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© 2019, Pediatria Ltd. All rights reserved. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common diseases of the urinary system faced by pediatricians. Objective of the research: To study and analyze outpatient records of patients in their first year of life, sent to a nephrologist for a consultation due to microbial inflammatory changes in urine general analysis. Materials and methods: Outpatient records of 160 children aged from 1 month to 1 year, who were sent in 2017 for a consultation with a nephrologist in consultative diagnostic clinic of G.N. Speransky City Children's Hospital № 9 with directing diagnosis UTI. Results: Authors performed an assessment of guiding diagnoses, age and gender composition of patients, an assessment of life anamnesis and disease clinical symptoms dynamics before referring patients for consultation with a nephrologist. The article discusses mistakes and issues of diagnosing UTI in young children. Conclusion: Authors substantiates pediatrician’s tactics for timely UTI diagnosis in young children and correct tactics of managing these patients.

© 2018, Bionika Media Ltd. All rights reserved. Appropriate nutrition is essential for the health and optimal growth of preterm infants. Aim. To investigate the effectiveness of the application of clinical guidelines “Enteral feeding of preterm infants” in infants below 32 weeks’ gestation. Material and methods. The study comprised 114 extremely preterm infants born before (2013-2014, group 1, n=53) and after (2014-2015, group 2, n=61) introduction of the clinical guidelines. Comparative analysis included breastfeeding frequency, the time of initiation of enteral feeding and achieving enteral feeds up to a volume of 150ml/kg/d, the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastric bleeding, the use of breast milk fortifier, and the dynamics of infant postnatal physical growth. A comparative assessment also included the length of hospital stay, postconceptional age (PCA) and body weight at the time of hospital discharge. Results. After the introduction of clinical guidelines, 47 (77%) children received maternal colostrum on the first day of life. Breastfeeding was initiated significantly earlier: within 1 (1-5) day after birth in group 2 compared with 9 (2-28) days in group 1. Most infants received enteral feeding on the first day of life, though the infants in group 2 were administered it significantly earlier [7.5 hours (3.5-51) vs. 12 (6-144)]. A significant part of the extremely preterm infants was fed with breast milk. Sixteen (30%) infants in group 1 and almost twice fewer children in group 2 [10 (16%)] were on artificial feeding. In group 2, full enteral feeding was achieved significantly earlier than in group 1 [12 days (6-48) vs. 18.5 (13-47)], while the incidence of NEC in group 2 decreased 1.7-fold (14.8% vs. 24.5%). By 36 weeks’ PCA, the infants in group 2 had significantly higher body weight than babies in group 1 [2220 g (1420-2818) vs. 2050 g (950-3190)]. Conclusion. The clinical implementation of the guidelines “Enteral feeding of preterm infants” has resulted in significantly higher feeding efficiency in extremely preterm babies.

© Bionika Media Ltd. Background. Results of numerous studies have shown the advantages of fast increase in the volume of enteral nutrition (>25 ml/kg/day) in very premature infants in the early neonatal period with regard to the slow one (<25 ml/kg/day). Such tactics has demonstrated potential for decrease in postnatal growth retardation in the majority of infants with very low birth weight. Long-term outcomes of physical and psychomotor development are studied poorly. Objective. To assess the influence of enteral nutrition (EN) pace in the early neonatal period on physical and psychomotor development of extremely premature infants during first 12 corrected months. Materials and methods. The study dealt with extremely premature infants that were born at the age of up to 31 weeks of gestation and had body of up to 1,500 grams. The rate of EN increase was more than 25 ml/kg/day in group 1, in group two – less than 25 ml/kg/day. Physical development was assessed in different age periods according to centile curves, also routine neurological examination with assessment of psychomotor development (PMD) according to Griffiths R. mental development scale (1954) was carried out. Results. EN of more than 25 ml/kg/day in the early neonatal period contributes to higher indications of body mass, body length and head circumference, as well as fast pace of body mass gain from the moment of birth and after discharge, during first 12 corrected months of life. All this positively correlates with the results of PMD assessment. According to the results of the study, the number of studied infants that caught up with passport age in development already by 12}0.5 months of corrected age (CA) was definitely higher in the group, where scheme of EN with fast rate of increase was used in the early neonatal period. Conclusion. Scheme of EN with fast rate of increase in volume (>25 ml/kg/day) in the early neonatal period in very premature children that were born with body mass of up to 1,500 grams contributes to higher indicators of body mass, body length and head circumference, as well as fast pace of body mass gain from the moment of birth and after discharge, during first 12 corrected months of life. By 12 months of CA the percentage of infants, whose PMD corresponded to passport age, was definitely higher than in the group with fast increase in EN in the early neonatal period than in the group with slow increase (р=0.005). Thus the influence of increase rate of EN on PMD during first 12 months of CA is determined.