Research news
04 December 2020
Parents’ satisfaction with follow-up healthcare for their preterm born children and their suggestions for improvement
Follow-up healthcare for very preterm infants is crucial for their development, but the quality of care differs a lot across Europe. As parents of very preterm born children have experienced...
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01 December 2020
Prevention of Coronavirus transmission from mothers to newborns while breastfeeding and engaging in skin-to-skin contact
So far, there is insufficient knowledge about COVID-19 spreading to newborns from their mothers who tested positive for the virus at the time of the birth. A new study suggests...
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25 November 2020
Delivering transformative action in paediatric pain: a Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission
Pain is a feeling every child and adolescent, will experience in their lives. Yet, unrecognised, undertreated, or poorly managed pain in childhood can have long-lasting negative consequences such as chronic...
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25 November 2020
Ways of neonatal management during the pandemic
The pandemic of COVID-19 confronts our conventional and approved way of neonatal and maternal health management with many uncertainties. What is the risk for transmitting the virus form mother to...
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19 November 2020
Promising new research findings in the field of RSV prevention
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) has long been recognised as a serious threat to infant health. RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways in the...
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10 November 2020
Factors Influencing Implementation of Family-Centred Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Being in the NICU is a very stressful experience for infants. The stress level even increases when babies are separated from their parents. This can be avoided with Family-Centred Care...
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03 November 2020
Non‐evidence‐based beliefs increase inequalities in the provision of infant‐ and family‐centred neonatal care
Many hospitals in the world still do not recognise the importance and benefits of family-centred care. This hinders parents to engage in potentially life-saving care procedures, like kangaroo mother care...
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27 October 2020
New set of assessments released for follow-up evaluations of adults born preterm
The Adults Born Preterm International Collaboration (APIC) has released a set of Common Core Assessments for follow-up evaluations of adults who were born prematurely. On average, preterm born individuals face...
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27 October 2020
Unprecedented reduction in births of very low birthweight (VLBW) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants during the lockdown
An unbelievable reduction in regional births of VLBW and ELBW infants was observed in Ireland coinciding with the COVID-19 lockdown. Professor Roy K. Phillip and his team at the University...
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26 October 2020
New Statement of Lancet COVID-19 Commission
Recommendations of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission for tackling problems of the Coronavirus pandemic The Lancet COVID-19 Commission published a statement to provide countries and international institutions with recommendations including ten...
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