OBJECTIVE To report a case of accidental decapitation of a persistent omphaloenteric duct (POD) in congenital hernia of the umbilical cord in a newborn male. CASE PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION The newborn was transferred to an intensive care unit, where under closer inspection the diagnosis of an omphalocele was presumed. Surgical exploration at our Pediatric Surgical University Clinic reveal...

Introdução: O clampeamento tardio é feito até o 3º minuto após nascimento e uma estratégia para prevenir a deficiência de ferro no lactente. Garante mais transferência do sangue da placenta RN, aumentando as taxas ferritina hemoglobina reduzindo incidência hemorragia anemia. Metodologia: Revisão sistemática qualitativa quantitativa literatura. Foi realizada pesquisa nas seguintes bases dados: P...

Assessment and treatment of the VLBW infant with cardiovascular impairment requires understanding of the underlying physiology of the infant in transition. The situation is dynamic with changes occurring in systemic blood pressure, pulmonary pressures, myocardial function, and ductal shunt in the first postnatal days. New insights into the role of umbilical cord clamping in the transitional cir...

Challenging the current National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (NICE 2007), this paper will identify and discuss the evidence to support a care pathway for delayed active management of the third stage of labour, which promotes a delay in the administration of the uterotonic drug and delayed cord clamping (DCC). Current evidence highlights that clamping and cutting the umbilical c...

Plasma concentrations of B-type na-triuretic peptide (BNP), a 32-amino acid peptide hormone secreted by the myocardium, increase in response to myocardial stretch or strain (1, 2). On secretion, proBNP, the storage form of BNP, is cleaved into the inactive N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) and the endocrinologi-cally active BNP. In patients with heart failure, plasma BNP concentrations are related ...