Is skin-to-skin contact associated with earlier breastfeeding attainment in preterm infants?
A longer daily duration of skin-to-skin contact in the NICU was associated with earlier attainment of exclusive breastfeeding.
We found a strong association of diverse inflammatory markers with a reduced proportion of pro-angiogenic TEM or EPC in patients with CLI, giving rise to the speculation that a severe chronic inflammation might lead to deleterious effects on TEM and EPC, possibly interfering with angiogenesis, thus promoting an aggravation of the disease.