Background. Infants developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) show decreased cortisol
response to adrenocorticotropic hormone. A pilot study of low-dose hydrocortisone therapy …

Objectives. To evaluate the relationship between the severity of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
and circulating concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-8 …

BACKGROUND. Low cortisol concentrations in premature infants have been correlated with
increased severity of illness, hypotension, mortality, and development of bronchopulmonary …

Background/Purpose: Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (IFABP) is found within cells at the
tip of the intestinal, villi, an area commonly injured when necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) …

Background. Continuous noninvasive monitoring of arterial carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients would help clinicians avoid complications of …

Ventilator-induced lung injury in children and adults is characterized by an initial inflammatory
phase. To investigate whether the inflammatory cytokine, IL-I, plays a role in this process, …

Beginning in late 2019, a novel coronavirus labeled SARS-CoV-2 spread around the world,
affecting millions. The impact of the disease on patients and on health care delivery has …

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Objectives: To determine if tracheal lavage concentrations of the transcription factor NF-κB,
which is activated by risk factors associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and …

When Virginia Apgar, MD, proposed her now-universal scoring system for newborns in 1953,
her primary purpose was to get attention paid to the newborn because, as she wrote,“Nine …