scholarly journals Design of an Integrated Sensor Platform for Vital Sign Monitoring of Newborn Infants at Neonatal Intensive Care Units

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Sidarto Bambang Oetomo ◽  
Loe Feijs ◽  
Sibrecht Bouwstra ◽  
Idowu Ayoola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Vital Sign ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Integrated Sensor ◽  
Sensor Platform

Through the Looking Glass—Or, Look Before You Leap

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1001-1003
Author(s):  
GEORGE CASSADY
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Chest Tubes ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care ◽  
Deep Thought ◽  
Looking Glass

Nurses are now so active in newborn intensive care units that exchange transfusions, lumbar punctures, vascular catheterizations, placement of chest tubes, and many other complex and complicated but time-consuming procedures need no longer burden the busy physician. According to the neonatologists in charge, specially educated nurses are independently performing these and many other tasks in most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Assuming that similar practices exist in those units not assessed and that nurses are in fact doing what the neonatologists say they are, these amazing observations deserve careful study and deep thought by all who care for newborn infants.

Early warning- and track and trigger systems for newborn infants

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolay Mortensen ◽  
Johan Henrik Augustsson ◽  
Jorunn Ulriksen ◽  
Unni Tveit Hinna ◽  
Georg M Schmölzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Respiratory Rate ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Early Warning Scores

Tools for clinical assessment and escalation of observation and treatment are insufficiently established in the newborn population. We aimed to provide an overview over early warning- and track and trigger systems for newborn infants and performed a nonsystematic review based on a search in Medline and Cinahl until November 2015. Search terms included ‘infant, newborn’, ‘early warning score’, and ‘track and trigger’. Experts in the field were contacted for identification of unpublished systems. Outcome measures included reference values for physiological parameters including respiratory rate and heart rate, and ways of quantifying the extent of deviations from the reference. Only four neonatal early warning scores were published in full detail, and one system for infants with cardiac disease was considered as having a more general applicability. Temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, SpO2, capillary refill time, and level of consciousness were parameters commonly included, but the definition and quantification of ‘abnormal’ varied slightly. The available scoring systems were designed for term and near-term infants in postpartum wards, not neonatal intensive care units. In conclusion, there is a limited availability of neonatal early warning scores. Scoring systems for high-risk neonates in neonatal intensive care units and preterm infants were not identified.

scholarly journals Infecções fúngicas em prematuros por leveduras do gênero malassezia

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2836
Author(s):  
Davi Porfirio da Silva ◽  
Itala Letice Pereira Lessa ◽  
Mirelle Alessandra Silva de Medeiros ◽  
Glaucia Alyne Nunes de Lacerda ◽  
Mércia Lisieux Vaz da Costa Mascarenhas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Premature Infant ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Premature Neonates ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Malassezia Spp

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar em recém-nascidos prematuros internados em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal por infecções fúngicas causadas por leveduras do gênero Malassezia. Método: trata-se de estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa, desenvolvido em seis etapas, com busca de artigos entre dezembro de 2017 e janeiro de 2018, nas bases de dados LILACS, BDENF, Science Direct, Medline e no Portal de Periódicos CAPES. Interpretaram-se os resultados e se sintetizou o conhecimento de forma crítica e descritiva. Resultados: incluíram-se 12 estudos publicados em inglês (84,61%), espanhol (7,69%) e francês (7,69%). Conclusão: considerou-se que o Malassezia spp. pode ser responsável pela colonização e infecção, cutânea e sanguínea, em neonatos prematuros hospitalizados, destacando-se as espécies M. fufur e M. pachydermatis. Recomenda-se a necessidade de mais estudos. Descritores: Malassezia; Microbiota Fungemia; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal; Recém-Nascido Prematuro; Nutrição Parenteral. ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze in newborn infants hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Units for fungal infections caused by yeasts of the genus Malassezia. Method: this is a bibliographical study, descriptive of integrative review, developed in six stages, with search of articles between December 2017 and January 2018, LILACS, BDENF, Science Direct, Medline and Portal of Journals CAPES. The results were interpreted and synthesized the knowledge critically and descriptive. Results: we included 12 studies published in English (84.61%), Spanish (7.69%) and French (7.69%). Conclusion: it was considered that the Malassezia spp. may be responsible for the colonization and infection, skin and blood, in hospitalized premature neonates, highlighting the species M. fufur and M. pachydermatis. It is recommended the need for further studies.Descriptors: Malassezia; Microbiota; Fungemia, Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Premature Infant; Parenteral Nutrition.RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar en neonatos hospitalizados en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales infecciones fúngicas causadas por levaduras del género Malassezia. Método: este es un estudio bibliográfico, descriptivo, examen integrador, desarrollado en seis etapas, con búsqueda de artículos entre diciembre de 2017 y enero de 2018 BDENF, Lilacs, Medline, Science Direct, Portal de Periódicos y CAPES. Los resultados son interpretados y sintetizan el conocimiento crítico y descriptivo. Resultados: se incluyeron 12 estudios publicados en inglés (84,61%), español (7,69%) y francés (7,69%). Conclusión: se consideró que la Malassezia spp. puede ser responsable de la colonización e infección, la piel y la sangre, en neonatos prematuros hospitalizados, destacando las especies M. fufur y M. pachydermatis. Se recomienda la necesidad de más estudios. Descriptores: Malassezia; Microbiota; Fungemia; Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal; Recien Nacido Prematuro; Nutrición Parenteral. 

YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTELERİNDE İŞ KAZALARI RİSKLERİ VE NEDENLERİNE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haluk Tanrıverdi ◽  
Orhan Akova ◽  
Nurcan Türkoğlu Latifoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to demonstrate the relationship between the qualifications of neonatal intensive care units of hospitals (physical conditions, standard applications, employee qualifications and use of personal protective equipment) and work related causes and risks, employee related causes and risks when occupational accidents occur. Accordingly, a survey was prepared and was made among 105 nurses working in 3 public and 3 private hospital's neonatal intensive care units, in the January of 2010. The survey consists of questions about the qualifications of neonatal intensive care units, work related causes and risks, and employee related causes and risks. From the regression analysis conducted, it has been found that confirmed hypotheses in several studies in the literature were not significant in this study. The sub-dimensions in which relationships has been found show that the improvement of the physical environment in workplace, the improvement of the employee qualifications and standard applications can reduce the rate of occupational accidents. According to the results of this study management should take care of the organizational factors besides to improvement of the physical environment in workplace, the improvement of the employee qualifications and standard applications.

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