Infant incubators are equipment to maintain a stable body temperature for premature babies. Premature babies need room conditioning that is close conditions in the womb. Room carried out baby incubator by providing temperature, relative humidity, and measured air flow. This parameter must be controlled so as not exceed threshold will harm baby. Periodic calibration should applied infant monitor...

The major objective of this study was, using the modern numerical techniques, to investigate transport processes of heat and mass transfer within an infant incubator, were the premature newborn baby is nursed. This investigation consists of calculations of the air flow inside the incubator, including coupled heat transfer due to heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation and evaporation. Ob...

Though ectopia of the kidney is a common anomaly (Campbell, 1951) displacement is usually downwards towards the pelvis, or medially. Upward displacement into the thoracic cavity is a much rarer finding. Ashley and Mostofi (1960), in a review of some quarter of a million necropsies, did not find a single case of thoracic kidney. The present report is of interest because of the diagnosis of this ...

“Participating in the study provided an avenue for a premature baby like mine to receive an outstanding level of care and extra support from the research nurse that may not otherwise be available outside research. It was also fulfilling knowing that from this research may come the help that others with this same condition may need. It played a significant role in our education about improving a...

We present a case of Trichosporon asahii fatal infection recognized post mortem in a premature newborn baby of 685 g. Trichosporon asahii isolated from endovascular catheters and endotraqueal tube, is an opportunistic yeast described like an emergent pathogen in serious systemic infections and nosocomial infections in the neonatal intensive care units. The colonization and disease by this uncom...

A postal questionnaire was sent to 136 Hackney general practitioners inquiring about their plans for child health surveillance. A total of 112 responded and detailed their training needs, both practical and theoretical. Ninety one responders were providing or planning to provide surveillance. Responders were eager for further training particularly in premature baby follow up, mental handicap, s...

Prenatal care is more than just health care in pregnancy. For the vast majority of women, pregnancy follows a routine course. Some women, however, have medical difficulties related to their health or the health of their baby. These women experience what is called a high-risk pregnancy. A pregnancy may be considered high-risk for a variety of reasons. Some of these include: diabetes, preeclampsi...

The present study was performed to determine the relationship vaginal bleeding in first half of pregnancy and fate of pregnancy in referrals of teaching hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences during the years 1993-1994. The case-control strategy of this study was carried out on 432 patients. In this respect, 216 ( case group) out of them had vaginal bleeding during the first half o...

The baby of a diabetic mother is an infant with high risk presenting complications, which may be more serious in children pregnant women diagnosed diabetes before pregnancy and inadequate metabolic control. In Peru, there little information about the incidence this problem. case premature, macrosomic dysmorphic syndrome, congenital heart disease multicystic kidney, has maternal history type 2 m...

abstract objective development is a complex process, completed over a specific period of time, through the maturation of the nervous system. it is affected by genetic, ethnic, nutritional, social, and economic factors; one of the environmental factors affecting the acquisition of motor skills in infants is the use of baby walkers. since this device is very commonly used for infants in our count...