Clinicians & Providers

• Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants (0-3 Months)
• Febrile Infants
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants
• Low Birth Weight
• Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
• Short Stature in Infants & Children
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• The Initial Maternal Cost of Providing 100 mL of Human Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Other Research & Data

• Black mothers skeptical of relationship between infant sleep position and SIDS
• Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants (0-3 Months)
• Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• Studies examine black mothers' choices for infant sleep position and location

Press Releases

January 24 2013 20130124

Intensive Care Units for Newborns in Nine States See Sharp Drop in Bloodstream Infections

October 18 2011 20111018

Birth Defects May Be Linked to High Blood Pressure, Not Use of ACE Inhibitors in Early Pregnancy

Other News & Events

• A standard enzyme assay may help screen for rickets in breast-fed infants not given vitamin D supplements
• Advantage of high survival rates among low-weight black infants has waned over time
• Birth defects may be linked to high blood pressure, not use of ACE inhibitors in early pregnancy
• Black mothers skeptical of relationship between infant sleep position and SIDS
• Both laparoscopic and open surgical techniques found effective for moving undescended testicles to normal position
• Certain factors can help prepare families to bring infants home from neonatal intensive care units
• Certain factors increase risk of medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Costs of congenital heart operations vary among hospitals
• Dilators more cost-effective than surgery for correcting congenital condition in females
• Factors linked to racial or ethnic disparities in U.S. fetal death rates differ among groups
• Hospitals vary widely in their use of dopamine and dobutamine in preterm/low birthweight neonates
• Human rhinovirus linked to bronchiolitis and upper respiratory infections among healthy term infants
• Japanese cultural beliefs linked to increased female infant mortality in 1966, the year of the fire horse
• Lack of folic acid supplementation for nonpregnant women means missed opportunities to prevent neural tube defects in children
• Many black parents believe soft bedding will keep their infants safe from sudden infant death syndrome
• Midwest hospitals lead in newborn male circumcision rates
• More research is needed on outcomes after maternal-fetal surgery
• Most American women experience complications during delivery
• Mother-infant interactions associated with use of health services
• Neighborhoods, abuse, and anxiety contribute to low birth weights
• New AHRQ evidence report published on inhaled nitric oxide therapy for preterm infants
• Prenatal screening for Group B streptococci often fails to live up to current screening and treatment guidelines
• Progestogens effective for preventing preterm births in single pregnancies
• Respiratory syncytial virus is more serious than the flu in young children
• Review examines Hepatitis C screening effects in adults
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• Studies examine black mothers' choices for infant sleep position and location
• Study identifies signals that may predict infant neurological impairment
• Uncertainty surrounds use of terbutaline to prevent preterm birth
• Vaginal births after cesarean are safe for most women