The Human Genome Project and the technological and information advances that it enabled mark the shift in clinical genetics from an observational and descriptive field to one of precise molecular diagnosis with a growing repertoire of meaningful therapeutic interventions. In…
Part 1: Nutrition for the High-Risk Infant David H. Adamkin, Paula G. Radmacher Key Points 1. Begin intravenous amino acids in the first hours of life. 2. Consider using lipid emulsions early with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) (especially docosahexaenoic…
There are tiny, puny infants with great vitality. Their movements are untiring and their crying lusty, for their organs are quite capable of performing their allotted functions. These infants will live, for although their weight is inferior … their sojourn…
The transition from fetal to neonatal life is a dramatic and complex process involving extensive physiologic changes that are most obvious at the time of birth. Individuals who care for newly born infants during these first few minutes of neonatal…
Everything ought to be done to ensure that an infant be born at term, well developed, and in a healthy condition. But in spite of every care, infants are born prematurely. Pierre Budin, The Nursling Identification of the Pregnancy at…
Health care is viewed as a system, a network of interdependent components working together to accomplish a specific aim, which is to meet the needs of patients, families, and communities while constantly improving its performance. The quality of health care…