Tag Archives: Preemies
Preemie-born Parents Linked to Children With Autism
[Source: Medical X-Press] In a study of medical registry records of nearly 400,000 parent-child pairs from Denmark, a Yale School of Public Health study found that parents who were themselves born very prematurely were nearly twice as likely to have … Continue reading
Preemie Corner: A Very Personal PediaStaff Story
Editor’s Note: Lauren Fontana is a Sr. Staffing Consultant with PediaStaff and a vital and longtime member of our PediaStaff family. We reached out to her this week to see if she might share with our readers the very … Continue reading
New App Allows NICU Families to ‘Visit’ Baby During COVID-19 Pandemic
[Source: Medical X-Press] With the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, many hospitals and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are limiting the number of people who can visit newborn babies to reduce the risk of contamination. At Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s … Continue reading
NICU News: Survival of Preterm Babies Improves by 25% After Quality-Improvement Program
[Source: Medical X-Press] The rate of survival of very preterm babies in Canada increased 25% after the national Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) program was introduced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the country, according to new research … Continue reading
Gut Microbiome of Premature Babies is Associated With Stunted Growth
[Source; Medical X-Press] The more abnormal the microbiome in NICU infants, the more likely they are to experience stunted growth even at 4 years of age. While the growth stunting of premature infants has been well known, the role of … Continue reading
