses in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
Early fetal growth restriction (FGR) is associated with considerable fetal and neonatal morbimortality (Miller et al. 2008, Nardozza et al. 2017). Placental thrombosis, infarcts and hypercoagulability are frequently seen in these pregnancies, suggesting a role for the activation of the coagulation cascade in the genesis of FGR. Patients will be randomized for low-molecular weight heparin or standard of care, and the outcomes of both arms (gestational age at delivery, gestational and fetal morbidity) will be compared.
Preterm births are defined as delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation and account for 35% of infant deaths in the first year of life. Early preterm birth are deliveries prior to 32 weeks gestation and account for more than 70% of neonatal deaths and 36.1% of overall infant mortality. Women who have delivered a preterm infant and who have a short pregnancy interval (time between giving birth and subsequent conception) have an increased risk of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. The investigators hope to understand if a mobile health strategy can be used to reduce spontaneous preterm births via improved patient engagement, care coordination, and adherence to recommended care vs a traditional paper-based health strategy.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of dopamine which is used as treatment of hypotension in neonate and preterm infant.
Primary objectives of the study are: - To evaluate binocular visual acuity at the end of this study in patients included from the VGFTe-ROP-1920 study, for treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). - To evaluate long-term safety outcomes in patients included from the VGFTe-ROP-1920 study, for treatment of ROP. Secondary objectives of the study are: - To describe visual function in patients included from the VGFTe-ROP-1920 study, for treatment of ROP. - To describe overall development in patients included from the VGFTe-ROP-1920 study, for treatment of ROP.
It is reported that the standard method for fortification of human milk (HM) overestimates the energy and protein densities of HM (Macedo MHNP 2018), thus originating infant undernutrition (Macedo AJP 2018). The target fortification, based on analysis of HM composition, is considered the gold-standard method (Rochow 2015, McLeod 2016). This observational mixed cohort study aims to assess if very preterm infants fed HM with target fortification have greater growth during hospital stay and better body composition at term post-menstrual age (PMA), than those fed HM with standard fortification.
This study is an experimental randomized controlled clinical trial. To explore the effect of infant massage on parental pressure and parent-child attachment of premature infants. The intervention time was from 5 days after birth to discharge from premature infants. Data were collected at five time points in longitudinal, before massage (T0), one week (T1), four weeks (T2), and eight weeks ( T3), 12 weeks (T4). Parents in the experimental group were given massage interventions when visiting premature babies, while parents in the control group visited premature babies as usual and contacted premature babies according to general nursing instructions.
Introduction: When babies are born prematurely, they are deprived of their usual space limits (uterus walls). This along with the action of gravity to which they are exposed after birth, makes the neonates have a low muscle tone, acquire a posture of extension, being more irritable and having difficulties with their alertness-sleep cycle. There are few studies that have assessed the effectiveness of positioning of premature neonates. However, none of these studies has focused on exploring the effects of positioning on the patterns of movement and gross motor function of the pre-term neonates. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of positioning on the patterns of movement, gross motor development and physiological clinical outcomes of pre-term neonates. Methods: A sample of pre-term neonates of ≤ 32 weeks of gestation from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the General University Hospital of Patras will be randomly assigned to two groups. The intervention group will receive positioning with Snuggle up (Philips, USA), while the control group will receive usual care. Outcomes will be assessed with the general movements of Prechtl and the Denver II scale at baseline and at term-age of each neonate. Physiological outcomes will be also assessed such as heart rate, respiratory rate, weight gained from baseline to term-age, days to achieve full oral feeding, days on the ventilator, days on oxygen, and duration of stay in the NICU. Basic characteristics of the neonates will be obtained from their medical record, i.e. weeks of gestation at birth, gender, type of birth (normal or Caesarian), weight at birth, and Αpgar score and will be used to compare the 2 groups for similarities at the baseline of the trial.
Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal mortality despite of numerous advances and intensive research in perinatal medicine. Almost one million children die every year due to the complications of preterm birth and rates are on the rise. Of the 14 million survivors per year, most face a lifetime of disability, including learning disabilities, visual and hearing impairments. The majority of preterm birth happen spontaneously (SPTD) which is often a multi factorial event, precocious cervical softening, shortening and dilatation are a common underlying factor. In the scope of this project the investigators propose to develop and clinically validate a new device, Cervix Monitor (CM), for detecting cervix conditions leading to SPTD and its risk assessment.
This study was designed to evaluate whether industrially prepared standardizing total parenteral nutrition is at least non-inferior to compounded TPN and provides nutritional intakes according to the new guidelines and provides the expected weight gain in preterm babies with a birth weight between 1250 and 2000g admitted in our NICU between 2015 & 2018