Nosocomial or hospital acquired infections threaten the survival and neurodevelopmental
outcomes of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and increase cost of care …

Background Babies differ from older children with regard to their exposure to severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, data describing the effect of …

Although infrequent, respiratory viral infections (RVIs) during birth hospitalization have a
significant impact on short-and long-term morbidity in term and preterm neonates. RVI have …

Background Sibling visits to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are a part of family‐
centered care, which is now being increasingly endorsed as a positive development in …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, is the most common chronic lung disease in infants.
Genetic predisposition and developmental vulnerability secondary to antenatal and …

Although the threat of viral respiratory infection has been underscored by the current
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, respiratory viruses have a significant …

Background Hospital‐acquired pneumonia is one of the most common hospital‐acquired
infections in children worldwide. Most of our understanding of hospital‐acquired pneumonia …

Visitor restriction policies are meant to prevent health care-acquired viral infections;
however, data on their efficacy in hospitalized children are limited. We report a 37 …

Objective To determine frequency of hospital-acquired viral respiratory infections (HA-VRI)
and associated outcomes in a NICU. Study design Prospective cohort study conducted from …

OBJECTIVETo determine whether the use of enhanced isolation precautions (droplet and
contact precautions) for inpatients with respiratory tract viral infections is associated with a …