Sentences with phrase «gestational age of infants»

Average birth weight and gestational age of infants was 2.2 lbs.

The average gestational age of infants was 32 weeks (range, 26.3 - 37 weeks) with a mean birth weight of 1875 g (range, 682-3005 g).

In terms of parental stress measures, gestational age of the infant was a significant moderator for two effect sizes.

Many factors are related to parental stress in parents of preterm infants, with the most prominent ones being birth weight and gestational age of the infant, and the era in which the infant is born.

For the effect size of the mother - father difference on the PSS: NICU Total scale, the higher the gestational age of the infant, the smaller the difference in parental stress between mothers and fathers.

Not exact matches

Not long ago, a premature British infant died because it was one day short of the gestational age at which it could have received care.

In most common infections it is only a helper and can not protect you from getting the infection, not to mention the antibodies from breast milk stop circulating and only act in the gut after the infant is producing enough mature antibodies of their own (anywhere from 4 - 9 months depending on the gestational age at birth and the individual child).

We cast a really wide net and said anybody who's touched by loss at any gestational age or loss of an infant or anywhere in the process, we want to be a resource for those people.

We do not have statistics specifically for the health of infants from our own programs, but the published reports have suggested that frozen embryo transfer cycles in general are associated with reduced risks of low birthweight, very low birthweight, small for gestational age, pre-term birth, antepartum hemorrhage, placental abruption, perinatal mortality, and pre-eclampsia.

Mean and standard errors of monthly weight gain after adjusting for maternal age; race / ethnicity; education; household income; marital status; parity; postpartum Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program participation; prepregnancy body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); infant sex; gestational age; birth weight; age at solid food introduction; and sweet drinks consumption.

Maitre and her colleagues enrolled 125 babies born preterm at a gestational age of 24 to 36 weeks and full - term infants born at 38 to 42 weeks.

Statistical methods were used to adjust the findings for a range of maternal factors, including BMI, as well as infant sex, gestational age, birth weight, and age of solid food introduction.

Glucose screening: Infants who seem small or large for gestational age, or whose mothers have diabetes, should be delivered in a hospital or birthing center because of the increased risk of hypoglycemia and other neonatal complications.

A reduction in the incidence rates of sepsis among human milk - fed infants admitted to an intensive care nursery has also been recently reported.20 The study sample included 178 infants ranging in gestational age from 25 to 40 weeks.

Antenatal admission to hospital; induction or augmentation of labour; perineal status after birth; blood loss after birth; gestational ages and birthweights of the infants; breastfeeding at hospital discharge, 6 weeks and 6 months postnatally; and perinatal and maternal mortality, Hospital cost by mode of birth (cost of birth per woman).

The study's senior author, Associate Professor Natasha Nassar from the University of Sydney Menzies Centre for Health Policy said: «While the association between being born earlier — lower gestational age — and poorer developmental outcomes is well established, our results revealed that poor development is further exacerbated in the case of planned birth, where a considered decision made to deliver an infant determines gestational age.

The 2 groups of women appeared to have similar baseline characteristics: «Dyads in the intervention and control group did not differ with regard to maternal age, education, type of medical coverage, week at which prenatal care was initiated, infant gestational age at birth, race, or rate of vaginal delivery».

Specific HMOs have also been associated with enhanced gastrointestinal protection against necrotising enterocolitis, which is likely to be especially important for preterm infants (gestational age < 36 weeks) because of their increased vulnerability to NEC.

To have 2 groups stratified by gestational age, we would need a final sample size of 156 infants.

The 2 groups were similar on all measured characteristics, including maternal ethnicity, educational status, age, parity, breastfeeding history, and infant birth weight (intervention group, 1914.4 g; control group, 1840 g); gestational age; sex; and length of hospital stay (intervention group, mean 27.1 days [range, 2 - 81 days]; control group, mean 25.2 days [range, 1 - 104 days]-RRB-(Table 1).

Of 2128 women who delivered a live infant, we excluded 45 children born at a gestational age of less than 34 weeks, 325 children who were missing breastfeeding status at age 6 months and breastfeeding duration at age 12 months, and 446 children who were missing cognitive measures at ages 3 and 7 yearOf 2128 women who delivered a live infant, we excluded 45 children born at a gestational age of less than 34 weeks, 325 children who were missing breastfeeding status at age 6 months and breastfeeding duration at age 12 months, and 446 children who were missing cognitive measures at ages 3 and 7 yearof less than 34 weeks, 325 children who were missing breastfeeding status at age 6 months and breastfeeding duration at age 12 months, and 446 children who were missing cognitive measures at ages 3 and 7 years.

Pregnant women aged 18 to 45 years were recruited from prenatal clinics, beginning at approximately 24 to 28 weeks» gestation as described previously.25, 26 Quiz Ref ID We performed microbiome characterizations of stool samples collected at approximately 6 weeks of age from full - term infants (> 37 weeks» gestational age at delivery, and appropriate growth for gestational age).

Eligible women had an otherwise healthy premature infant (no congenital anomalies and no life - threatening condition in the immediate postpartum period) between 26 and 37 weeks» gestational age in the NICU; spoke English or Spanish; were eligible to breastfeed according to the 1997 guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics21; and chose to do so.

In Massachusetts, the breastfeeding initiation rate among term infants in 2002 was 76 %, while the initiation rate among premature infants was 68 %.1 Moreover, infants with the lowest gestational ages had the lowest breastfeeding rates (56 % initiation among infants born between 24 and 27 weeks compared with 69 % among infants born at 36 weeks» gestational age).1 Nationally, breastfeeding rates are lowest, 2,3 and rates of prematurity highest, 4 among African American infants, suggesting that breastfeeding rates nationally in premature infants will be lower than average.1

Results There were 102 infants (mean gestational age, 39.7 weeks; range, 37.1 - 41.9 weeks) included in this study, of whom 70 were delivered vaginally and 32 by cesarean delivery.

