Background: Preterm infants are especially vulnerable to pain. The intensive treatment often necessary for their survival unfortunately includes many painful interventions and procedures. Untreated pain can lead to both shortand long-term negative ...

Background: Cerebral ischemia generates neuroinflammation that can induce neural cell death. This cohort study assessed whether Fas-ligand (FasL) and interleukin (IL)-6 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) ...

Bakgrunnur Ágrip Börn sem verða fyrir súrefnisskorti í fæðingu og börn sem fæðast fyrir fulla meðgöngu eiga á hættu að lifa ekki af eða hljóta varanlegan heilaskaða. Hættan á þessum fylgikvillum hefur ekki minnkað á síðustu áratugum þrátt fyrir miklar ...

Neonatal foals respond poorly to conventional vaccines. These vaccines typically target T-helper (Th) cell dependent B-cell activation. However, Th2-cell immunity is impaired in foals during the first three months of life. In contrast, neonatal basophils ...

Seizures are the most common neurological emergency among neonates and if left untreated they can cause permanent brain damage. The current gold standard for neonatal seizure detection is continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) visually interpreted by a ...