#Music for #pain relief of minor procedures in term #neonates

📌 Recorded music, in addition to sucrose, is efficacious in reducing pain, encouraging its use in term neonates.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-023-02746-4

#IDMastodon @Nature #Viralimmunology #covid19vaccinationinpregnancy #SarsCoV2 Vacc & boosting, esp in the setting of previous infection, leads to significant increases in antibody levels and neutralizing activity even against the recent omicron BA.1 & BA.5 variants in both pregnant patients and their #neonates.
#SARSCoV2 vaccination, booster, & infection in pregnant population enhances passive immunity in neonates
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39989-y

#IDMastodon #Neuroimmunology #Neurocovid @BrainBehavImm Recent evidence from viral RNA detection in umbilical cord blood & amniotic fluid, as well as the discovery of additional entry receptors in fetal tissues suggests a potential for viral transmission to & infection of the fetus and the potential for consequential neurological infection or inflammation in utero.. #neonates exposed to maternal #COVID19 during later development have displayed neurodevelopmental & motor skill deficiencies

Patterns of #antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized #neonates and young infants with #sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort study (NeoOBS)

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004179

*** ''The current increase in incidence and #severity in #neonates, associated with a recombinant lineage of E-11 that previously was not detected in France, and is considered unusual due to the extremely rapid #deterioration and associated case #fatality rate amongst the affected babies. '' ***

''On 5 Apr '23, the National IHR Focal Point for the #UK informed #WHO of an increase in severe #myocarditis in #neonates associated w/ #EV infection in #Wales. Between Jun '22 & Apr '23, 10 hospitalised neonates with a positive enterovirus PCR test were found to have myocarditis. 7 of 10 cases had further subtyping, with either #coxsackie B3 or coxsackie B4 identified. As of 5 May 2023, 1 patient was still hospitalised, and 1 had died.''

New drug to protect babies from RSV approved by Health Canada
#RSV #newborns #PrematureBabies #Neonates #canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/9644033/health-canada-antibody-drug-rsv/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCp4_8KMN2D-gIw2fe5AQ&utm_content=bullets

#IDmastodon #PedsID @Sbernsteinmd #Casreports #Neurocovid #LongCovidKids
Long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae are a potential concern in #neonates following in utero exposure to #COVID19 in the midtrimester , maternal #SARSCoV2 infection can infect the placenta & fetal or infant brain & trigger a cascade of inflammatory events
📌 https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2022-058271/191033/Maternal-SARS-CoV-2-Placental-Changes-and-Brain?autologincheck=redirected

Oxygen saturation centiles in healthy preterm neonates in the first 10 min of life: a prospective observational study.
Read it on:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-023-04838-z
#oxygen #saturation #neonates

RT @clotterdam@twitter.com

New guideline adjustments that can improve efficacy and safety of catheter-related VTE management in #neonates based on a prospective, multicenter, observational study of all 🇳🇱 neonates with CVTE. Now published in @JTHjournal@twitter.com. 👏for @heleenvanommen@twitter.com, @vijlbrief01@twitter.com & collaborators. https://twitter.com/heleenvanommen/status/1611265489769996288

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/clotterdam/status/1611279818066116609

I am an early career researcher / assistant professor at UBC (beautiful Vancouver, Canada) in the Department of Pediatrics and a staff scientist at BC Children's Hospital. My lab focuses on quantitative MRI analyses to investigate neurodevelopment in newborns. #MRI #neuroscience #neonates #openscience #science #mrs #fmri #dti #mwi #qsm

#onthecover Female Chinese crocodile #lizards give birth to #neonates in the water

📸 Yufan Wang

Read more in this month's issue of JEB: http://ow.ly/y1UG50LEEsg

#societyjournal #evolution