There is limited information about newborns with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Particularly in the hospital after delivery, clinicians have refined practices in order to prevent …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Unplanned extubation can be a significant event that
places the patient at risk for adverse events. Our goal was to reduce unplanned extubations …

The oleic acid (OA) model of acute lung injury in rats is characterized by a massive and
rapid influx of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) within 1 h, with a peak inflammatory …

Apoptosis has been shown to be involved in several processes during embryogenesis, but
the ontogeny of apoptosis during lung development has not been studied. The goals of the …

Metaphyseal abnormalities are present in greater than 90% of infants with symptomatic
congenital syphilis. The incidence of these lesions in asymptomatic newborns in the present …

This review presents the effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping on neonatal transitional
physiology. The effects of delayed cord clamping on short-and long-term neonatal outcomes …

The biochemical development of the lung is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the
surfactant phospholipids and proteins and the structural proteins, collagen and elastin. The …

Objectives We conducted a meta-analysis of surfactant replacement therapy to determine (1)
the efficacy of surfactant therapy in the reduction of short-term morbidity and long-term …

Objectives The aim of the study is to (1) determine the incidence of developmental dysplasia
of the hip (DDH) in preterm infants born prior to 35 completed weeks' gestation in a breech …

Surfactant protein A (SP-A), the most abundant protein component in pulmonary surfactant,
has been shown to enhance surfactant phospholipid uptake by the type II alveolar epithelial …