Infections in the first year of life are common and often severe. The newborn host
demonstrates both quantitative and qualitative differences to the adult in nearly all aspects of …

Early childhood is characterised by high physiological iron demand to support processes
including blood volume expansion, brain development and tissue growth. Iron is also …

The ontogeny of the human immune system is sensitive to nutrition even in the very early
embryo, with both deficiency and excess of macro-and micronutrients being potentially …

Less invasive surfactant administration techniques, together with nasal continuous airway
pressure (LISA-nCPAP) ventilation, an emerging noninvasive ventilation (NIV) technique in …

Septicemia is a leading cause of death among neonates in low-income settings, a situation
that is deteriorating due to high levels of antimicrobial resistance. Novel interventions are …

Neonates regulate iron at birth and in early postnatal life. We reviewed literature from
PubMed and Ovid Medline containing data on umbilical cord and venous blood …

The aim of this study was to determine whether the administration of a lipid emulsion
containing less polyunsaturated fatty acids but rich in monounsaturated fatty acids causes …

Pregnancy and postpartum adaptation cause an increased formation of free radicals. This is
associated with various perinatological diseases, eg necrotising enterocolitis. The human …

The aim of this study was to test for the presence of prohepcidin in cord blood, to gauge its
alteration during the early postnatal period, and to look for a possible association with …

The pig is born with limited iron supplies. If not supplemented, piglets dramatically loose
their body iron stores during the first few days of postnatal life. The aim of this study was to …