• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.353-363
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• 2017

Purpose: Oral glucose and pH are known as critical indicators for the growth of microorganism inside the oral cavity. This study was performed to identify oral glucose and pH variances in the early postnatal days of newborns. Methods: An explorative study which included 67 newborns was conducted to measure the oral glucose and pH during the first three days of life. Oral secretions were collected every 8 hours for three days or 6 to 9 times immediately after birth up to discharge. Oral glucose and pH variances during the three days were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0. Results: Oral glucose was $30.66{\pm}22.01mg/dl$ at birth then increased to $54.77{\pm}27.96mg/dl$ at the third day of life (F=8.04, p<.001) while oral pH decreased from $7.35{\pm}0.36$ to $5.53{\pm}0.39$ during the three days (F=113.35, p<.001). Oral glucose and pH were related to gestational age, regurgitation, and maternal diabetic mellitus. A negative correlation was found between oral glucose and pH (r=-.34, p<.001). Conclusion: Oral glucose and pH can be utilized for oral health assessment in newborns. Further study is needed to explore the factors which influence oral glucose and pH in high-risk newborns.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.212-221
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• 2020

Purpose: Nursing protocols for glucose management are well known for both healthy term newborns and high-risk newborns. However, for less risky newborns who are under only observation surveillance, hypoglycemia could be overlooked unless clinical symptoms develop. Methods: A retrospective study was performed to explore factors influencing variations in glucose levels in 91 newborns who did not require any interventions, but were under nursing surveillance, at a level II neonatal intensive care unit. Data were retrieved from electrical medical records on glucose levels, demographic characteristics, and other clinical characteristics of newborns in their first day of life from January 2016 to May 2019. Results: Glucose levels tended to stabilize within the normal range (60~80 mg/dL) as time passed during the first day of life. Cesarean section, multiple gestation, abnormal growth, and later preterm birth were associated with low glucose levels in the first 2 hours of life. Thirty-one newborns experienced a hypoglycemic episode (< 45 mg/dL) during the first 24 hours of life. Conclusion: The findings of this study support the active encouragement of early feeding within 2 hours of birth and urgent adoption of a structural protocol for glucose surveillance in newborns with potential health problems immediately after birth.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.184-195
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the relationship between parental stress and nurses' communication as perceived by parents of high-risk newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: The participants were 54 parents of high-risk newborns in a NICU. Data were collected from January to March 2018. Parental stress and parents' perceptions of nurses' communication ability and styles were measured using a questionnaire. Results: The average scores for parental stress and nurses' communication ability were 3.39 and 4.38 respectively, on a 5-point scale. Parents most commonly reported that nurses showed a friendly communication style, followed by informative and authoritative styles. Mothers and fathers reported significantly different levels of parental stress. Parental stress showed a negative correlation with nurses' perceived verbal communication ability. Higher scores for nurses' verbal communication ability and for friendly and informative communication styles were associated with lower parental stress induced by the environment, the baby's appearance and behaviors, and treatments in the NICU. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that nurses need to offer proper information for parents and to support parents by encouraging them to express their emotions of stress and by providing parents with therapeutic communication and opportunities to participate in care.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2007

Hearing loss in newborns is the most frequently occurring birth defect. If hearing impaired children are not identified and managed early, it is difficult for many of them to acquire the fundamental language, social and cognitive skills that provide the foundation for later schooling and success in society. All newborns, both high and low risk, should be screened for hearing loss in the birth hospital prior discharge (Universal Newborn Heaing Screening, UNHS). Objective physiologic measures must be used to detect newborns and very young infants with hearing loss. Recent technological developments have produced screening methods and both evoked otoacoustic emission (EOAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) have been successfully implemented for UNHS. Audiologic evaluation should be carried out before 3 months of age and infants with confirmed hearing loss should receive intervention before 6 months of age. All infants who pass newborn hearing screening but who have risk indicators for other auditory disorders and/or speech and language delay receive ongoing audiologic surveillance and monitoring for communication development. Infants with sensorineural hearing loss are managed with hearing aids and receive auditory and speech-language rehabilitation therapies. Cochlear implants can be an outstanding option for certain children aged 12 months and older with severe to profound hearing loss who show limited benefit from conventional amplifications.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.176-185
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• 2002

