scholarly journals Surgical procedures performed in the neonatal intensive care unit on critically ill neonates: feasibility and safety

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Saquib Mallick ◽  
Abdul Monem Jado ◽  
Abdul Rahman Al-Bassam
PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 1025-1025
Author(s):  
N. R.C. Roberton

No one could be keener than I am on keeping the parents of neonatal intensive care unit patients fully informed. Furthermore, I would be the first to agree that there comes a time in critically ill patients of all ages and all sizes when it is wrong to continue with intensive care, and, like everyone else involved in neonatal intensive care, I have often done so, but only after full discussion with parents, the nurses, and my colleagues.


Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Rozeta Sokou ◽  
Georgios Ioakeimidis ◽  
Maria Lampridou ◽  
Abraham Pouliakis ◽  
Andreas G. Tsantes ◽  
...  

Background: We aimed to assess whether nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) count could serve as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for morbidity and mortality in critically ill neonates. Methods: The association between NRBCs count and neonatal morbidity and mortality was evaluated in an observational cohort of critically ill neonates hospitalized in our neonatal intensive care unit over a period of 69 months. The discriminative ability of NRBCs count as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers was evaluated by performing the Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve analysis. Results: Among 467 critically ill neonates included in the study, 45 (9.6%) of them experienced in-hospital mortality. No statistically significant difference was found with regards to NRBCs count between survivors and non-survivors, although the median value for NRBCs was sometimes higher for non-survivors. ROC curve analysis showed that NRBCs is a good discriminator marker for the diagnosis of perinatal hypoxia in neonates with area under the curve (AUC) [AUC 0.710; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.660–0.759] and predominantly in preterm neonates (AUC 0.921 (95% CI, 0.0849–0.0993)) by using a cut-off value of ≥11.2%, with 80% sensitivity and 88.7% specificity. NRBCs also revealed significant prognostic power for mortality in septic neonates (AUC 0.760 (95% CI, 0.631–0.888)) and especially in preterms with sepsis (AUC 0.816 (95% CI, 0.681–0.951)), with cut-off value ≥ 1%, resulting in 81.6% sensitivity and 78.1% specificity. Conclusion: NRBCs count may be included among the early diagnostic and prognostic markers for sick neonates.


Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 628
Author(s):  
Lukas Aichhorn ◽  
Erik Küng ◽  
Lisa Habrina ◽  
Tobias Werther ◽  
Angelika Berger ◽  
...  

Lung ultrasound makes use of artifacts generated by the ratio of air and fluid in the lung. Recently, an enormous increase of research regarding lung ultrasound emerged, especially in intensive care units. The use of lung ultrasound on the neonatal intensive care unit enables the clinician to gain knowledge about the respiratory condition of the patients, make quick decisions, and reduces exposure to ionizing radiation. In this narrative review, the possibilities of lung ultrasound for the stabilization and resuscitation of the neonate using the ABCDE algorithm will be discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Asep Deden Komara ◽  
Ezra Oktaliansah ◽  
Budiana Rismawan

Salah satu faktor risiko mortalitas pada neonatus yang menjalani operasi adalah regulasi cairan intraoperatif. Tujuan penelitian ini mengetahui angka mortalitas pada neonatus yang menjalani operasi berdasar atas kenaikan berat badan pascaoperasi yang dirawat di NICU. Metode penelitian adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan retrospektif. Penelitian ini melibatkan 95 subjek penelitian, yaitu neonatus yang menjalani operasi dan dirawat di NICU RSHS Bandung selama tahun 2010‒2015. Data diambil dari rekam medis, pengambilan data mulai tanggal 1 Februari–29 Maret 2017.  Subjek dibagi tiga kelompok, yaitu neonatus yang telah menjalani prosedur operasi yang mengalami kenaikan berat badan pascaoperasi kurang 10% (I), neonatus yang menjalani prosedur operasi yang mengalami kenaikan berat badan 10‒20% (II), dan kelebihan berat badan ≥20% (III). Neonatus pacaoperasi dengan kenaikan berat badan  ≤10% sebanyak  46 pasien dan yang meninggal  sebanyak 10 pasien pada  kenaikan  berat badan 10‒20%  sebanyak 38 pasien, pasien yang meninggal sebanyak 23 pasien, angka mortalitasnya sebesar 60,5%, sedangkan  pada pasien dengan kenaikan berat badan sama dengan atau lebih dari 20% sebanyak 11 pasien atau 11,5% yang meninggal  sebanyak 10 pasien, angka mortalitasnya sebesar 90,9%. Simpulan angka mortalitas pasien neonatus yang menjalani operasi di RSHS dan pascaoperasi dirawat di NICU RSHS selama periode 2010–2015 adalah 45,3%. Kata kunci: Kenaikan berat badan, mortalitas, neonatus The Mortality Rate in Neonatal Patients which Underwent Surgical Procedures-Defined by the Escalation of Postoperative Weight and Those Who were Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) One of the risk factors contributed to this number was the inappropriate management of intraoperative fluid resuscitation. The aim of this study is to understand the mortality rate in neonatal patients which underwent surgical procedures–defined by the escalation of postoperative weight and those who were admitted in NICU. The research method used in this study was a retrospective approach presented in a descriptive manner. The study involved 95 research subjects, which were neonatal patients which underwent surgical procedures and admitted in NICU RSHS Bandung from 2010‒2015. Data collection from Februari 1st–March 29th  2017. The research subjects were classified into three groups, neonatal patients which had escalation of weight postoperative less than 10% and underwent surgical procedure (I), neonatal patients which had escalation of weight postoperative ranging from 10‒20% and underwent surgical procedure (II), meanwhile consist of neonatal patients which had escalation of weight postoperative ≥20% and underwent surgical procedure (III). Result of the study showed there were 46 neonatal patients with 10% weight escalation and 10 out of 46 patients were ceased, meanwhile there were 38 neonatal patients with 10‒20% weight escalation and 23 out of 38 were ceased, and there were 11 neonatal patients with ≥20% weight escalation and 10 out of 11 were ceased. The conclusions of this study found a mortality rate of neonatal patients who underwent surgery and postoperative treated in  NICU RSHS during the period 2010 to 2015 is 45.3%. Key words: Weight gain, mortality, neonatal


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