The birth of a baby is thrilling for parents. But the delivery room can be confusing with medical personnel and lots of monitors. A number of screenings for newborns are given right away, including ...

To encourage use of skin-to-skin contact with all healthy term infants during the first two hours of life and throughout their mothers' postpartum hospitalization, an easy, rapid newborn assessment ...

Vol. 43, No. 5/6, Organization and Stability of Newborn Behavior: A Commentary on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale (1978), pp. 14-28 (15 pages) Research on the Brazelton Neonatal ...

Program and abstracts of Cardiology 2012, the 16th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease; February 22-26, 2012; Orlando, Florida. Abstract 506. Newborns in the cardiac ...

Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers. Several studies suggest that the ...

Research on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale is presented in a series of reports from eight laboratories. The first two reports discuss the rationale and a priori organization of the ...

Some researchers have used a more liberal definition of the neonatal abstinence syndrome that includes exposure to nonopioid substances. This can be problematic because the assessment tools for the ...

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on neurobehavioral and electrophysiological functioning of preterm infants ...

Signs of cerebral palsy in a newborn may include abnormal movements and stiff or floppy muscles. Doctors usually diagnose the condition when a child is older. Symptoms of cerebral palsy can first ...

A newborn baby suffering from a rare and life-threatening heart defect has made a remarkable recovery after undergoing ...