Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - Research News and Information

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[Clean hands campaign: no chance for healthcare associated infections]

26 Oct 2008 About 500,000 healthcare associated infections can be observed each year in Germany, about 20-30 %, that means 100,000 to 150,000 cases, are avoidable. Healthcare associated infections lead to increased mortality and prolongation of stay. The ... Read more...

Risk factors associated with sensorineural hearing loss in infants at the neonatal intensive care unit: 15-year experience at the National Institute of Perinatology (Mexico City).

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Infants from neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are at high risk for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL); however, risk factors may change from NICU to NICU and from country to country. Our objective was to describe the main causes ... Read more...

Matched case-control analysis of polymicrobial bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare and contrast the epidemiology of polymicrobial and monomicrobial bloodstream infections (BSIs) in newborn intensive care unit (NICU) patients. DESIGN: Retrospective, matched case-control study. SETTING: The Yale-New Haven ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Intensive Care Units, Neonatal'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Clean hands campaign: no chance for healthcare associated infections] 26 Oct 2008
• Oxygen and perinatal origins of adulthood diseases: is oxidative stress the unifying element? 11 Oct 2008
• Risk factors associated with sensorineural hearing loss in infants at the neonatal intensive care unit: 15-year experience at the National Institute of Perinatology (Mexico City). 29 Sep 2008
• Matched case-control analysis of polymicrobial bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit. 29 Sep 2008
• Sodium bicarbonate: basically useless therapy. 29 Sep 2008
• Centralized infant formula preparation room in the neonatal intensive care unit reduces incidence of microbial contamination. 29 Sep 2008
• [Tertiary obstetric care: the aims of the planning decree on perinatal care of 2001 have not yet been achieved] 25 Sep 2008
• Individualized developmental care improves the lives of infants born preterm. 30 Aug 2008
• Implementation of insulin infusion guidelines in a neonatal intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2008
• Nutritional factors influencing infections in preterm infants. 30 Aug 2008
• Providing stability in oxygenation for preterm infants: is transcutaneous oxygen monitoring really better than pulse oximetry? 30 Aug 2008
• Health impact of hospital restrictions on seriously ill hospitalized patients: lessons from the Toronto SARS outbreak. 30 Aug 2008
• Molecular study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a neonatal high-risk unit in Merida, Venezuela. 30 Aug 2008
• Applicability of a new gastric tonometric probe in infants requiring intensive care. 30 Aug 2008
• Administration of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine to parents of high-risk infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2008
• Iatrogenesis in neonatal intensive care units: observational and interventional, prospective, multicenter study. 30 Aug 2008
• Resuscitation decisions for premature newborns. 30 Aug 2008
• Reflections of a high school student after observing in a neonatal ICU. 30 Aug 2008
• Screening for retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care newborn unit in Turkey: frequency, outcomes, and risk factor analysis. 30 Aug 2008
• An outbreak of Serratia marcescens septicaemia in neonatal intensive care unit in Gaza City, Palestine. 21 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Intensive Care Units, Neonatal'

Definition: Hospital units providing continuing surveillance and care to acutely ill newborn infants.

Descriptor UI: D007363

Alternative terms: Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Newborn Intensive Care Units; Neonatal Intensive Care Units;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.388.493.390.380;

History Note: 82

Technical Notes: check also tags HUMANS & INFANT, NEWBORN; DF: ICU NEONATAL