Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is your newborn breathing fast? Newborn babies can exhibit some unusual breathing patterns, most of which are not cause for alarm.

Bronchiolitis remains the leading cause of hospital admission in infancy and of paediatric intensive care unit use.1 Management of bronchiolitis has been largely limited to supportive care, reflecting ...

Is the infant breathing easily? Easy breathing means the respiratory rate is normal (40–60 breaths per minute), respirations are regular (not irregular, no apnea), and that there are no signs of ...

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the University of ...

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) reduced bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants with neonatal respiratory ...

Respiratory syncytial virus, a common illness that can resemble a cold, is still sending infants to the hospital at higher ...

Among infants born very preterm, human milk feeding at hospital discharge is associated with fewer respiratory hospital admissions during their first 18 months than exclusive formula feeding.