BACKGROUND Current European Guideline for resuscitation recommends a centrally positioned umbilical venous catheter as the best option for administering necessary drugs. Especially in preterm infants, a frequently used alternative is the peripheral venous catheter. METHODS Two randomized controlled studies were conducted at the Division of Neonatology, Medical University of Graz. During neona...

conclusion reference ranges for umbilical cord csa have been generated. the csa of the umbilical cord and other components of it increase as a function of gestational age. these measurements correlate with fetal size. results the values of the csa of the umbilical cord, umbilical vein and wharton’s jelly (wj) increase consistently until 30 weeks of gestation, after which they reach a plateau. t...

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JVIR 2000; 11:997–1004 ANEURYSMS in childhood are rare. In the thoracic aorta, they are usually associated with coarctation of the aorta or congenital aortic valvular disease. Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta, especially if multiple, may be due to an inherent defect of collagen biosynthesis, in particular collagen III in the arterial form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Rarer causes include infectio...

In this study, we have prospectively recorded healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in NICU and found incidence density as 18 infections per 1000 patient days. Of the infections, 51.3% was bacteriemia (BSI), and 45.1% was ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Gram-negative microorganisms were predominant in VAP and Staphylococcus epidermidis was the leading microorganism (53.0% of BSIs) in B...

ess the relationship between umbilical cord blood gases at birth and morphology of umbilical cord, in a prospective study of 200 consecutive term delivery, we investigated the relationship between umbilical cord morphology characteristics (umbilical crd length, number of vascular coil, coiling index) and color of amniotic fluid and umbilical vessel blood gases. statistically significant linear ...

T HE STUDY of iron absorption in man is hampered by the fact that the amount of iron which is retained in the intestinal mucosa and in the liver during the absorptive process is not known. Technics using whole body counters and stool collections give little or no information about the internal distribution of absorbed iron, except by use of iron52 and the Anger positron camera.’ A technic which...

Smith, J. F., Reynolds, E. 0. R., and Taghizadeh, A. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 359. Brain maturation and damage in infants dying from chronic pulmonary insufficiency in the postneonatal period. The changes in the brains of 11 infants who survived from 29 days to 13 months after severe chronic pulmonary insufficiency are described. Brain maturation as assessed by myelination ...

ONLY six patients with cirrhosis and ascites have been treated with the Rh6ne-Poulenc ascites reinfusion apparatus. They were admitted 24 hr before the initiation of the treatment in an intensive care unit for patients with liver diseases. On the previous day, and during the procedure, the following were observed hourly: respiratory rate; heart rate; blood pressure; central venous pressure; por...

Although transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts are most frequently used for the management of portal hypertension, the surgical approach is preferred for symptomatic portal cavernoma cholangiopathy. We present the case of a 25-year old female patient with a portal cavernoma secondary to catheterization of the umbilical vein at birth. She had had two episodes of esophageal variceal blee...