The Use of Exogenous Lung Surfactant (Poractant Alfa) in Acute Respiratory Failure by Drowning by Mario Pezzi, Francesco Givigliano, Ottorino Perrone, Annamaria Scozzafava, Pietro Maglio, Patrizia Casella, Anna Maria Giglio, Mario Verre, Carlo Pietro Voci

“…Poractant alfa (Curosurf®), a natural surfactant effective in the treatment of newborn respiratory distress, has been used in various forms of ARDS, but in drowning syndromes, experience is still poor. …”
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Scoping review to identify and map the health personnel considered skilled birth attendants in low-and-middle income countries from 2000-2015. by Amy J Hobbs, Ann-Beth Moller, Alisa Kachikis, Liliana Carvajal-Aguirre, Lale Say, Doris Chou

“…These results can inform recommendations around improved coverage measurement and monitoring of SBA moving forward, allowing for more accurate, consistent, and timely data able to guide decisions and action around planning and implementation of maternal and newborn health programmes.…”
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Hepatocytic Differentiation Potential of Human Fetal Liver Mesenchymal Stem Cells: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation by Hoda El-Kehdy, Guillaume Pourcher, Wenwei Zhang, Zahia Hamidouche, Sylvie Goulinet-Mainot, Etienne Sokal, Pierre Charbord, Mustapha Najimi, Anne Dubart-Kupperschmitt

“…Following transplantation, naive and differentiated FL-MSC were engrafted into the hepatic parenchyma of newborn immunodeficient mice and differentiated in situ. …”
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Evaluation and Management of Women who Have Experienced Stillbirth in Their Previous Pregnancies by Erdem Fadiloglu, Atakan Tanacan, Canan Unal, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…Both newborns were discharged from the NICU without any further complication at the post-partum 5th day. …”
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Enhanced heart sound anomaly detection via WCOS: a semi-supervised framework integrating wavelet, autoencoder and SVM by Peipei Zeng, Shuimiao Kang, Shuimiao Kang, Fan Fan, Jiyuan Liu, Jiyuan Liu

“…For example, it can help detect heart murmurs when the heart is structurally abnormal, to tell if a newborn has congenital heart disease. Due to the low time and high efficiency, most work focuses on the semi- supervised anomaly detection method. …”
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Do global health networks facilitate innovation, learning and sharing? A qualitative analysis of the Quality-of-Care Network in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. by Kondwani Mwandira, Seblewengel Lemma, Albert Dube, Kohenour Akter, Asebe Amenu Tufa, Agnes Kyamulabi, Gloria Seruwagi, Catherine Nakidde, Kasonde Mwaba, Nehla Djellouli, Charles Makwenda, Tim Colbourn, Yusra Ribhi Shawar

“…The Quality-of-Care Network (QCN), launched by WHO and partners, links global and national actors across several countries to improve maternal and newborn health. We conducted a prospective qualitative study to examine how QCN in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda facilitated learning, sharing, and innovation within and between network countries. …”
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College of American Pathologists (CAP)/American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) proficiency testing for urinary glycosaminoglycan analysis: A summary of performance by Kristina Cusmano-Ozog, Dietrich Matern, Thomas Long, Nicola Longo, Sarah Young

“…The decline of laboratories participating in PT is concerning because MPS are increasingly included in newborn screening programs and urinary GAGs can be used to monitor the effectiveness of new therapies.…”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy Leading to Severe Vitamin K Deficiency and Coagulopathy by Maria Maldonado, Ali Alhousseini, Michael Awadalla, Jay Idler, Robert Welch, Karoline Puder, Manasi Patwardhan, Bernard Gonik

“…She delivered a male infant, 1150 grams with Apgar scores 7 and 9. The newborn received 0.5 mg of intramuscular vitamin K shortly after delivery but went on to develop bilateral grade III intraventricular hemorrhages by day 5. …”
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Detection of the I172N Mutation in Cuban Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21 Hydroxylase Insufficiency by Taimí Barrueta Ordóñez, Teresa Collazo Mesa, Paulina Lantigua Cruz, Adrián de Jesús González Navarro, Tania Espinosa Reyes

“…The variables analyzed were: age, social sex, age at diagnosis, clinical form of hyperplasia, diagnosis by screening program, family history, consanguinity, nonspecific neonatal death, genital crisis of the newborn, previous molecular diagnosis, mutations studied previously, mutation I172N gene CYP21A. …”
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Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy by Renata O. Neves, Alexandre da S. Rocha, Bruna O. de Vargas, Daniela C. Kretzer, Salete de Matos, Marcelo Z. Goldani, Lisia von Diemen, José A. de A. Magalhães, Juliana R. Bernardi

