KM Harris
Jul 1, 1992; 12:2685-2705
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Declining dietary omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has been associated with rising allergy prevalence and fish oil is therefore of interest in allergy prevention. Supplementation during pregnancy, but not after the age of 6 months, has achieved some allergy reductions.

We assessed the effect of fish oil supplementation from birth to 6 months, which has not been investigated previously. Our results, together with previous findings, will likely help define a "window of opportunity" for allergy intervention using fish oil supplements. (Read the full article)

Better postnatal growth, especially head growth, associates with better cognitive development in preterm infants. Suboptimal postnatal growth is more common in infants with poor antenatal growth than in infants with normal growth.

Good weight gain and head circumference growth until 2 years was associated with better 5-year cognitive outcome in non–small for gestational age infants. Good head circumference growth around term age benefits the cognitive outcome of small for gestational age infants. (Read the full article)

Preterm infants dependent on parenteral nutrition are vulnerable to deficits in early postnatal nutritional intake. This coincides with a period of suboptimal head growth. Observational studies indicate that poor nutritional intake is associated with suboptimal head growth and neurodevelopmental outcome.

This study provides randomized controlled trial evidence that head growth failure in the first 4 weeks of life can be ameliorated with early nutritional intervention. Early macronutrient intake can be enhanced by optimizing a standardized, concentrated neonatal parenteral nutrition regimen. (Read the full article)

Infant sleep and crying problems are common and associated with postnatal depression. No programs aiming to prevent all 3 issues have been rigorously evaluated.

A prevention program targeting these issues improves caregiver mental health, behaviors, and cognitions around infant sleep. Implementation at a population level may be best restricted to infants who are frequent feeders because they experience fewer crying and daytime sleep problems. (Read the full article)

Prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation has been demonstrated to increase birth length. However, the impact of this intervention on infant growth and morbidity is unknown.

Infants from mothers who were given prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements showed decelerated linear growth. The gain in length at birth related to prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation was not sustained during infancy. (Read the full article)

Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke during pregnancy and infancy has been linked to development of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in young children. It is unclear whether these risks persist into adolescence.

Exposure to second-hand smoke in utero or during infancy influences the development of allergic disease up to adolescence. Excess risks for asthma and rhinitis were seen primarily in early childhood, whereas those for eczema occurred at later ages. (Read the full article)

Lead is an ubiquitous environmental pollutant, and no safe threshold for blood lead level in children has been discovered yet. Prenatal lead exposure affects growth of children.

Low level of prenatal lead exposure of <5.0 μg/dL affects postnatal children’s growth, which was further intensified by low calcium intake. (Read the full article)

Parental depression is associated with adverse child outcomes. It is important to understand possible mediators and moderators. Several studies suggest that the family environment or parenting style may be potential pathways for transmission of risk from parents to children.

Paternal depression appears to exert its influence on children’s outcomes through an effect on family functioning (couple conflict and maternal depression), whereas maternal postnatal depression appears to affect children through other mechanisms, potentially including direct mother-infant interaction and care. (Read the full article)

Postnatal growth failure is common for very low birth weight infants. Although many of the major morbidities experienced by these infants during their initial NICU stays have decreased in recent years, it is unclear whether growth has improved.

For infants weighing 501 to 1500 g, average growth velocity increased and postnatal growth failure decreased from 2000 to 2013. Still, in 2013, half were discharged with a weight below the 10th percentile for postmenstrual age. (Read the full article)

Neonatal coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a life-threatening cardiac defect, but because symptoms may be lacking initially, newborns with this defect are frequently discharged from the hospital undiagnosed. Delayed diagnosis of CoA is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

This population-based study analyzes the contribution of prenatal ultrasound and postnatal pulse oximetry screening to the timely diagnosis of neonatal CoA. Both screening methods had low sensitivity for CoA. Nearly half of all newborns with isolated CoA were discharged undiagnosed. (Read the full article)

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Guleria said inhalation and ingestion of styrene can cause effect the skin and the eyes.

The central nervous system is affected by exposure to styrene smoke. It is the mucous membrane, which is primarily affected by styrene gas exposure. The styrene gas leak in Visakhapatnam triggered acute breathlessness among many men, some of whom were asphyxiated to death.

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