Severe Bacillus cereus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Machado ◽  
Albina Silva ◽  
Maria J. Magalhães ◽  
Carla Sá ◽  
Eduarda Abreu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Immunocompromised Status

AbstractInfections of the central nervous system (CNS) in neonates with very low birth weight (VLBW) may have major clinical consequences due to their immunocompromised status.

Is It a New Syndrome or Due to Overstimulation in the ICU?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-324
Author(s):  
JEAN GARDNER COLE
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
The Central Nervous System

To the Editor.— A recent article by Perlman and Volpe in Pediatrics1 described a new syndrome of movement disorder in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. I should like to take issue with these findings and feel that what Perlman and Volpe are describing is actually infants responding behaviorally to an overstimulating environment. This "new syndrome" is, I feel, what Als calls "the consequence of a mismatch of extrauterine environment and the capacity of the central nervous system of the fetal neonate which is adapted for an intrauterine existence"2 to deal with the onslaught of stimulation which it encounters in the noisy, chaotic environment of the average Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The behaviors described in the article are seen routinely in preterm infants responding behaviorally to overstimulation.3 These behaviors become learned maladaptive responses to stress. They can be prevented or ameliorated by the provision of a more supportive environment, one which recognizes early signs of behavioral disorganization and responds by reducing the cause of the overstimulation, be it auditory, visual, tactile, or kinesthetic.4-6

Fathers' Visitation of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during the First Week of Life

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khushbu Patel ◽  
Lindsay Cortright ◽  
Dmitry Tumin ◽  
John A. Kohler
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Neonates ◽  
Vlbw Infants ◽  
Extremely Preterm

Abstract Background The perceived fragility of extremely preterm neonates may deter paternal visitation early during the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay. We retrospectively analyzed the correlation between paternal visitation of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in our NICU and sociodemographic characteristics. Study Design We identified inborn VLBW infants admitted to our NICU from 2017 to 2018. The rate of visit days in the first week of life was analyzed using Spearman's correlation and Poisson's regression. Results The analysis included 292 infants (median gestational age [GA]: 29 weeks), with fathers present on a median of 3 days of the first week of life. GA was not correlated with visitation (rho = –0.04). On multivariable regression, fathers visited less frequently if they did not live with the mother or if the mother lived 25 to 75 km from the hospital versus < 25 km. Conclusion Fathers' visitation in our NICU was constrained by socioeconomic factors rather than VLBW infants' characteristics.

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