Neosartorya pseudofischeri cellulitis in an extremely low birth weight preterm baby

Preterm Birth of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Approximately 13% of births in the United States are preterm, defined as occurring before 37 weeks of gestation. This results in more than 540,000 infants a year born prematurely. In other words, one out of every 8 infants is born premature. Even more disturbing is that despite advances in neonatal and perinatal medicine, the incidence of prematurity has increased by 36% since the 1980’s. Over ...

Visual processing in adolescents born extremely low birth weight and/or extremely preterm.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ocular growth and development differs between preterm and term-born infants and may cause long-term negative consequences for visual function, but contemporary data on long-term visual outcomes in representative samples of the highest risk extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1000 g birth weight) or extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks' gestation) survivors are lacking. Our ...

Functional MRI, structural MRI and school performance in extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight children

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mandibular osteomyelitis in an extremely low birth weight preterm infant

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an established nosocomial pathogen with frequent multidrug resistance. The immaturity of the immune system along with intravascular lines and empirical antibiotic treatments place hospitalized preterm infants at major risk of MRSA infection.We report a case of MRSA mandibular osteomyelitis complicating a persistent S. aureus bacteremia in a ...

Relation between Mother’s Low Weight and Low Birth Weight of a Baby in a Diverse Group of People

کوششهایی که جهت درک و پیشگیری از تولد زودرس و کندی رشد داخلی رحمی (۱) به عمل آمده، منجر به توسعه بررسی خطرات قبل از تولد شده است. این بررسی ها در زمینه مراقبت های قبل از تولد انجام می گیرد. با این وجود، در این بررسی ها به بعضی از عوامل خطر که به سادگی قابل شناسایی هستند، توجه نشده است، یکی از این موارد، وزن خود مادر به هنگام تولد است.