The successful implementation of transcutaneous CO2 equipment at Hershey Medical Center’s Level IV NICU demonstrates that the technology has evolved to accommodate the diagnostic monitoring needs of neonatal care providers and patients, according to this case study by clinicians in the center's NICU.
MV-012-968 is an intranasal live attenuated RSV vaccine candidate being developed as a needle-free, adjuvant-free vaccine to protect infants and at-risk, older adults.
Thirty-three years after her early birth, a neonatal doctor in London is treating preemies with advanced ventilation technology.
An additional 20 pediatric flu deaths between Dec 28 and Feb 22 brings the season total to 125 — the most at this point in the season since the H1N1 pandemic of 2009.
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Newborns at Excela Westmoreland Hospital in Pennsylvania are already benefitting from the Family Additions Maternity Center’s recent acquisition of two bubble CPAP devices.
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Asthma attacks during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of complications for mothers and their babies, a Canadian study suggests.
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Respiratory distress of the newborn (RDS) is a syndrome that occurs in premature infants secondary to insufficient surfactant production and structural immaturity of the infant’s lungs.
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Premature infants are at high risk of developing life-threatening lung infections, partly because...
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Pregnant women exposed to higher levels of the commonly used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) are more likely to have children who suffer with wheezing and poorer lung function.
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Researchers have shown how microbial communities are linked to each other across the body and how these networks are associated with susceptibility to respiratory infections in babies.
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Dräger has received FDA clearance for its Seattle PAP (Positive Airway Pressure) plus system, which uses bubble CPAP technology to treat premature infants with respiratory distress.
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A 6-month-old girl died from a fatal dose of allergy medicine at a daycare in North...
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According to a national poll, 41% of parents may seek a new provider because of unvaccinated...
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Worried about peanut allergies in children? A practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical...
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Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more...
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