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Infant, Newborn, Diseases
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Definition of 'Infant, Newborn, Diseases'Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts. Common names: Infant, Newborn, Diseases |
Monday, November 23, 2009
End-of-life decisions in Dutch neonatal intensive care units.
29 Sep 2009 
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the practice of end-of-life decision making in severely ill newborns. DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive study with face-to-face interviews. SETTING: The 10 neonatal intensive care units in the Netherlands from October 2005 to ... Read more...
A multicenter, randomized trial of treatment for mild gestational diabetes.
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: It is uncertain whether treatment of mild gestational diabetes mellitus improves pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: Women who were in the 24th to 31st week of gestation and who met the criteria for mild gestational diabetes mellitus (i.e., an ... Read more...
A scoring system for early prognostic assessment after neonatal seizures.
12 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to devise a scoring system that could aid in predicting neurologic outcome at the onset of neonatal seizures. METHODS: A total of 106 newborns who had neonatal seizures and were consecutively admitted to the NICU ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Infant, Newborn, Diseases'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Death in the Netherlands: evidence and argument.
29 Sep 2009 - End-of-life decisions in Dutch neonatal intensive care units. 29 Sep 2009
- The expansion of newborn screening: is reproductive benefit an appropriate pursuit? 29 Sep 2009
- A multicenter, randomized trial of treatment for mild gestational diabetes. 29 Sep 2009
- A scoring system for early prognostic assessment after neonatal seizures. 12 Sep 2009
- Perinatal endocrinology: common endocrine disorders in the sick and premature newborn. 30 Aug 2009
- Congenital disorders of the thyroid: hypo/hyper. 30 Aug 2009
- Brain-type natriuretic peptide at birth reflects foetal maturation and antenatal stress. 30 Aug 2009
- Change of specific T cells in an emerging neonatal infectious disease induced by a bacterial superantigen. 30 Aug 2009
- Do seizures contribute to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury? 30 Aug 2009
- Elective induction of labor: waking the sleeping dogma? 16 Aug 2009
- Systematic review: elective induction of labor versus expectant management of pregnancy. 16 Aug 2009
- Birth prevalence and natural history of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a highly seroimmune population. 13 Aug 2009
- [Congress Report: "Recent advances in neonatology" , Würzburg, October 2nd-4th, 2008] 12 Aug 2009
- [Gentamicin intoxication in a preterm infant] 12 Aug 2009
- Prioritising neonatal medicines research: UK Medicines for Children Research Network scoping survey. 10 Aug 2009
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes following diabetes in pregnancy in Far North Queensland, Australia. 30 Jul 2009
- Do maternal- or pregnancy-associated disease states affect blood pressure in the early neonatal period? 30 Jul 2009
- Serologic follow-up of children born to mothers with Ro/SSA autoantibodies. 30 Jul 2009
- Neonatal and pregnancy outcome in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: a 10-year experience in one medical center. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Infant, Newborn, Diseases'
Definition: Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts.
Descriptor UI: D007232
Alternative terms: Infant, Newborn, Diseases;
Related Mesh Headings: Congenital Abnormalities;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C16.614;
Technical Notes: IM GEN only; for specific dis in newborn inf use specific dis (IM) + check tag INFANT, NEWBORN; do not use /compl /congen; check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN: Manual 18.5.10; relation to /congen: Manual 19.8.18, 23.21+; TN 109: relation to other Cat C16 terms