Background and purpose: Several promising non-pharmacological interventions have been developed to reduce acute pain in preterm infants including skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her infant. However, variability ...

The National Neonatal Screening Program (NNSP) set up in all Brazil, aims, through planned phases of local implementation, to detect diseases such as phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, hemoglobinopathies and cystic ...

The National Neonatal Screening Program (NNSP) set up in all Brazil, aims, through planned phases of local implementation, to detect diseases such as phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, hemoglobinopathies and cystic ...

Objectives To estimate, by neonatal screening, the birth prevalence of congenital toxoplasmosis among live-born infants in Sergipe state, Brazil, and to investigate the clinical features of affected infants. Methods Dried ...

individuals likely to have certain diseases , making diagnosis at an early stage and instituting specific treatment to avoid serious consequences and increase survival of affected infants. The knowledge that the mother has ...

Women facing motherhood for the first time bring with it a range of sensations that negatively reflect on the process of care for the newborn, among which are: anxiety, fear, insecurity, lack of knowledge and skills to ...

Sickle cell disease , the most common hereditary disease in Brazil , is a public health issue . In Brazil the disease is prevalent among blacks and browns and rarely among whites . It is characterized by the predominance ...