Early antibiotics in noncritical premature infants without clear infection linked to adverse outcomes
1. In a prospective cohort study, early antibiotic use in preterm, non-critical infants without a clear bacterial infection was associated ...
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Maternal milk may be associated with better long-term cognitive outcomes in pre-term infants
1. Longer and more maternal milk intake was associated with better academic performance and reduced symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...
Neonatal deaths in premature infants correlate with gestational age at birth
1. A cohort study of nearly 1000 infants born preterm found that mortality risk decreased with increased gestational age and ...
Extreme prematurity associated with increased prevalence of visual and ocular deficits in young adults
1. Extreme prematurity was associated with an increased prevalence of visual and ocular deficits, suggesting children born extremely preterm may ...
Prematurity linked to increased risk of heart failure in adulthood
1. Across all age groups at the time of diagnosis, younger gestational ages were associated with an increased risk of ...
Racial, ethnic differences in outcomes of extremely preterm infants decreasing but persistent
1. In this retrospective cohort study reviewing data from 2006 to 2017, researchers showed very premature infants identified as African ...
Quick Take: Analgesic efficacy and safety of morphine in the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study: randomised placebo-controlled trial
Infant pain is often undertreated, largely due to a lack of evidence surrounding the immediate and long-term effects of analgesics. ...
ADHD medications in pregnancy may increase risk of infantile morbidity
1. Infants born to mothers who used medications for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during pregnancy had increased risk of ...
Antenatal corticosteroid administration hours before delivery may be beneficial: The EPICE cohort
1. In this population-based cohort study, any antenatal corticosteroid (ANS) administration was associated with lower infant mortality than no ANS. ...
Resuscitation of extremely premature infants with room air may increase mortality
1. In an underpowered study, infants less than 28 weeks were more than 3 times more likely to die if ...