Knowing the accurate GA is critical in nursing care of high-risk newborns. A descriptive study was performed to examine the reliability and clinical applicability of the new Ballard examination (NBE) in high-risk infants. Method: A NBE was performed to measure GA by assessing the neuromuscular and physical maturity in the course of physical examination of a convenient sample of 50 high-risk infants. Results: 1) There was a highly correlation between both the GA by LMP (GA-LMP) and GA by NBE (GA-NBE) (r = .894, p = .000) 2) There was a greater positive relationship in neuromuscular maturity than physical maturity in the GA-NBE of the high-risk newborn (r = .657 versus r = .915, p <. 05). 3) The high-risk infants were thoes with congenital anomalies, prematurity, and RDS(Respiratory Distress Syndrome). Male infants showed a higher neuromuscular maturity, compared to female infants. 4) There was a positive correlation between neuromuscular, physical, total maturity, GA-LMP and GA-NBE in the birth weight, 1 minute Apgar score. Conclusion: The study supports the reliability an clinical relevance of NBE in assessment of the accurate GA in high-risk infants.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2008

목 적 : 본 연구는 발열로 입원한 신생아 중 임상 경과가 불량했던 환자의 특징을 조사하고 입원 후 경과가 양호했던 환자와의 임상증상, 이학적 진찰 소견과 검사 결과를 비교하여 중증 감염의 가능성을 예측하는 척도로 이용할 수 있는지 평가하였다. 방 법 : 2000년부터 2006년까지 입원한 30일 이하의 만삭아 중 액와 체온으로 38$^{\circ}C$ 이상의 발열을 보인 123명을 대상으로 하였다. 산전 위험요인이 있었거나 선천성 기형아, 병원을 방문하기 전까지 항생제를 투여받거나 원내 감염이 의심되는 경우는 제외하였다. 입원기록을 후향적으로 검토하여 진단명과 임상경과를 기준으로 고위험군과 저위험군으로 분류하고 두 군 간에 증상, 진찰 소견 및 검사 결과를 비교하였다. 결 과 : 고위험군에는 30명(24.4%)이 포함되었고 진단명을 빈도순으로 나열하면 무균성 수막염, 요로감염, 세균성 수막염, 감염성 장염, 파종성 혈관내 응고장애를 동반한 패혈증, 균혈증, 폐렴, 연조직 감염, 제대 감염순이었다. 총 백혈구 수의 증가와 혈소판 감소증은 두군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였으나 C-반응 단백은 그렇지 않았다. 경련, 끙끙거림, 맥박수, 입원 전까지의 발열 일수, 총 발열 기간 및 입원시까지의 최고체온은 고위험군과 저위험군 사이에서 차이가 있었다. 결 론 : 본 저자들은 이전의 보고와 달리 배양검사 양성인 경우 외에도 임상적으로 명확한 패혈증이나 무균성 수막염 환자 등을 고위험군으로 포함시켰다. 그러나 이런 대상 선정의 차이에도 불구하고 두 군은 백혈구의 수의 증가, 혈소판 감소증 및 활력징후의 이상에서 유의한 차이를 보였다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2008

목 적 : 최근 여러 국가에서 빠르게 탠덤매스 신생아 선천성 대사이상질환 선별 프로그램을 채택하고 있으며 많은 질환들이 검출되고 있다. 본 기관에서는 2001년 4월부터 탠덤 매스 선천성 대사이상 질환 신생아 선별 검사를 시작하였다. 연구자들은 한국에서의 탠덤매스 선천성 대사이상질환 검출율 및 탠덤매스 유용성에 대해 평가하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 4월부터 2007년 12월까지 본원에서는 탠덤매스를 이용하여 신생아 및 고위험군에 대해 선별검사를 시행하였다. 검체로부터 아실카르틴과 아미노산을 추출하여 부탄올로 유도체화시킨 후 탠덤매스에 장착하여 분석하였다. 탠덤매스 선별검사 재검, 소변 유기산 및 혈장 아미노산 검사 등을 포함한 확진 검사는 개별적으로 시행되었다. 결 과 : 총 의뢰건수는 284,933건으로 신생아 251,799건 및 고위험군 33,134건이었다. 소환율은 0.4%(1158건)이었으며, 이들 중 true positive는 117건(0.04%)이었다. 아미노산 대사 이상 질환은 총 78건(25/53), 유기산 대사이상 질환은 총 27건(16/11건) 및 지방산 산화대사이상 질환은 총 12건(5/7건)으로 전체 질환에 대한 검출율은 신생아 1:5,000이었으며 전체군 1:2,000이었다. 결 론 : 탠덤매스 신생아 선별검사는 조기 진단 및 치료가 필요한 많은 선천성 대사이상질환의 검출을 용이하게 해주었다. 그러므로, 반드시 모든 신생아들에 대한 국가지원 탠덤매스 선별검사 확대 적용 및 추적관리 시스템이 구축이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 2001년도 제53차 추계 학술대회 연제집
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• pp.166-167
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• 2001

