Milk Composition Is Predictive of Low Milk Supply Using Machine Learning Approaches by Xuehua Jin, Ching Tat Lai, Sharon L. Perrella, Xiaojie Zhou, Ghulam Mubashar Hassan, Jacki L. McEachran, Zoya Gridneva, Nicolas L. Taylor, Mary E. Wlodek, Donna T. Geddes

“…Integrating milk composition and maternal and infant characteristics offers a practical approach to identify women at risk of low milk supply, facilitating timely interventions to support breastfeeding and ensure adequate infant nutrition.…”
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Urinary I-FABP, L-FABP, TFF-3, and SAA Can Diagnose and Predict the Disease Course in Necrotizing Enterocolitis at the Early Stage of Disease by Stepan Coufal, Alena Kokesova, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova, Barbora Frybova, Jiri Snajdauf, Michal Rygl, Miloslav Kverka

“…I-FABP was able to discriminate between infants who will develop NEC or sepsis and the SAA was able to discriminate between medical and surgical NEC. …”
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Economic and clinical burden associated with respiratory syncytial virus and impact of universal immunization with nirsevimab in Italy by Andrea Marcellusi, Chiara Bini, Barbara Muzii, Samira Soudani, Alexia Kieffer, Matthieu Beuvelet, Elena Bozzola, Fabio Midulla, Eugenio Baraldi, Paolo Bonanni, Sara Boccalini, Luigi Orfeo

“…Objectives: To describe the seasonal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) burden in Italy considering the current prophylaxis strategy with palivizumab recommended only for high-risk infants (representing only 4.4% of an estimated birth cohort) and to evaluate the potential benefits of a new prophylaxis strategy targeting all infants with nirsevimab. …”
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Steroid use for established bronchopulmonary dysplasia: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Roy K Philip, Joanna Seliga-Siwecka, Eduardo Villamor, Maria Pierro, Niazy Al Assaf, Sabina Strashun, Roberto Chioma, Kinga Zielińska, Krzysztof Włodarczyk

“…Introduction Postnatal steroids during the first few weeks of life have been demonstrated to be effective in decreasing the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a serious chronic respiratory condition affecting preterm infants. However, this preventive option is limited by the concern of neurological side effects. …”
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A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature by Debasmita Behera, Farheen Begum, Chinmoy Raj, Garima Manocha

“…We are presenting the case of a 2-month-old male infant who came to us with complaints of multiple progressive white patches over the body since birth. …”
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Inhibition of NF-κB/IL-33/ST2 Axis Ameliorates Acute Bronchiolitis Induced by Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Liwen Zhang, Yu Wan, Liang Ma, Kaihong Xu, Baojin Cheng

“…Methods. A total of 40 infants diagnosed with acute bronchiolitis infected by RSV, and 20 normal infants were included in this study. …”
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Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels before and after Intravitreous Ranibizumab Injection for Retinopathy of Prematurity by Xuting Chen, Lin Zhou, Qi Zhang, Yu Xu, Peiquan Zhao, Hongping Xia

“…However, there are concerns about systemic complications of anti-VEGF therapy in preterm infants. Objectives. To evaluate serum VEGF level in the systemic circulation after IVR and the complications associated with IVR for the premature infants with ROP. …”
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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Urbanization trends contribute to lower-intra-regional inequality in infant mortality rates and life expectancy at birth. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Hypoallergenic Milk Formulas for the Management of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy in the United Kingdom by Rui Martins, Mark P. Connolly, Eleanor Minshall

“…**Results:** In the base case, infants receiving EHCF+LGG were associated with lower NHS resource use and improved CMPA tolerance. …”
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Associations of Maternal Fructosamine before Delivery in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Pregnancies with Neonatal Glucometabolic Disorders by Zhengxia Mao, Ruilin Wu, Huan Yu, Yujiao Zhang, Wenbin Dong, Lile Zou, Xiaoping Lei

“…However, the association between maternal FMNALB and the risk of LGA infants was not so strong.…”
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Respiratory Infection and Otitis Media Visits in Relation to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use in Saskatchewan by Ngoc-Hang Khuc, Ben Tan, Rosalie Tuchscherer, Nigel SB Rawson, Philippe De Wals

“…BACKGROUND: In Saskatchewan, pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) was offered to high-risk children in 2002 and to all infants in 2005.…”
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Early Blood Gas Predictors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns by Sudhir Sriram, Joy Condie, Michael D. Schreiber, Daniel G. Batton, Bhavesh Shah, Carl Bose, Matthew Laughon, Linda J. Van Marter, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton

“…In contrast, infants who had hypocapnea were at reduced risk of severe BPD. …”
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It Takes a Mouth to Eat and a Nose to Breathe: Abnormal Oral Respiration Affects Neonates' Oral Competence and Systemic Adaptation by Marie Trabalon, Benoist Schaal

“…The present paper briefly surveys neonates' and infants' responses to this atypical mobilisation of the mouth for breathing and focuses on comparisons between human newborns and infants and the neonatal rat model. …”
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The influence of infantile cues on motivated perception of threats among caregivers by Emma Murrugarra, Michael H. Goldstein

“…Human infants are born helpless and entirely dependent on their adult caregivers for survival. …”
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Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact to Regulate Body Temperature for Low Birth Weight and/or Premature Babies: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Sisay Gere, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

“…We applied a noninferiority clinical trial among LBW and/or premature infants admitted to a referral hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ethiopia. …”
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Énergétique et régulation de la fonction de reproduction chez des femelles captives Babouins Olive (Papio anubis) by Cécile Garcia

“…High-ranking females or those in good physical condition appear likely to withstand relatively rapid infant growth which is independent of the infant’s sex, and have therefore higher reproductive rates. …”
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Comparative analysis of inflammatory biomarkers for the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis: IL-6, IL-8, SAA, CRP, and PCT by Chen Ying, Yan Aixia, Zhang Li, Hu Xiaoming, Chen Liang, Cui Jun, Fan Zichuan, Li Ying

“…C-Reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and SAA were detected in 120 infants with NS (60 premature infants [NS-PIs] and 60 term infants [NS-TIs]). …”
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A phase I, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of nirsevimab in healthy Chinese adults by Xiaomeng Mao, Xiaohan Hua, Chengyi Wu, Xiaoyun Ge, Jie Zhang, Xiaojie Wu, Robert J. Kubiak, Ulrika Wählby Hamrén, Tonya Villafana, Georgios Christou, Jannine Green, Therese Takas, Yuwen Jin

“…Abstract Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infants worldwide. Nirsevimab, an extended half‐life monoclonal antibody against RSV, is approved in China for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract disease in infants; however, global nirsevimab trials did not enroll Chinese infants. …”
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Pneumonia, an Unusual Initial Presentation of Neonatal Herpes Infection by Franck Kouadio, Gil Klinger

“…Sepsis work-up and antibiotic treatment were immediately initiated; however, antiviral treatment was not given until the infant’s death. HSV type 1 was isolated in nasopharyngeal and endotracheal aspirates. …”
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Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan by Tomiko Hokama, Chiemi Yogi, Colin W. Binns, Andy H. Lee

“…This study determined the prevalence of anemia among infants in an Okinawan village from 2003 to 2008, in relation to secondary prevention of the condition. …”
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