“…The pregnancy, perinatal, and newborn data were obtained from the clinical medical records. …”
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Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study assessing maternal and perinatal outcomes by Maroun Matar, Georges Yared, Christopher Massaad, Kariman Ghazal

“…As vaginal bleeding may compromise newborn health outcomes, for example, leading to low birth weight and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalizations, it is imperative to understand the etiology of the bleed and effectively manage the patient’s condition. …”
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Evaluating the implementation of person-centred care and simulation-based learning in a midwifery education programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a study protocol by Frida Temple, Ewa Carlsson Lalloo, Marie Berg, Urban Berg, Alumeti Munyali Désiré, Olivier Nyakio, Aline Mulunda, Malin Bogren

“…Background Investing in midwives educated according to international standards is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals in maternal and newborn health. Applying a person-centred care approach and using simulation-based learning to improve the learning experience for midwifery students may enhance the quality of childbirth care. …”
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Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model by Tuğba Yazici Topçu, Ruveyde Aydin, Songül Aktaş

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Common Bile Duct Dilatations in Asymptomatic Neonates: Incidence and Prognosis by Shun-Feng Lin, Hung-Chang Lee, Chun-Yan Yeung, Chuen-Bin Jiang, Wai-Tao Chan

“…From August 2001 to July 2010, 18,230 abdominal ultrasound scans were performed as newborn screening. There were 213 (1.17%) cases of CBD dilatation. …”
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Trends and socioeconomic inequalities of recommended antenatal care services utilization in Ethiopia: A decomposition analysis using Ethiopian nationwide Demographic Health Surveys... by Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie, Gebeyehu Tsega, Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Yeshimebet Ali Dawed, Chad Stecher

“…<h4>Background</h4>Antenatal care (ANC) services are essential to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality rates. However, the trends and socioeconomic inequality of utilizing recommended ANC services has not been well studied in Ethiopia. …”
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Placental Location Affects Cesarean Complications in Patients with Placenta Previa by Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Hakan Kalayci, Safak Yilmaz Baran, Seda Yuksel Simsek, Songul Alemdaroglu, Serdinc Ozdogan, Esra Bulgan Kilicdag

“…Intraoperative hemorrhage, need for blood transfusion and hysterectomy, complete blood count parameters of mother and newborn were compared between the anterior and posterior placenta previa. …”
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Coexisting Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma and Lissencephaly: Unique Case Report with Pathological Analysis and Its Clinical Significance by Hristina Zakić, Olivera Kontić Vučinić, Jelena Stamenković, Jovan Jevtić, Milena Perišić Mitrović, Maja Životić

“…Case Presentation: We present a case of congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) diagnosed with polyhydramnios at 28 weeks of gestation, which led to preterm delivery at 29 weeks and a fatal outcome for the newborn. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of CMN along with fetal pachygyria/lissencephaly. …”
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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Connected to the Pulmonary Artery in a 15-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Discussion on Secondary Prevention of Sudden Death by Jérémy Laïk, Virginie Fouilloux, Philippe Aldebert, Linda Koutbi, Jérôme Hourdain, Philippe De Swardt, Fabrice Tiger, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, François Bernasconi, Laurent Jacq

“…Adaptive development of sufficient heterocoronary collaterality in the newborn may allow survival to a later age. In older children or adults, malignant ventricular arrhythmias can reveal the disease. …”
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The Effects of Exposure to Repeated Minor Pain During the Neonatal Period on Formalin Pain Behavior and Thermal Withdrawal Latencies by C Celeste Johnston, Claire-Dominique Walker

“…The neonatal rat model was used to investigate the short- and long-term effects of repeated pain in infancy on later development of pain responses. Newborn rat pups were randomly assigned by litter to be left unhandled (UH), handled by being removed from the dam for 15 min four times daily (H), and being handled and receiving pain from a paw prick with a 26G needle four times daily (P)on postnatal days (PD) 2 through 8 (PD2-PD8). …”
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Exploring networks of care in implementing midwife-led birthing centres in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Sabera Turkmani, Andrea Nove, Oliva Bazirete, Kirsty Hughes, Sally Pairman, Emily Callander, Vanessa Scarf, Mandy Forrester, Shree Mandke, Caroline S E Homer

“…Midwife-led care can only make a sustained and large-scale contribution to improved maternal and newborn health outcomes if it is an integral part of the health care system but there are challenges to the establishment and operation of midwife-led birthing centres. …”
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