Pilot Project Analyzes Newborn Cries to Evaluate Lung Function
Automated, audio-based classification of the cry using artificial intelligence should help to further evaluate neonatal lung function, according to the researchers.
Automated, audio-based classification of the cry using artificial intelligence should help to further evaluate neonatal lung function, according to the researchers.
Rutgers research finds pollutants from fossil fuel combustion interfere with prenatal hormone activity, affecting reproductive development.
The US FDA expanded Pfizer's Abrysvo (RSV vaccine) for use during pregnancy to prevent LRTD caused by RSV in infants from birth through 6 months of age.
The wearable vital-sign sensors, previously cleared for adults, are now being tested at Montreal Children’s Hospital with a vision to create a wireless NICU.
Read MoreThe vaccine builds on the company’s previously approved vaccine by including seven additional serotypes shown to be associated with antibiotic resistance, heightened disease severity, invasive potential, and prevalence in pediatric pneumococcal cases.
Read MoreFor children with suspected respiratory/metabolic problems, blood gases can provide valuable insights and assist clinicians in developing treatment plans.
Read MoreA new article published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology suggests biological sex affects neonatal lung injury related to hyperoxia.
Read MoreThe US FDA recently updated its emergency use authorizations for bivalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to include use in children down to 6 months of age. The CDC signed off on the authorizations the following day.
Read MoreBabies born to mothers who vape during pregnancy are at greater risk of developing pulmonary dysfunction, according to a murine study.
Read MoreOnly 10% of infants aged 0-24 months who presented to the emergency department for anaphylaxis required hospitalization, due in part to effective ED/prehospital epinephrine administration.
Read MoreEndotracheal suctioning is one of the most commonly performed NICU/PICU interventions but the practice requires special care for neonatal and pediatric airways.
Read MorePrematurity and immature development of the pulmonary system, severe illness, trauma, overdose, aspiration, and other cardiopulmonary conditions call for protection of the airway and establishment of a safe and secure means to ventilate.
Read MorePrenatal steroid therapy helped develop fetal lungs and improved survival while reducing complications among infants born from 24 to 34 weeks of pregnancy, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.
Read MoreBabies and children under three years old are less likely to develop croup if their mothers took fish oil and vitamin D supplements during pregnancy, according to new results from a clinical trial.
Read MoreThe FDA has expanded the approval for Merck’s Vaxneuvance for prevention of invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae to include children 6 weeks through 17 years of age.
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