Development of the "SMA NNE," a short neonatal neurological examination for newborns with spinal muscular atrophy.

Unlabelled: The advent of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has highlighted the need for easy, quick, clinical tools to be used in infants with SMA identified in the neonatal period. We propose a new short module developed using items from the Hammersmith Neonatal Neurological Examination (HNNE) and from a module developed for floppy infants, both previously used in newborns with SMA. The new module was developed by identifying and selecting the items that were more often found to have abnormal findings in SMA newborns.

Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pregnant Women.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, type of delivery, and neonatal feeding of pregnant women with or without SARS-CoV-2 infection during gestation.

Study Design: The study was conducted online, and anonymous survey was distributed to mothers that delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: The survey was completed by 286 women, and 64 women (22.

Short- and mid-term multidisciplinary outcomes of newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero or during the perinatal period: preliminary findings.

Unlabelled: The long-term outcomes of newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection in utero or during the first hours of life are still unknown. We performed a single-center, prospective, observational study of newborns born from mothers with microbiologically confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy or at time of delivery. Infants were offered a multidisciplinary follow-up consisting of nasopharyngeal Polymerase Chain Reaction test at birth and at 48-72 h of life, auxological growth and neurological development, serologic testing, and audiological and ophthalmological assessments.