Efficacy and safety of cesarean delivery for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, 2008
This study aims to assess the efficacy (for prevention of MTCT (Mother to Child Transmission) of HIV-1) and the safety of ECS (Emergency Cesarean Section) among HIV-1-infected women. The authors found that ECS is a good intervention for the prevention of MTCT among HIV-infected women not taking antiretrovirals (ARV), or taking only zidovudine.
Development of National Child Health Policy, WHO
This document is part of a series produced by the Child and Adolescent Health and Development unit of the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean to assist countries in their efforts to improve the quality of child health through integrated approaches.
Fibreoptic Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice, Department of Neonatology, Royal Children's Hospital, 2008
Cochrane Library has reviewed the study. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of fibreoptic phototherapy. The main result was that Fibreoptic phototherapy has a place in the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. It is probably a safe alternative to conventional phototherapy in term infants with physiological jaundice.
Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight babies, Division of Maternal & Child Health, Queen's University Belfast, 2008
Cochrane Library has published a study to assess efficacy and safety of interventions designed for prevention of hypothermia in preterm and/or low birth weight infants applied within ten minutes after birth in the delivery suite compared with routine thermal care. The main result was that plastic wraps or bags, skin-to-skin care and transwarmer mattresses all keep preterm infants warmer, leading to higher temperatures on admission to neonatal units and less hypothermia.
Servo-control for maintaining abdominal skin temperature at 36C in low birth weight infants, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University Medical Centre, 2008
Cochrane Library has reviewed this study. The aim is to determine the effect on death and other important clinical outcomes of targeting body temperature rather than air temperature as the end-point of control of incubator heating. The main finding is that during at least the first week after birth, low birth weight babies should be provided with a carefully regulated thermal environment that is near the thermo neutral point.
All Parents Need Family Pediatrics, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2006
This article urges Pediatricians to modify their practice behaviors to promote good family functioning and effective parenting through screening for family circumstances that put children at risk and advocate for policies and programs that promote family functioning and family-oriented care.
The Apgar Score, The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006]
The main aim of this article is to identify that there are no consistent data on the significance of the Apgar score in preterm infants. The Apgar score has limitations, and it is inappropriate to use it alone to establish the diagnosis of asphyxia. An Apgar score assigned during resuscitation is not equivalent to a score assigned to a spontaneously breathing infant.
Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2008
Cochrane Library has reviewed this study to assess the effects on child health, growth, and development, and on maternal health, of exclusive breastfeeding for six months versus exclusive breastfeeding for three to four months with mixed breastfeeding (introduction of complementary liquid or solid foods with continued breastfeeding) thereafter through six months. The main results were that infants who are exclusively breastfed for six months experience less morbidity from gastrointestinal infection than those who are mixed breastfed as of three or four months, and no deficits have been demonstrated in growth among infants from either developing or developed countries who are exclusively breastfed for six months or longer.