BackgroundGeneral anaesthesia is associated with neurocognitive deficits in infants after noncardiac surgery. Disturbances cerebral perfusion as a result of systemic hypotension and impaired autoregulation may be potential cause. Our aim was to study blood flow (CBF) velocity continuously during general undergoing surgery compare variations CBF simultaneously measured near-infrared spectroscopy...

Address for Correspondence: Dr Anupama Mahajan, Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar (Punjab), India. Mobile no. 9815733321 E-Mail: [email protected] Introduction: There has been a significant shift from external and headlight sinus surgery to functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in the past quarter century. There...

The cranial ultrasound plays an important role in the study of the brain in the newborn and infant, therefore it represents the first choice technique to evaluate many diseases. In addition to the anterior fontanelle which serves as an acoustic window, the posterior fontanelle allows a more detailed study of the posterior fossa and occipital lobes [1,2]. Ultrasound is an irreplaceable, but not ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluates the physical growth and psychomotor development of infants born to women with epilepsy on regular Anti Epileptic Drugs (AEDs). SETTING Govt. Stanley Medical College and Hospital, Tertiary care referral centre, Chennai. DESIGN Open prospective cohort study with a control group. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive women with epilepsy who were on regular anticonvulsants ...

AIM The goal of this study was to evaluate selected parameters of the Doppler curve of the pericallosal artery at children with hydrocephalus. METHODS 12 patients with hydrocephalus were divided into two groups. Group 1 comprised children needing cerebrospinal fluid drainage, and group 2 comprised children without any indication for drainage or with an already inserted well-functioning draina...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main source(s): The Joint Research Committee between St. Olavs Hospital and the faculty Medicine, NTNU. Norwegian Association for Children with Congenital Heart Disease Foundation, FFHB Background There is a risk gaseous- solid micro embolus formation during transcatheter procedures (CATH) surgery...

A 34 day-old girl infant was admitted for poor feeding and cholestasis. She had a bulging fontanelle, with no evidence of intracranial infection or hemorrhage. Investigations demonstrated that she had galactosemia. Computed tomographic scans demonstrated the presence of diffuse cerebral edema. After treatment the edema resolved.