Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Shah Muhammad, Asif Soomro, Samia Ahmed Khan, Hina Najmi, Zahid Memon, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Soofi, Zufiqar Ahmed Bhutta

“…The research is conducted in the district of Sanghar, Sindh with an emphasis on promoting KMC for infants weighing between 1200 and 2500 g in three facilities. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria by Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor, Chinyelu B. Okafor, Agnes N. Anarado, Nonyelum N. Jisieike-Onuigbo, Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ada C. Nwaneri, Joyce C. Arinze, Paulina C. Chikeme

“…Breastfeeding is considered as the most complete nutritional source for infants because breast milk contains the essential carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and immunological factors needed for infants to thrive and resist infection in the formative first year of life. …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“… Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate sialic acid levels in cord blood samples of infants of natal diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies and to assess the correlation of sialic acid levels with the poor neonatal outcomes. …”
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Prophylactic Theophyline reduces birth asphyxia related renal injury in term neonates by Salma Aziz, Syeda Maimoona Qudrat, Tanzeela Rani, Qurat-ul-Ain Chughtai, Misbah Aziz, Rai Muhammad Asghar

“…The 24-hour fluid intake and the urine output were recorded during the first 5 days of life. To assess the infant’s renal function, their serum creatinine, creatinine clearance (GFR) was determined on days one, three and five and compared between both groups. …”
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Congenital Bullous Syphilis: A Case Report from Italy and a Comprehensive Literature Review by Edoardo Cammarata, Elia Esposto, Nunzia Di Cristo, Chiara Airoldi, Elena Bernascone, Valentina Burzio, Paola Savoia

“…Intravenous penicillin G was the most frequently employed therapy. While most infants achieved remission, severe respiratory involvement was associated with mortality. …”
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A community-based father education intervention on breastfeeding practice in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study by Wolde Melese Ayele, Tesfaye Birhane Tegegne, Asnakew Molla Mekonen

“…Mothers in the intervention group were found to be nearly five times more likely to initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of their infants’ lives (AOR: 4.85, 95% CI: 1.36—17.32). A significant positive impact was also found for exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) of infants at the 1st, 4th, and 6th months (AOR: 3.95, 95% CI: 1.09—14.27), (AOR: 5.47, 95%CI: 2.18—13.70), and (AOR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.02—2.85) respectively. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…Background: Postnatal care (PNC) service is a neglected yet an essential service that can reduce maternal, neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in low and middle-income countries. …”
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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva and Pregnancy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature by Alexandra D. Forrest, Danielle M. Vuncannon, Jane E. Ellis, Zvi Grunwald, Frederick S. Kaplan

“…Three women delivered preterm infants at our institution. These cases posed unique anesthetic and obstetric technical challenges, particularly when securing the airway and performing cesarean delivery. …”
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West Nile Virus Infection in Pregnancy by Robert D. Stewart, Stefanie N. Bryant, Jeanne S. Sheffield

“…With supportive care, her symptoms were resolved within 7 days, and she subsequently delivered an unaffected term infant. Case 2 presented in the first trimester with fever and headache. …”
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Myopathy in the York Platelet Syndrome: An Underrecognized Complication by Joy Roman, Michael I. Palmer, Cheryl A. Palmer, Nicholas E. Johnson, Russell J. Butterfield

“…YPS was diagnosed in the infant at 16 months of age at the National Institutes of Health. …”
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Gastroesophageal reflux. by Yanet Hidalgo Marrero, Rafael Trinchet Soler, Lauro A. Melo Aguilera

“…Although many infants has smaller degrees of gastroesophageal reflux, it is recognized that 1:3,000 at 1:10,000 of they have a pathological or symptomatic reflux. …”
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Comparing the imitative skills of children and nonhuman apes by Malinda Carpenter, Josep Call

“…We conclude that, by 12 months of age, human infants use each of the four elements when interpreting and selectively copying others’ behavior. …”
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Conditioning care: Universal Assignation for Social Protection by Child in Argentina by Laura Pautassi, Pilar Arcidiácono, Mora Straschnoy

“…The article examines the links between the social organization of caregiving and factors in health and education for infants and adolescents that are required, especially of mothers who benefit from policies for income transfers. …”
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Incidental Detection of a Rare Pediatric High-Grade Fibrosarcoma in a Post-traumatic Setting: The Conundrum of Intra-Abdominal Hematoma versus Neoplasia by Kamand Khalaj, Nikoo Fattahi, Allen C. Omo-Ogboi, Jaiyeola O. Thomas-Ogunniyi, Olanrewaju A. Ogunleye, Ashish Khanal, Larry A. Kramer

“…Infantile fibrosarcoma (IF) is a rare malignant fibroblastic tumor that affects infants and young children, occurring most commonly in the extremities. …”
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Zinc Therapy in Dermatology: A Review by Mrinal Gupta, Vikram K. Mahajan, Karaninder S. Mehta, Pushpinder S. Chauhan

“…Although the role of oral zinc is well-established in human zinc deficiency syndromes including acrodermatitis enteropathica, it is only in recent years that importance of zinc as a micronutrient essential for infant growth and development has been recognized. …”
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Marfan Syndrome by N. F. Vlahos, O. Triantafyllidou, N. Vitoratos, C. Grigoriadis, G. Creatsas

“…At 34 weeks’ gestation she delivered vaginally a healthy premature male infant weighting 2440 gr. The patient remained asymptomatic during pregnancy, delivery, and 3 months postpartum. …”
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Communication, latéralité et cerveau chez les primates humains et non humains : vers une origine gestuelle ou multimodale du langage ? by Adrien Meguerditchian, Hélène Cochet, Catherine Wallez, Jacques Vauclair

“…In the present paper, after emphasising the tight relation between gestures and language in human infants, we underlie the specific significance of communicative gestures and of the progressive control of the oro-facial system and the vocal tract in the course of the language evolution by reviewing the findings related to lateralization and brain correlates of both vocal and gestural systems in nonhuman primates.…”
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A First Case Report of DiGeorge Syndrome from Ethiopia Highlights Challenges in Identifying and Treating Children with Primary T-Cell Deficiencies in Low Resource Settings by Tinsae Alemayehu, Solomie Jebessa Deribessa

“…We report an eleven-month-old infant presenting with recurrent chest and diarrheal infections, failure to thrive, lymphopenia, hypocalcemia, and hypoplastic thymus on imaging. …”
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How will developmental neuroimaging contribute to the prediction of neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders? Challenges and opportunities by Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Mary Dozier, Rebecca Saxe, Katherine E. MacDuffie

“…4) What are the ethical obligations for neuroimaging researchers working with infants and young children?…”
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Infection-Induced Vulnerability of Perinatal Brain Injury by Carina Mallard, Xiaoyang Wang

“…In this paper we will discuss how neonatal sepsis, with particular emphasis on Escherichia coli, coagulase-negative staphylococci, and group B streptococcal infections in preterm infants, and Toll-like receptor-mediated inflammation can increase the vulnerability of the newborn brain to injury.…”
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