Browsing by Subject "premature infant"
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Breastfeeding the premature infant: Experience of a baby-friendly hospital in Brazil
(Sage Publications Inc, 2005-02-01)Breastfeeding is the natural way of feeding infants, providing nutritional, immunological, psychological, and economic advantages. These qualities are especially important in premature neonates because of their vulnerability. ...
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Effects of a very low birth weight newborn on family: literature review
(Aula Medica Ediciones, 2007-03-01)Objective: The present study is a literature review to identify the effects of a very low birth weight newborn on family. This is an important instrument to clarify epidemiological issues and to suggest the directions for ...
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Factors associated with survival of very-low-birth-weight infants in a Brazilian fee-paying maternity in the 1990s
(Oxford Univ Press, 2007-06-01)This study describes intra-hospital survival rates of very-low-birth-weight infants, as well as factors present at birth associated with survival, during a period of 10 years. This is a Retrospective cohort study performed ...
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Strict red blood cell transfusion guideline reduces the need for transfusions in very-low-birthweight infants in the first 4 weeks of life: a multicentre trial
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-02-01)Background and Objectives Very-low-birthweight infants are among the most heavily transfused patients. the objective of this study was to verify if the introduction of a strict guideline would reduce the need for red blood ...
