BACKGROUND Being too light at birth can increase the risk of various diseases during infancy.AIM To explore the effect of perinatal factors on term low-birth-weight(LBW)infants and build a predictive model.This model ...
Background: Kangaroo Mother Care is a simple safe method used to care for low-birth-weight babies. Low-birth-weight is a global public health issue that pose significant challenge to perinatal care systems. Globally, ...
Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a birth weight 2500 g at birth, regardless of the term of pregnancy. The objective of this study is to evaluate their stature and weight growth from 0 to 9 months of ...
Background Pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) is a life-threatening respiratory complication of extremely low-birth-weight infants (ELBWIs).However,the risk factors for PH are controversial.Therefore,the purpose of this study ...
supported by Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(No.2014A020212227);Guangdong peak project(No.DFJH201802)
Background Despite increasing investigation in the area of cardiovascular instability in preterm infants,huge gaps in knowledge remain. Study of the hemodynamic characteristics in this population is inadequate. Method...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China(81273607,81573516,81072690,81370930 and 81000267);the National Science and Technology Major Projects for Major New Drugs Innovation and Development(2013ZX09303003)
Background:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a high-fat,high-energy(HFHE)diet on the hepatic expression of CYP3A in low-birthweight developing female rats.Methods:Pregnant rats were divided...
Objectives: Since Spitz et al. reported the prognostic classification of esophageal atresia (EA) patients in 1994, decades have been past and there have been many advances in surgery and neonatology. Nevertheless, the...
Background: The thermal environment surrounding neonates in closed incubators can be regulated via two different modes: skin servocontrol mode (SSC) and air temperature control mode (ATC). These produce different patt...
This article was-supported by a grant from Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (No. 2011JM4048).
Coats' disease is characterized by the formation of telangiectatic and microaneurysms changes of theretinal vessels and a large amount of yellowish subretinal exudates but withont appreciable signs of retinal or vitr...
supported by funds from Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants no.2008-35206-18764;2008-35203-19120 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture;Texas AgriLife Research Hatch project (H-8200), and Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas, USA)
This study determined effects of birth weights (0.70 to 1.09, 1.10 to 1.49, 1.50 to 1.89, and ≥ 1.90 kg) on the efficiency of milk utilization for growth in sow-reared piglets. One-hundred-sixty piglets from 18 mul...