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Turning the Gaze from Survive to Thrive for Children in India: Learnings from Two Case Studies
Despite significant efforts and progress made in newborn care programs in India, implementation gaps persist across the continuum of care. The present case studies of two districts in Himachal Pradesh revealed...
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Time for Another Leap for Improving Newborn Survival in India
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The Hearing Status of Preterm Infant’s ≤ 34 Weeks as Revealed by Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Screening and Diagnostic Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA): A Tertiary Center Experience
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Gestational weight gain trajectories in GARBH–Ini pregnancy cohort in North India and a comparative analysis with global references
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Indian Academy of Pediatrics Position Paper on Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development
Early childhood development (ECD) refers to the physical, motor, socio-emotional, cognitive, and linguistic development of a young child. The ‘Countdown to 2030’ global distribution of ‘children at risk of poo...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic profile of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes after neonatal encephalopathy
A rapid and early diagnostic test to identify the encephalopathic babies at risk of adverse outcome may accelerate the development of neuroprotectants. We examined if a whole blood transcriptomic signature mea...
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Open AccessPrediction of nutritive sucking in preterm babies (<34 weeks) and preterm sucking readiness scale
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Ectopic Cervical Thymus in an Infant with Normal Orthotopic Thymus: Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management
Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare cause of solid cervical mass in the pediatric age group. The location of the mass along the path of thymic descent (thymopharyngeal duct), sonographic echo pattern and M...
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National Program for RMNCH + A: Newer Strategies for Improving the Newborn Health in India
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Early Aggressive Enteral Feeding in Neonates Weighing 750–1250 Grams: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Correlation of catch-up growth and Insulin-like Growth Factor -1 levels (IGF-I) in SGA babies.
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Open AccessHypothermia for encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries (HELIX): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Therapeutic hypothermia reduces death and disability after moderate or severe neonatal encephalopathy in high-income countries and is used as standard therapy in these settings. However, the safety and efficac...
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Open AccessZinc as an adjunct treatment for reducing case fatality due to clinical severe infection in young infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
An estimated 2.7 of the 5.9 million deaths in children under 5 years of age occur in the neonatal period. Severe infections contribute to almost a quarter of these deaths. Mortality due to severe infections in...
