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Infant, Premature, Diseases

MedGen UID:
43873
•Concept ID:
C0021295
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Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Diseases that occur in PREMATURE INFANTS. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

SEPTICEMIA IN PREMATURE INFANTS. THE CHARACTERISTICS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF SEPTICEMIA IN PREMATURE INFANTS.
BUETOW KC, KLEIN SW, LANE RB
Am J Dis Child 1965 Jul;110:29-41. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1965.02090030035005. PMID: 14308120
OXYGEN TREATMENT OF PREMATURE BABIES AND CEREBRAL PALSY.
MCDONALD AD
Dev Med Child Neurol 1964 Jun;6:313-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1964.tb10800.x. PMID: 14155197
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE HYALINE MEMBRANE SYNDROME AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NEWBORN BABY OF THE DIABETIC MOTHER.
CLELAND WD Jr
J Mich State Med Soc 1963 Dec;62:1198-200. PMID: 14088940

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis.
Flannery DD, Puopolo KM
Neoreviews 2022 Nov 1;23(11):756-770. doi: 10.1542/neo.23-10-e756. PMID: 36316253
How I manage children with neutropenia.
Dale DC
Br J Haematol 2017 Aug;178(3):351-363. Epub 2017 Apr 17 doi: 10.1111/bjh.14677. PMID: 28419427
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants.
Patel RM
Am J Perinatol 2016 Feb;33(3):318-28. Epub 2016 Jan 22 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1571202. PMID: 26799967Free PMC Article
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants.
Natarajan G, Shankaran S
Am J Perinatol 2016 Feb;33(3):305-17. Epub 2016 Jan 20 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1571150. PMID: 26788789
An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood.
Saigal S, Doyle LW
Lancet 2008 Jan 19;371(9608):261-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60136-1. PMID: 18207020

Diagnosis

A Review of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Cai X, Liebe HL, Golubkova A, Leiva T, Hunter CJ
Curr Pediatr Rev 2023;19(3):285-295. doi: 10.2174/1573396318666220805110947. PMID: 35929629
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis.
Flannery DD, Puopolo KM
Neoreviews 2022 Nov 1;23(11):756-770. doi: 10.1542/neo.23-10-e756. PMID: 36316253
Postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection in extremely premature infants: how best to manage?
Kadambari S, Whittaker E, Lyall H
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2020 May;105(3):334-339. Epub 2019 Oct 15 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317650. PMID: 31615830
Apnea of Prematurity.
Eichenwald EC; Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics
Pediatrics 2016 Jan;137(1) Epub 2015 Dec 1 doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3757. PMID: 26628729
Necrotizing enterocolitis.
Neu J, Walker WA
N Engl J Med 2011 Jan 20;364(3):255-64. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1005408. PMID: 21247316Free PMC Article

Therapy

Early enteral feeding in preterm infants.
Kwok TC, Dorling J, Gale C
Semin Perinatol 2019 Nov;43(7):151159. Epub 2019 Jul 24 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2019.06.007. PMID: 31443906
Antenatal corticosteroids for low and middle income countries.
Jobe AH, Kemp MW, Kamath-Rayne B, Schmidt AF
Semin Perinatol 2019 Aug;43(5):241-246. Epub 2019 Mar 18 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2019.03.012. PMID: 30979597
Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants.
McCall EM, Alderdice F, Halliday HL, Vohra S, Johnston L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Feb 12;2(2):CD004210. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004210.pub5. PMID: 29431872Free PMC Article
Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants.
Conde-Agudelo A, Díaz-Rossello JL
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Aug 23;2016(8):CD002771. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002771.pub4. PMID: 27552521Free PMC Article
Micafungin in premature and non-premature infants: a systematic review of 9 clinical trials.
Manzoni P, Wu C, Tweddle L, Roilides E
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014 Nov;33(11):e291-8. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000434. PMID: 24892849Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Association Between Oxygen Saturation Targeting and Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Oxygenation Prospective Meta-analysis Collaboration.
Askie LM, Darlow BA, Finer N, Schmidt B, Stenson B, Tarnow-Mordi W, Davis PG, Carlo WA, Brocklehurst P, Davies LC, Das A, Rich W, Gantz MG, Roberts RS, Whyte RK, Costantini L, Poets C, Asztalos E, Battin M, Halliday HL, Marlow N, Tin W, King A, Juszczak E, Morley CJ, Doyle LW, Gebski V, Hunter KE, Simes RJ; Neonatal Oxygenation Prospective Meta-analysis (NeOProM) Collaboration
JAMA 2018 Jun 5;319(21):2190-2201. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.5725. PMID: 29872859Free PMC Article
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants.
Patel RM
Am J Perinatol 2016 Feb;33(3):318-28. Epub 2016 Jan 22 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1571202. PMID: 26799967Free PMC Article
Medically indicated--iatrogenic prematurity.
Wong AE, Grobman WA
Clin Perinatol 2011 Sep;38(3):423-39. Epub 2011 Jul 23 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.06.002. PMID: 21890017
An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood.
Saigal S, Doyle LW
Lancet 2008 Jan 19;371(9608):261-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60136-1. PMID: 18207020
The basics of prematurity.
Kelly MM
J Pediatr Health Care 2006 Jul-Aug;20(4):238-44. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2006.01.001. PMID: 16831631

