TRANSIENT HYPERINSULINISM IN ASPHYXIATED NEWBORN INFANTS

asphyxiated newborn infants

Perinatal asphyxia is a cause of significant morbidity among full term infants, but breathing abnormalities after an asphyxic insult have not been studied. This report details breathing patterns of 16 full term asphyxiated infants, during the first week of life who were studied by transthoracic impedance pneumocardiograms. Pneumocardiograms were abnormal in 69% of infants in the asphyxiated gro...

transient hyperinsulinism in an asphyxiated small for gestation infant

transient hyperinsutinism has been implicated in the prolonged hypoglycemia observed in small for gestational age or asphyxiated newborns. tiiesc infants are at high risk for severe and permanent brain damage, thus necessitating appropriate diagnosis and correct treatment. a term male asphyxiated small for gestation 30 day infant with long-standing hypoglycemia and intractable seizures was mana...

Risk factors for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in asphyxiated newborn infants.

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in asphyxiated newborn infants. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective study of 17,706 newborns, who were admitted to the Neonatal Unit of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, from July 1999 till the end of December 2000. 84 infants with perinatal asphyxia were enrolled in the present study. All of the possible ri...

Feasibility and safety of passive cooling in a cohort of asphyxiated newborn infants.

OBJECTIVE Therapeutic hypothermia has become a standard neuroprotective treatment in term newborn infants following perinatal asphyxia. Active cooling with whole body surface or head cooling is complex, expensive and often associated with initial hypothermic overshoot. We speculated that passive cooling might suffice to induce and maintain hypothermia. METHODS We analysed 18 asphyxiated term ...

Transient unilateral external rectus muscle palsy in newborn infants.