Despite recognized health benefits for both mothers and infants, significant disparities still
exist in the rates of breastfeeding in the United States. Major organizations representing the …

The nutritional and immunologic properties of human milk, along with clear evidence of dose-
dependent optimal health outcomes for both mothers and infants, provide a compelling …

Phototherapy in neonates for treatment of pathological jaundice is an effective therapeutic
tool that is widely used in neonatal units. Over the past years, a greater concern has …

Objective To characterize home phototherapy treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and
assess the risk factors associated with the need for hospital admission during or after home …

When exposed to light, bilirubin undergoes photoisomerization which are water-soluble and
can be excreted in bile and urine. Photoisomerization starts as soon as the lights turned on …

Giriş: Çocuğun hastaneye yatması hem çocuk hem de ebeveynleri için stresli bir durumdur.
Hastaneye yatışlar; aile üyelerinin günlük rutinlerini, aile içindeki rollerini ve görevlerini …

In mammalian reproductive physiology, lactation follows pregnancy; growing evidence
suggests that disruption of this physiology affects a woman's lifetime risk of metabolic …

Introduction Neonatal jaundice is common, especially in premature infants. Compliance
treatment protocols with standard serum bilirubin curves force the clinician to separate the …

Background The kangaroo-mother care method (KMC) is a skin-to-skin contact-centered
care approach with numerous benefits for neonates, but its impact on the treatment of …

Introducción La ictericia neonatal es frecuente en los prematuros. El tratamiento oportuno
actual con curvas estándar para fototerapia lleva al clínico a separar al bebé de su madre …