Struggling to Understand the NEC Spectrum—Could the Integration of Metabolomics, Clinical-Laboratory Data, and Other Emerging Technologies Help Diagnosis?

Autor: Kosmas Sarafidis, Eleni Agakidou, Angeliki Kontou, Charalampos Agakidis, Josef Neu

Publikováno v: Metabolites, Vol 14, Iss 10, p 521 (2024)

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most prevalent and potentially fatal intestinal injury mainly affecting premature infants, with significant long-term consequences for those who survive. This review explores the scale of the problem, highlighti

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Intertemporal Improvement in Physicians’ Perceptions of the Short-Term Adverse Outcomes of Neonatal Pain: Results of a Two-Time-Point National Survey

Autor: Eleni Agakidou, Angeliki Kontou, Theodora Stathopoulou, Maria Farini, Agathi Thomaidou, Konstantina Tsoni, William Chotas, Kosmas Sarafidis

Publikováno v: Children, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 471 (2024)

Pain in early life may seriously impact neonatal outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate whether the perceptions of physicians working in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of the short-term adverse outcomes associated with neonatal pain have chang

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Knowledge and attitudes of medical students about clinical aspects of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Greece

Autor: Sofia Benou, Eleftheria Hatzidaki, Anna Kalaintzi, Ioanna Grivea, Maria Baltogianni, Vasileios Giapros, Agathi Thomaidou, Kosmas Sarafidis, Sofia Tsichla, Xenophon Sinopidis, Eleni Papachatzi, Aggeliki Karatza, Maria Lagadinou, Theodore Dassios, Gabriel Dimitriou, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Despoina Gkentzi

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 10 (2023)

IntroductionCytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most frequent cause of congenital infection worldwide causing severe morbidity in newborns, infants, and children. Despite the clinical importance of congenital CMV (cCMV) infection, studies conducted so far i

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Patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized neonates and young infants with sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort study (NeoOBS).

Autor: Neal J Russell, Wolfgang Stöhr, Nishad Plakkal, Aislinn Cook, James A Berkley, Bethou Adhisivam, Ramesh Agarwal, Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Manica Balasegaram, Daynia Ballot, Adrie Bekker, Eitan Naaman Berezin, Davide Bilardi, Suppawat Boonkasidecha, Cristina G Carvalheiro, Neema Chami, Suman Chaurasia, Sara Chiurchiu, Viviane Rinaldi Favarin Colas, Simon Cousens, Tim R Cressey, Ana Carolina Dantas de Assis, Tran Minh Dien, Yijun Ding, Nguyen Trong Dung, Han Dong, Angela Dramowski, Madhusudhan Ds, Ajay Dudeja, Jinxing Feng, Youri Glupczynski, Srishti Goel, Herman Goossens, Doan Thi Huong Hao, Mahmudul Islam Khan, Tatiana Munera Huertas, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Daniel Jarovsky, Nathalie Khavessian, Meera Khorana, Angeliki Kontou, Tomislav Kostyanev, Premsak Laoyookhon, Sorasak Lochindarat, Mattias Larsson, Maia De Luca, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Nivedita Mondal, Nitu Mundhra, Philippa Musoke, Marisa M Mussi-Pinhata, Ruchi Nanavati, Firdose Nakwa, Sushma Nangia, Jolly Nankunda, Alessandra Nardone, Borna Nyaoke, Christina W Obiero, Maxensia Owor, Wang Ping, Kanchana Preedisripipat, Shamim Qazi, Lifeng Qi, Tanusha Ramdin, Amy Riddell, Lorenza Romani, Praewpan Roysuwan, Robin Saggers, Emmanuel Roilides, Samir K Saha, Kosmas Sarafidis, Valerie Tusubira, Reenu Thomas, Sithembiso Velaphi, Tuba Vilken, Xiaojiao Wang, Yajuan Wang, Yonghong Yang, Liu Zunjie, Sally Ellis, Julia A Bielicki, A Sarah Walker, Paul T Heath, Mike Sharland

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 6, p e1004179 (2023)

BackgroundThere is limited data on antibiotic treatment in hospitalized neonates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to describe patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and clinical outcomes, and to develop a severity score predictin

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Strong Association between Inotrope Administration and Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Gestational Age, and the Use of Fentanyl in Very Low Gestational Age Infants: A Retrospective Study

Autor: Theodora Stathopoulou, Eleni Agakidou, Christos Paschaloudis, Angeliki Kontou, Ilias Chatzioannidis, Kosmas Sarafidis

Publikováno v: Children, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1667 (2023)

This was a single center, retrospective cohort study designed to evaluate the association between the administration of inotropes to hypotensive very low gestational age infants (VLGAI) and prenatal and neonatal risk factors. Inpatient medical record

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