QUESTION One of my patients, a 36-year-old, who has had three pregnancies and two live births, delivered her third baby at 32 weeks' gestation. Her first pregnancy was complicated by premature labour, which led to delivery at 30 weeks' gestation. She received antenatal phenobarbital before the first delivery because it was considered proven therapy for preventing intraventricular hemorrhage in ...

Amyoplasia congenita is a diagnostic subgroup of children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC). AMC is a relatively rare syndrome characterized by multiple joint contractures at birth. Amyoplasia congenita is the most common type of this syndrome with an occurrence rate of 1 in 10,000 live births, and mainly refers to the disorders with limb involvement. In this report, the author pres...

Introduction. Congenital nasopharyngeal teratomas are rare tumours that pose difficulties in diagnosis and surgical management. We report the first use of radiofrequency coblation in the management of such tumours. Case Report. A premature baby with a perinatal diagnosis of a large, obstructing nasooropharyngeal mass was referred to the ENT service for further investigations and management. The...

Increase of blood glucose level In pregnant woman correlated with increased risk maternal morbidity, and problems in labour also affect child outcome. This phenomena cause by physiological changes occur pregnancy such as placental factor inflammation circulation. Changes like tumor nerosis (TNF-α) beta-cell gene disfunction (potassium voltage-gated channel KQT-like 1 (Kcnq1) glucokinase (Gck)) ...

BACKGROUND: In the presence of meconium in amniotic fluid, childbirth is usually classified as a high-risk group, which leads to an expansion indications for operative delivery. Also literature there are increase frequency birth child state asphyxia, with premature rupture fluid.
 AIM: The aim this study determine significance influence color fluid and duration anhydrous period on asphyxia...

background: the baby-friendly hospital initiative was launched in 1989 by world health organization and the united nations children's fund for the promotion of breastfeeding. this program was implemented in many departments of gynecology and obstetrics and resulted in reduced malnutrition, infection, morbidity and mortality in children. this program has introduced 10 specific steps to supp...

As there have been conflicting reports about intelligence in children of very low birth weight, advantage was taken of an opportunity to study the intelligence of 1,066 children weighing 4 lb. or less at birth who were the subjects of an investigation into the aetiology of cerebral palsy and other disorders* (McDonald, 1962, 1963). The many surveys of the intelligence of premature children were...

Premature infants may be more vulnerable to fungal infections because of their immature immune system, poorly developed epithelial skin and mucosal barriers, and the high rate of invasive procedures, such as central venous catheters and intubation, which compromise host defenses (eg, skin integrity).Voriconazole is a newer systemic antifungal agent effective against Candida and Aspergillus. The...