An infant was born at term with a huge chest mass diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. Treatment consisted of surgical resection and chemotherapy. We describe this very rare congenital mass and the problematic therapeutic management of such a tumor in a newborn.

Background: Neonatal seizure is a paroxysmal behavior caused by hyper-synchronous discharge of group neurons. seizures are the most common overt manifestation neurological dysfunction in newborn. The electroencephalography (EEG) an important tool evaluation infant with symptoms referable to central nervous system. It provides excellent and non-invasive method assessing at risk newborns formulat...

Objective: To compare the outcome of Salbutamol nebulization with normal saline (placebo) in transient tachypnea newborn.
 Study Design: Comparative prospective study.
 Place and Duration Study: Department Neonatal Medicine, Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Jan 2017 to Mar 2018.
 Methodology: Sixty term neonates respiratory rate >60 breaths/min newborn score ≥4 were enrolled...

search results show that numerous primary studies have been carried out in different parts of iran regarding prevalence of g6pd deficiency; if results of these studies are combined, a reliable estimation of prevalence of this factor will be achieved in iran. thus, present study, aimed to determine the prevalence of g6pd deficiency by combining findings of qualified primary studies using meta-an...

Recent observations that there is a secular variation in newborn weight and length call for their continuous assessment, as well as evaluating factors that influence them. The influence of maternal age, weight and height, as well as the number of previous deliveries, abortions and the number of cigarettes smoked per day on newborn weight and length was examined. Data were collected from 181 hea...

The task of public health is to encourage the mother initiate and maintain breastfeeding her child. main proponents early should be pediatricians gynecologists in maternity hospitals. Early "skin-to-skin" contact means that after birth, first ten minutes, newborn placed close with mother. After it born cries, transferred bare chest mother, who comfortably bed head elevated. child a longitudinal...

Family physicians treat an increasing number of children with metabolic disorders identified through newborn screening, and they are often the first line of defense in responding to an abnormal screening result. How the family physician chooses to interpret information from the screening and what he or she chooses to tell the family affects the parent-child relationship, as well as the infant's...

BACKGROUND Newborn screening is a state-based public health program established as a means for the early detection and treatment of certain medical conditions to minimize developmental disability and mortality. The program was initiated more than 40 years ago to detect and prevent phenylketonuria. Recent technological advances have expanded the scope of newborn screening to include more than 30...