The authors describe a case in which injectable medroxyprogesterone failed to prevent conception and then briefly review the literature on in utero exposure to medroxyprogesterone. A 20-year-old woman presented 6 weeks after the delivery of her first child for a routine examination and expressed interest in receiving medroxyprogesterone injections. She had no contraindication to her use of su...

Neurological status was studied in 50 jaundiced infants with a total serum bilirubin of > 400 mumol/l (23.4 mg/dl). Infants were assessed in the neonatal period with the Neonatal Neurological Examination and 4 months of age with the Infant Motor Screen. Twenty-six (52 per cent) infants were premature. Analysis of variance did not show a significant difference between gestational age, birth weig...

Although malaria is endemic in India, neonatal disease is considered rare. We report a case of neonatal malaria in a 26-day-old neonate with fever and splenomegaly who was diagnosed after a long and unsuccessful battery of tests for splenomegaly. Routine screening for malaria is essential for all neonates with fever in endemic areas. Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria could effectively pr...

Objective: To determine the incidence and etiology of seizures among neonates admitted to Nursery unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan from January to December 2011. During the study period, all admitted neonatal cases were examined and data on neonatal seizures was ascertained. Among admi...

THE examination of the cerebrospinal fluid is such a valuable aid to the diagnosis of nervous and mental diseases that it naturally forms a prominent feature of the work done in the laboratory of any mental hospital. A complete examination of the fluid is made in practically, every case admitted to this hospital, and I have in this article analysed the results of examination of 3,200 fluids car...