Cardiovascular disturbances are a frequent occurrence in neonatal sepsis. Preterm and
term infants are particularly vulnerable due to the unique features of their cardiovascular …

Objective: A controversial aspect of pediatric septic shock management is corticosteroid
therapy. Current guidelines do not recommend its use in forms responsive to fluids and …

Background Neonatal sepsis remains a leading cause of mortality in neonatal units.
Neonatologist-performed echocardiography (NPE) offers the potential for early detection of …

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive bacterial neonatal infections.
Late-onset diseases (LOD) occur between 7 and 89 days of life and are largely due to the …

Debate surrounds all aspects of hypotension in newborn infants, including the definition, the
questions of whether and when to treat it, the choice of treatments, and their possible …

Background and objectives Infants who begin life in the medicalized environment of the
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) do so under stressful conditions. Environmental …

Fetal steroidome in late pregnancy receives multiple contributions from both maternal and
fetal adrenals as well as from placenta. Depressed glucocorticoid levels have been reported …

Background The hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis regulates the response to sepsis‐
associated stress. Relative adrenal insufficiency or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) …

Background Cancer chemotherapy-associated febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common
condition that is deadly when bacteremia is present. Detection of bacteremia depends on …

Objective: Therapy-resistant hypotension complicates diseases in neonates. Our objective
was to investigate whether lack of therapeutic response to plasma expanders and inotropes …