Brain vein disorders in newborn infants

Editorial Brain Injury in Preterm Newborn Infants

Thrombosis in newborn infants.

The incidence of thrombosis is higher among newborn infants than in any other stage of pediatric development. This fact is the consequence of labile characteristics of the neonatal hemostatic system, in addition to exposure to multiple risk factors and the wide use of vascular catheters. Venous thromboses, which mainly affect the limbs, the right atrium and renal veins, are more frequently seen...

Inflammatory cytokines in newborn infants.

Serum levels of IL-1beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha were measured in 48 healthy, termed neonates on the 1st (N1), 5th (N5) and 40th (N40) day after birth, compared with those in maternal serum (MS), umbilical cord (UC) and adult controls. Cytokine values in N1 and N5 were significantly elevated, than those in UC and in controls (P<0.0001). IL-1beta and IL-6 declined significantly from N1 to N40 (P<0.0...

Cardiac Hypertrophy in Newborn Infants *

The subject of cardiac hypertrophy unassociated with congenital malformation of the heart or great vessels in newborn infants has received scant attention. Although many text-books on pediatrics have been consulted, only one reference to the condition was found and that was by Von Reuss."1 He described a single case briefly and stated that the etiology was unknown. Recent studies indicate, howe...

Cyanotic attacks in newborn infants.

By the term 'cyanotic attacks in newborn infants' I mean sudden attacks of cyanosis, lasting from a few moments up to half an hour, in children whose colour was previously normal, and whose colour returns to normal in atmospheric air after the attack. I do not include the sudden development of cyanosis in a baby who remains blue until death. In an extensive search of the literature I was unable...