Clinical prediction guides

Preterm white matter injury: ultrasound diagnosis and classification.
Agut T, Alarcon A, Cabañas F, Bartocci M, Martinez-Biarge M, Horsch S; eurUS.brain group
Pediatr Res 2020 Mar;87(Suppl 1):37-49. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0781-1. PMID: 32218534Free PMC Article
How best to capture the respiratory consequences of prematurity?
Ciuffini F, Robertson CF, Tingay DG
Eur Respir Rev 2018 Mar 31;27(147) Epub 2018 Mar 14 doi: 10.1183/16000617.0108-2017. PMID: 29540497Free PMC Article
Early warning- and track and trigger systems for newborn infants: A review.
Mortensen N, Augustsson JH, Ulriksen J, Hinna UT, Schmölzer GM, Solevåg AL
J Child Health Care 2017 Mar;21(1):112-120. Epub 2017 Jan 19 doi: 10.1177/1367493516689166. PMID: 29119808
Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis.
Robinson JR, Rellinger EJ, Hatch LD, Weitkamp JH, Speck KE, Danko M, Blakely ML
Semin Perinatol 2017 Feb;41(1):70-79. Epub 2016 Nov 8 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.09.020. PMID: 27836422Free PMC Article
Troponin.
Ottinger D, Nash P
Neonatal Netw 2013 Sep-Oct;32(5):365-8. doi: 10.1891/0730-0832.32.5.365. PMID: 23985475

Recent systematic reviews

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Milk Feeding and Morbidity in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.
Miller J, Tonkin E, Damarell RA, McPhee AJ, Suganuma M, Suganuma H, Middleton PF, Makrides M, Collins CT
Nutrients 2018 May 31;10(6) doi: 10.3390/nu10060707. PMID: 29857555Free PMC Article
Neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm and very-low-birthweight infants born over the past decade: a meta-analytic review.
Pascal A, Govaert P, Oostra A, Naulaers G, Ortibus E, Van den Broeck C
Dev Med Child Neurol 2018 Apr;60(4):342-355. Epub 2018 Jan 19 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13675. PMID: 29350401
Intestinal dysbiosis in preterm infants preceding necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pammi M, Cope J, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Morrow AL, Mai V, Gregory KE, Kroll JS, McMurtry V, Ferris MJ, Engstrand L, Lilja HE, Hollister EB, Versalovic J, Neu J
Microbiome 2017 Mar 9;5(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s40168-017-0248-8. PMID: 28274256Free PMC Article
Interventions to improve gross motor performance in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: a meta-analysis.
Lucas BR, Elliott EJ, Coggan S, Pinto RZ, Jirikowic T, McCoy SW, Latimer J
BMC Pediatr 2016 Nov 29;16(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0731-6. PMID: 27899082Free PMC Article
Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants.
Conde-Agudelo A, Díaz-Rossello JL
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Aug 23;2016(8):CD002771. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002771.pub4. PMID: 27552521Free PMC Article

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