Most of the diagnostic methods in neonatal intensive care are invasive, requiring blood or tissue sampling.

So it was until today.

Russian scientists have developed an innovative method for diagnosing lung diseases in neonatology based on a child's urine sample.

The invention of our compatriots aroused genuine interest in Western medical circles.

The reputable Journal of Proteomics reports that urinalysis for several specific proteins can indicate congenital pneumonia and a variety of other respiratory diseases and clinically significant conditions..

Respiratory pathologies in newborns in ICU are very common. Fresh infections can be confused with something that was overlooked in the initial examination of the child.

Employees of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have learned how to determine congenital pneumonia and RDS syndrome in newborns by the content of 36 proteins in urine. The author of the unique method is Professor Evgeny Nikolaev, who heads the Laboratory of Ionic and Molecular Physics at MIPT.

According to Professor Nikolaev, the results of the latest tests are encouraging and should lay the foundation for the development of better methods for the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory pathologies in newborns..

In the course of a new research work, Professor Nikolaev's group tried to adapt existing urine tests for pregnant women..

By studying the proteomic composition of urine of 37 premature and 10 full-term infants and comparing it with adults, scientists have calculated the very 36 key substances that are specific to the body of newborns and provide valuable information about the state of their respiratory system..

While this was only the first pilot study, the first swallow. But Russian scientists managed to do the main thing: to identify markers that in the future will become the basis for clinically accurate non-invasive analyzes in neonatal intensive care.

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