Inserting, monitoring, and maintaining peripheral venous access is an integral component of neonatal nursing care. Although complications associated with peripheral vascular devices are typically ...

Background Regarding the close association between neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and occurrence of pathological jaundice as a cause of neurotoxicity and kernicterus, the present study aimed to evaluate ...

The measurement of the concentration of hydrogen ions, pH, is another important consideration when evaluating a medication's risk of infiltration or extravasation. A normal pH of blood is between ...

Dystocia may occur with maternal or fetal causes. Maternal causes include primary uterine inertia, birth canal obstruction, ...

Daniels says the shortage of brand name drugs like glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications to treat diabetes and obesity ...

It is rapidly cleared following intravenous administration.10 Asialo EPO has also been shown to be neuroprotective in a neonatal animal model.10 11 Studies of the neuroprotective effect of EPO in ...

Substantial international variation exists in the management of HDFN, particularly in exchange transfusion and intravenous immunoglobulin use. Significant variability was observed in the postnatal ...

“My son’s lips, at this point, started to turn blue. He also had a febrile seizure, which is why his body was stiff and ...

Certain nausea medicines, such as pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and Unisom (doxylamine), are safe to take during pregnancy to help ...

It’s hard to tell the difference between the stomach flu and food poisoning—but medical experts say there are a few clues ...

Sometimes before birth, an ultrasound performed on the pregnant mother may show “absent stomach,” in which there is no air in the stomach or too much amniotic fluid (liquid surrounding an unborn baby ...