Appendicitis in the premature newborn

[Appendicitis in the premature newborn]

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of acute appendicitis in a premature infant. METHODS: Retrospective review of the literature using Medline and Lilacs databases, as well as the necropsy report. CLINICAL REPORT: A white male preterm infant born at 34 weeks of gestation weighing 1,750g to a primiparous mother. The Apgar score was 4 and 8 at 1st and 5th minutes, respectively. The physical exam was nor...

Premature and Newborn Infants

Participating in the seminar’s first session were Dr. William R. Richardson, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, who served as moderator, Dr. Thomas Santulli, Children’s Surgeon at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, Dr. Marel H. Harmel, Anesthesiologist at Kings County Hospital, and Dr. Lawrence K. Pickett, Chief of Surgery at the State University of New York Medical Center i...

MANAGEMENT of the newborn and premature infant.

Rahnella aquatilis Sepsis in a Premature Newborn

Rahnella aquatilis is an infrequently isolated Gram-negative rod within the Enterobacteriaceae family. The organism's natural habitat is water. The organism is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and it seldom causes infection in immunocompetent individuals. Here we present a one-month-old boy who was born prematurely at 27th week of gestation by cesarean section with a birth weight of 730 ...

Functional Vomiting in Newborn and Premature Infants.

In making a study of the symptom of vomiting in the newborn and premature infant, the descriptions here mentioned and the conclusions drawn are based on observations made in the wards of the Universitiits Kinderklinik and the Maternity Wards of the Peham Frauenklinik at Vienna. Pirquet has instituted a method of recording by means of symbols the exact description of the act of vomiting so that ...