462 THE INCIDENCE OF NEONATAL ENTEROVIRAL DISEASE

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for neonatal enteroviral myocarditis

Effect of maternal risk factors in the incidence of neonatal jaundice

  Introduction :Jaundice is the most common cause of hospitalization of infants in the first month of life. Delivery and maternal and neonatal risk factors may affect the progression of complications of jaundice. This study aimed to investigate the problems of pregnancy and delivery in neonates with jaundice. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 2796 full term 3 to 29 day infants w...

Neonatal Presentation of Unremitting Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Very-early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) has a distinct phenotype and should be considered a specific entity. VEO-IBD presents with very severe clinical pictures and is frequently known by an indeterminate colitis whose clinical remission is unmanageable. This study examines the case of a neonate with VEO-IBD, not responding to medical and surgical treatment. A 7-day-old Iranian fe...

Factors influencing the incidence of neonatal jaundice.

A retrospective study of 12 461 single births confirmed an association between maternal oxytocin infusion and neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin on jaundice was independent of gestational age at birth, sex, race, epidural anaesthesia, method of delivery, and birth weight, each of which was significantly associated with neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin was, however, small, produc...

Parental consanguinity: a probable cause for the high incidence of permanent neonatal hypothyroidism

Introduction: To assess the relationship between parental consanguinity and permanent congenital hypothyroidism (PCH). Materials And Methods: From February 1998 to August 2002, cord dried blood spot samples, viz. only live births, in eight hospitals and a rural birth center in Tehran and Damavand were collected on Whatman BFC 180 filter papers. Samples with cord TSH  20 mU/L (two-site IRMA) ...