scholarly journals An outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital in Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise von Dolinger de Brito ◽  
Elias José Oliveira ◽  
Vânia O. Steffen Abdallah ◽  
Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini ◽  
Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
University Hospital

scholarly journals Food safety and quality of distribution of raw human milk from a University Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-556
Author(s):  
Marina Aparecida da Silva MORENO ◽  
Lucíola Sant’Anna de CASTRO ◽  
Ana Cristina Freitas de Vilhena ABRÃO ◽  
Kelly Pereira COCA
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Milk Analysis

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the quality of raw human milk distributed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital of the city of São Paulo. Methods A cross-sectional study with raw human milk samples from mothers who attended the Human Milk Collection Station of a University Hospital, analyzed between May 2016 and January 2017, excluding mothers of twins. The quality of the raw human milk was assessed by verifying the presence of dirt, the coloration of the milk, the titratable acidity using the Dornic method, and through its energy content. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used for the analysis of the energy profile and the degree of Dornic acidity, according to the stage of the raw human milk and the gestational age of the child. Results The study was composed of 40 samples of 40 different women, with a mean age of 27 years, an average of 11.8 years of education, most of them were multiparous and with a partner. Regarding milk analysis, 55.0% was classified as colostrum, 27.5% as mature milk and 17.5% as transitional milk. All samples presented negative results for dirt and normal coloration. The mean milk acidity was 3.24º Dornic and most of the samples were classified as hypercaloric energy content. There was no association between the lactation stage and gestational age with the acidity value and energy content. Conclusion The quality of raw human milk distributed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the institution evaluated was considered adequate and the samples analyzed had a high energy content and excellent Dornic acidity.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Risk Factors Associated with Hearing Loss of Infants Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A 13-Year Experience in a University Hospital in Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8082
Author(s):  
Kyu Young Choi ◽  
Bum Sang Lee ◽  
Hyo Geun Choi ◽  
Su-Kyoung Park
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Brainstem Response

Early detection of hearing loss in neonates is important for normal language development, especially for infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) because the infants in NICU have a higher incidence of hearing loss than healthy infants. However, the risk factors of hearing loss in infants admitted to the NICU have not been fully acknowledged, especially in Korea, although they may vary according to the circumstances of each country and hospital. In this study, the risk factors of hearing loss in NICU infants were analyzed by using the newborn hearing screening (NHS) and the diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) test results from a 13-year period. A retrospective chart review was performed using a list of NICU infants who had performed NHS from 2004 to 2017 (n = 2404) in a university hospital in Korea. For the hearing loss group, the hearing threshold was defined as 35 dB nHL or more in the ABR test performed in infants with a ‘refer’ result in the NHS. A four multiple number of infants who had passed the NHS test and matched the age and gender of the hearing loss group were taken as the control group. Various patient factors and treatment factors were taken as hearing loss related variables and were analyzed and compared. From the 2404 infants involved, the prevalence of hearing loss was 1.8% (n = 43). A comparison between the hearing loss group (n = 43) and the control group (n = 172) revealed that history of sepsis, peak total bilirubin, duration of vancomycin use, days of phototherapy, and exposure to loop-inhibiting diuretics were significantly different, and can be verified as significant risk factors for hearing loss in NICU infants.

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