Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 3 (2010) 325–331 DOI 10.3233/NPM-2010-0132 IOS Press 325 Sucrose as an analgesic in relieving procedural pain in neonates Srijana Basnet∗, Laxman Shrestha and Prakash Sundar Shrestha Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal Received 1 January 2010 Revised 29 June 2010 Accepted 27 July 2010 Abstract. Objective: This study was undertaken to study physiological and behavioral pain responses of neonates and to assess the analgesic
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The functions of attachment have often been contested and challenged over time, with the field radicalising over the years. Bowlby suggested that attachment in infants is due to the evolutionary pressures put on them; this essentially means the need to carry on our genetic line. When some young animals are born they seek proximity to their mother, they do this as a form of security, mainly to protect themselves from predators. In doing so, they are more likely to reach adulthood, and become able
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India has the world's highest percentage (21%) of under-five deaths, estimated at 1726000 in 2009 owing to its large population1. The country has managed to reduce the under-five mortality rate from 118 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 63 per 1000 live births in 2010. This average annual rate of decline at 3.1% is considered insufficient to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 of reducing under-five mortality to 39 per 1000 live births by 20152. These figures however do not reveal the huge inequities
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TASK 1 ESSAY PLAN Introduction Definition of Play and play types Play theories Infant development Play in a home setting and parent’s influence Adult support in play Play at an Early years Foundation setting Role of practitioners Montessori practice and principles, uniting work and play Influence on physical, social, cognitive and emotional development Conclusion TASK 2 INTRODUCTION Play is a crucial element in children’s learning and development, especially in their formative
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Disease Control and Prevention Infants safety environment * Many accidents with the babies happened at home and the most often it is falls and playing with small objects * After falls infants can have brain damage which can lead to death. * Baby can chocking, while playing with small objects and small toys by swallow, * Successful solutions Training in child development. In service training of Infant and Toddler: Health and safety * The infant and toddler curriculum is based
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fit to kill infants that were deformed or weak. In addition, many newborn infants were subjected to very harsh treatment and neglect. The textbook, Protecting Our Children: Understanding and Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Early Childhood (2010), explains how early cultures viewed infants, “Children of Greece and Rome were not given names until they were several days or months old…Spartans required infants to be exposed to the elements after birth…Ancient Chinese culture required infants to be left
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more likely women. Young women had an increase for pregnancy because of them were always sexually active. The problem for young women who became pregnant was that fewer men followed through on their promise of sticking through the childhood of that infant. Newborns entering at this period of time was
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haemoglobin, which a substance in red blood cells, so that they cannot carry oxygen to body tissues (Mayo Clinic, 2014). Yong children and pregnant and postpartum women are the most commonly and severely affected because of the high iron demands of infant growth and pregnancy. IDA in pregnancy can be a risk factor for preterm delivery and subsequent low birth weight, and possibly for inferior neonatal health (Allen, 2000). This essay will discuss some of the causes and effects of iron deficiency anaemia
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Comment on the factors that affect fertility Fertility: the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in 1 year. It is also the average number of children each woman in a population will bear. In some areas, for example in LEDC countries (Kenya), children are economic assets. Having more children provides a family with more “hands” or people to work and produce for the family. Therefore, children are seen as “producers” rather than “consumers”. By having more children this means the
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Designer Babies December 7, 2015 The prospect of designer babies, like many of the ethical dilemmas presented by the genetic revolution, is confronting the world so rapidly that doctors, ethicists, religious leaders and politicians are just starting to face with the implications, and trying to decide how they feel about it. Deciding the babies gender is just one of the many possibilities available with gene alteration. What must be considered though is the idea that this new development goes
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