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Premature Infants: Latest Advances and Prospects
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Premature Infants: Latest Advances and Prospects

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2652

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Deepak Jain

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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Interests: general neonatology; neonatal–perinatal medicine; continuous positive airway pressure; mechanical ventilation; airway management; respiratory physiology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Significant strides are continuously being made in the field of neonatal–perinatal medicine for the care of preterm infants. The focus in the second half of the last century was on improving survival and reducing severe morbidities with the help of antenatal steroids, surfactant replacement, and improved overall postnatal care; however, more recent advances have focused on reducing morbidities, improving longer-term outcomes, and better understanding the mechanisms of prematurity-associated complications. These advances include novel therapeutics such as stem cell therapy and probiotics; the use of newer diagnostic strategies such as machine learning, functional MRI, and point-of-care ultrasound; and advances in the monitoring and delivery of neonatal resuscitation.

This Special Issue, “Premature infants: Latest advances and prospects”, aims to advance current knowledge of contemporary strategies for improving the care of preterm infants. We welcome novel research studies from the bench to clinical practice, as well as reviews and commentaries, focusing on recent global advances in this field.  

Dr. Deepak Jain
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • premature infants
  • general neonatology
  • stem cell therapy
  • probiotics
  • neonatal–perinatal medicine
  • neonatal resuscitation
  • continuous positive airway pressure
  • mechanical ventilation
  • airway management
  • functional MRI
  • respiratory physiology novel therapeutics

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Neonatal Care Unit Interventions on Preterm Development
by Alexia Séassau, Pascale Munos, Catherine Gire, Barthélémy Tosello and Isabelle Carchon
Children 2023, 10(6), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060999 - 02 Jun 2023
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Abstract
Prematurity is becoming a real public health issue as more and more children are being born prematurely, alongside a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Early intervention programs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) correspond to these uni- or multi-sensorial solicitations aiming to prevent [...] Read more.
Prematurity is becoming a real public health issue as more and more children are being born prematurely, alongside a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Early intervention programs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) correspond to these uni- or multi-sensorial solicitations aiming to prevent and detect complications in order to support the development of preterm infants. This article aims to distinguish sensory intervention programs according to the gradient of the type of solicitations, uni- or multi-modal, and according to the function of the person who performs these interventions. Uni-sensorial interventions are essentially based on proprioceptive, gustatory, or odorant solicitations. They allow, in particular, a reduction of apneas that support the vegetative states of the preterm infant. On the other hand, the benefits of multi-sensory interventions seem to have a longer-term impact. Most of them allow the support of the transition from passive to active feeding, an increase in weight, and the improvement of sleep-wake cycles. These solicitations are often practiced by caregivers, but the intervention of parents appears optimal since they are the main co-regulators of their preterm child’s needs. Thus, it is necessary to co-construct and train the parents in this neonatal care. Full article
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