Transient Neonatal Jitteriness due to Maternal Use of Sertraline (Zoloft®)

Transient neonatal hyperparathyroidism secondary to maternal pseudohypoparathyroidism.

A neonate was found to have normocalcaemic hyperparathyroidism with bone disease. The plasma parathyroid hormone concentration returned to normal by 4 weeks, and healing of the bone lesions was evident by age 5 months. The mother proved to have pseudohypoparathyroidism, previously unsuspected.

Neonatal hypocalcemia due to asymptomatic maternal primary hyperparathyroidism.

Neonatal hypocalcemia resulting from maternal primary hyperparathyroidism (MPH) is usually detected clinically in the first 2 weeks of life. Occasionally, diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism in a young asymptomatic mother is made when the infant presents with hypocalcemia. We present an infant with late onset hypocalcemia resulting from a combination of transient hypoparathyroidism due to ...

Neonatal neutropenia due to maternal autoantibodies against neutrophils.

Neonatal sepsis due to vertical transmission from maternal genital tract.

High vaginal swabs (HVS) of 1792 expectant mothers were sent for culture at the time of delivery, prior to first vaginal examination. The newborns were followed-up for development of superficial or deep infections. Appropriate cultures of the babies who developed infections were sent. Bacterial growth of predominantly gram-ve organisms was obtained in 1026 (57%) HVS. Infection developed in 48 (...

Neonatal jitteriness of unknown origin and circulating catecholamines.

Jitteriness is a common problem affecting neonates. Although the cause can sometimes be determined by history or conventional laboratory evaluations, nevertheless, in many instances the cause of the jitteriness is unknown. To determine if either intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) or elevated catecholamines are responsible for jitteriness in neonates, we studied 34 healthy term neonates with normal h...