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.505-514
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• 2017

Purpose: Maintaining body temperature is a key vital function of human beings, but little is known about how body temperature of highrisk infants is sustained during early life after birth. The aim of this study was to describe hypothermia in high-risk infants during their first week of life and examine demographic, environmental, and clinical attributors of hypothermia. Methods: A retrospective longitudinal study was done from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. Medical records of 570 high-risk infants hospitalized at Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) of a university affiliated hospital were examined. Body temperature and related factors were assessed for seven days after birth. Results: A total of 336 events of hypothermia (212 mild and 124 moderate) occurred in 280 neonates (49.1%) and most events (84.5%) occurred within 24 hours after birth. Logistic regression analysis revealed that phototherapy (aOR=0.28, 95% CI=0.10-0.78), Apgar score at 5 minute (aOR=2.20, 95% CI=1.17-4.12), and intra-uterine growth retardation or small for gestational age (aOR=3.58, 95% CI=1.69-7.58) were statistically significant contributors to hypothermia. Conclusion: Findings indicate that high-risk infants are at risk for hypothermia even when in the NICU. More advanced nursing interventions are necessary to prevent hypothermia of high-risk infants.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2003

Background : The SCL began screening of newborns and high risk group blood spots with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in April 2001. Our goal was to determine approximate prevalence of metabolic disorders, optimization of decision criteria for estimation of preventive effect with early diagnosis. This report describes the ongoing effort to identify more than 30 metabolic disorders by MS/MS in South Korea. Methods : Blood spot was collected from day 2 to 30 (mostly from day 2 to 10) after birth for newborn. Blood spot of high risk group was from the pediatric patients in NICU, developmental delay, mental retardation, strong family history of metabolic disorders. One punch (3.2 mm ID) of dried blood spots was extracted with $150{\mu}L$ of methanol containing isotopically labelled amino acids (AA) and acylcarnitines (AC) internal standards. Butanolic HCl was added and incubated at $65^{\circ}C$ for 15 min. The butylated extract was introduced into the inlet of MS/MS. Neutral loss of m/z 102 and parent ion mode of m/z 85 were set for the analyses of AA and AC, respectively. Diagnosis was confirmed by repeating acylcarnitine profile, urine organic acid and plasma amino acid analysis, direct enzyme assay, or molecular testing. Results : Approximately 31,000 neonates and children were screened and the estimated prevalence (newborn/high risk group), sensitivity, specificity and recall rate amounted to 1:2384/1:2066, 96.55%, 99.98%, and 0.73%, respectively. Confirmed 28 (0.09%) multiple metabolic disorders (newborn/high risk) were as follows; 13 amino acid disorders [classical PKU (3/4), BH4 deficient-hyperphenylalaninemia (0/1), Citrullinemia (1/0), Homocystinuria (0/2), Hypermethioninemia (0/1), Tyrosinemia (1/0)], 8 organic acidurias [Propionic aciduria (2/1), Methylmalonic aciduria (0/1), Isovaleric aciduria (1/1), 3-methylcrotonylglycineuria (1/0), Glutaric aciduria type1 (1/0)], 7 fatty acid oxidation disorders [LCHAD def. (2/2), Mitochondrial TFP def. (0/1), VLCAD def. (1/0), LC3KT def. (0/1). Conclnsion : The relatively normal development of 10 patients with metabolic disorders among newborns (except for the expired) demonstrates the usefulness of newborn screening by MS/MS for early diagnosis and medical intervention. However, close coordination between the MS/MS screening laboratory and the metabolic clinic/biochmical geneticists is needed to determine proper decision of screening parameters, confirmation diagnosis, follow-up scheme and additional tests.