Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published a report that found the annual cost of premature births in the United States exceeded…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A specially convened work group has concluded that routine screening of newborns for critical congenital heart disease, based on the detection of low…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a randomized trial, prolonged inhalation of low-concentration carbon dioxide for treating apnea in premature infants did not have the same benefit as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The third edition of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) overestimates neurodevelopment after early complex cardiac surgery, researchers from Canada…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The sensitivity of currently available PCR-based assays for diagnosing sepsis in newborns is not yet high enough to replace microbial cultures, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Preterm infants requiring respiratory support do not benefit from inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), according to the results of a meta-analysis of individual patient…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Heart rate characteristics (HRC) monitoring can improve survival rates in very low birth weight infants, according to a randomized study. Bedside HRC monitoring…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administering 17-alpha-hyroxyprogesterone caproate to women with multiple pregnancy does not reduce the preterm birth rate or consequent neonatal morbidity, a Dutch study has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children aged 6 months to 8 years usually require two doses of influenza vaccine, but if they were vaccinated last season they only…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The choice of vaccine for prevention of varicella may differ according to the age of the child, according to updated recommendations from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Currently available evidence supports pulse oximetry screening of newborns for low blood oxygen saturation to detect critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), according to…
