The known measurements for the determination of body proportions cannot be used practically in the neonate. The ratio of crown-rump distance to total length appears the most useful index for objective evaluation of disorders that influence body proportions in the neonate. Normal standards for this ratio in newborn infants from 27 to 41 weeks' gestation are presented in relation to gestational a...

The results of several clinical trials suggest that infants born depressed can be successfully resuscitated with room air. In 2010, the American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and the International Liaison Committee published new guidelines to initiate the resuscitation of the term neonate with 21% oxygen. Although this recommendation cannot b...

Congenital laryngeal cyst is a rare cause of respiratory distress in the neonate and infant.1 This soft tissue mass of water density is located inside an aryepiglottic fold.2 Its diagnosis classically rests on endoscopy and radiography, yet it may also be made through ultrasonography. We report one case of laryngeal cyst diagnosed by ultrasonography in a neonate and illustrate the role of cervi...

material and methods in this study 74 mother of low birth weight neonate with age range of 15 to 45, with literacy, and not addicted, gestational age of 36 weeks or more and newborn with birth weight of 2500 grams or less, without having congenital anomalies or diagnosed disease that had been discharge with her mother and without any contraindication for the breastfeeding, were randomly assigne...

During pregnancy and lactation, mothers require significant amounts of calcium to pass on to the developing fetus and suckling neonate, respectively. Given the dependence of adult calcium concentrations and bone metabolism on vitamin D, one might anticipate that vitamin D sufficiency would be even more critical during pregnancy and lactation. However, maternal adaptations during pregnancy and l...

A neonate with herpes simplex pneumonia is described. Herpes simplex infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in newborn infants, even in the absence of clinically apparent herpes in the mother.

The first hour of life in a very premature neonate is a critical period of transition requiring extra-uterine adaptation of multiple organ systems for which the vulnerable neonate is ill prepared. Medical interventions provided to the neonate during this golden first hour of life can have significant implications on immediate survival and long term morbidities. Delayed cord clamping, delivery r...

The functional activities of serum samples from human infants immunized with a glycoconjugate vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C were assessed in a complement-mediated antibody-dependent serum bactericidal assay (SBA) and in a neonate rat model of protection from bacteremia. Selective serum samples from individual human infants were combined to make a panel of 11 serum pools to obta...

nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis are common in both term and premature infants who have had difficult neonatal courses.  multiple factors may contribute and being born from a diabetic mother  is one of them. this case is about a neonate with nephrocalcinosis .she is followed to 9months and remained healthy during a 9 month follow up.

Unilateral lung agenesis is a rare congenital abnormality that typically presents with respiratory distress after birth. Prognostic factors include the side of affected along presence or absence other abnormalities. Prenatal imaging can make diagnosis which assist healthcare team in preparing to care for neonate, as well set expectations family. In this case series, we describe three cases unil...