Neonatal medicine

Companion to Neonatal Medicine

THIS short book is one of a series of three volumes summarizing the principles of obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatal medicine. It is essentially a book of lists written by two doctors: "a medical adviser to a major pharmaceutical company," and "a physiological laboratory worker" respectively. The authors and their colleagues are said to have conceived this book during their 'shop-floor' exper...

A century of neonatal medicine.

Neonatal medicine in ancient art.

There are a limited number of artistic objects from ancient times with particular importance in neonatal medicine. The best examples are figurines from ancient Egypt of Isis nursing Horus, showing the importance of breastfeeding. The earliest images of the human fetus were made by the Olmecs in Mexico around 1200- 400 BCE. One of the earliest representations of congenital anomalies is a figurin...

Neonatal Medicine in Iran: Current Challenges and Prospects

Background: Pediatric medicine in Iran has been known as a specialty for more than 50 years; nevertheless, the neonatal-perinatal medicine is still in the first decades of its life. Regarding this, the present study was conducted toprovide an overall view of the current situation of the neonatal medicine, its challenges, and prospects in Iran.Methods: For the purpose of the study, a questionnai...

Genetics and neonatal diabetes: towards precision medicine

934 www.thelancet.com Vol 386 September 5, 2015 Diabetes is a lifelong chronic disease. During the past 100 years, its diagnosis has been based on measurements of raised blood glucose concentrations. In the 1960s, diabetes was subclassifi ed based on age at onset and need for insulin treatment (ie, juvenile or maturity onset; insulin or non-insulinrequiring diabetes). Because diabetes was belie...