KEY POINTS 1. All organizations, be it in healthcare or in any other sector(s) of society, strive for effective, potentially transformational leadership. 2. In any health-care system, infants receiving care in neonatal intensive care units are often the most vulnerable…
KEY POINTS 1. Diabetes in pregnant women can be visualized in two distinct subsets: 1% to 2% of women have pregestational disease, whereas 6% to 9% develop diabetes during pregnancy. 2. In mothers with pregestational or early-onset diabetes, placental vasculopathy…
KEY POINTS 1. Human milk is an important source of nutrients, immunologic factors, and pre- and probiotic factors for preterm and critically ill infants for up to 6 months after birth. 2. Human milk has positive effects on enhanced maturation…
KEY POINTS 1. The female breast develops with chronologic maturation, during pregnancy, and with major physiologic/endocrine changes in preparation for lactation after delivery. 2. Care providers need to begin preparing pregnant women for lactation during antenatal visits by providing information…