Although we focused on premature infants, the majority of infants in this study were between 32 and 37 weeks» gestational age and were otherwise healthy.

Pairs were eligible if the mother intended and was eligible to breastfeed per the 1997 guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and if the infant was 26 to 37 weeks» gestational age and otherwise healthy.

While having a big baby might not seem like a bad thing, large - for - gestational age infants have a higher incidence of health problems after birth and can also complicate labor and delivery.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

The potential confounders that were adjusted in the analyses were gender (male: female), gestational age (< 37 weeks: ≥ 37 weeks), smoking in pregnancy (yes at 18 weeks and / or 34 weeks gestation: no), older siblings (yes: no), maternal education (< 16 years education: ≥ 16 years of education), and maternal age at the time of the infant birth (< 20 years: ≥ 20 years).

The lowest perinatal mortality in twins occurs in infants born between 37 and 38 wk of gestation (24, 25), and therefore, this gestational age can be considered as an optimal start for postnatal growth.

An understanding of the effects of birth weight and gestational age on the regulation of infant growth by genetic and environmental effects may assist in tailoring research, counseling, and possibly interventions in infant growth to specific subgroups in which attaining a health benefit is more likely.

Infant sex was obtained from the Danish National Birth Register, as was the mode of delivery and the infant's birth weight and gestationaInfant sex was obtained from the Danish National Birth Register, as was the mode of delivery and the infant's birth weight and gestationainfant's birth weight and gestational age.

The EPIPAGE 2 study (Epidemiological Study on Low Gestational Age) is a French national study aimed at improving knowledge on the outcomes of premature infants in light of the changes that have occurred in the last 15 years.

Of the premature infants born with high weight for gestational age, 27.8 percent were obese by second grade.

Results indicated that after correcting for lung disease as well as other factors that can contribute to ROP risk such as gestational age, there is still a higher risk of ROP in steroid - treated infants than in those infants not treated with steroids.

Despite no improvement from 1993 to 2004, rates of late - onset sepsis declined between 2005 and 2012 for infants of each gestational age.

«We found mothers with a previous mental health disorder and experiencing negative perceptions of herself and her infant at NICU discharge were at increased risk for depression one month post discharge, regardless of the infant's gestational age at birth,» explained Hawes.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Ian R Reid, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, says: «In pregnancy, low maternal (vitamin D) concentrations have been associated with gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, infants who are small for their gestational age, and lower offspring bone mass.

The overall percentage of babies receiving active treatment increases with each added week of gestational age, and by 25 or 26 weeks of gestation, most hospitals gave active treatment to all the infants.

«Clearly there is little consensus about the appropriate policy for treating infants born at low gestational ages, and yet hospital practices regarding the initiation of active intervention have a dramatic influence on rates of survival and survival without impairment,» wrote Neil Marlow, D.M., University College London, in an NEJM editorial that accompanied the research paper.

The goal of the research was to gain an understanding of the principal conditions and factors that contribute to excess infant mortality rates (IMRs) including race, underlying cause of death, and gestational age.

Won Soon Park, MD, PhD, and colleagues from Samsung Medical Center and Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, conducted a phase I, single - center trial of intratracheal transplantation of human umbilical cord blood - derived mesenchymal stem cells to nine very preterm infants (24 - 26 weeks gestational age) who were at high risk of developing BPD.

To put these figures in context, this amount of health care spending represents one third of the total cost of obstetric care for preeclampsia pregnancies in the U.S. Much of the cost for infants was determined by gestational age, ranging from $ 282,570 at less than 28 weeks to as little as $ 6,013 at 37 or more weeks.

Castillo - Duran, C., Rodriguez, A., Venegas, G., Alvarez, P., and Icaza, G. Zinc supplementation and growth of infants born small for gestational age.

Secondary outcomes of interest include pregnancy and birth outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies in the study cohort, including: numbers of pregnant Aboriginal women who had their first antenatal visit before 20 weeks gestation; number of pregnant Aboriginal women who were smoking during the second half of their pregnancy; numbers of Aboriginal infants who were born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation), with a low birth weight (less than 2500 g), small for gestational age and large for gestational age.

Other variables (maternal parity, housing stability, hospitalization, perceived health status, employment, use of the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program, and cigarette smoking; whether the mother was living with a partner; and infant gestational age, birth weight, need for transfer to an intensive care nursery, health insurance, special needs, health status as perceived by the mother, and age at the time of the survey) were included if the adjusted odds ratio differed from the crude odds ratio by at least 10 %, which is a well - accepted method of confounder selection when the decision of whether to adjust is unclear.42, 43 Any variable associated with both the predictor (depression) and the outcome (infant health services use, parenting practices, or injury - prevention measures) at P <.25, as suggested by Mickey and Greenland, 42 was also included.

All infant ages reported are corrected for obstetric estimate of gestational age at birth.

Can videotaped observations of mother — infant interactions in the NICU be coded using the PCERA with newborns who are primarily less than 40 weeks» gestational age, including having adequate reliability, variability, and internal consistency?

For this study we included only healthy term born infants with a gestational age greater or equal to 37 weeks, birth weight greater than 2500 g, and a 5 - min APGAR score equal to or greater than 9 to exclude effects of intra-uterine growth retardation.