This article reports the case of an adverse event of cardiac tamponade associated with central catheter peripheral insertion in a premature newborn. The approach was pericardial puncture, which reversed the cardiorespiratory arrest. The newborn showed good clinical progress and was discharged from hospital with no complications associated with the event.

In making a study of the symptom of vomiting in the newborn and premature infant, the descriptions here mentioned and the conclusions drawn are based on observations made in the wards of the Universitiits Kinderklinik and the Maternity Wards of the Peham Frauenklinik at Vienna. Pirquet has instituted a method of recording by means of symbols the exact description of the act of vomiting so that ...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is an important lung developmental pathophysiology that affects many premature infants each year. Newborn animal models employing both premature and term animals have been used over the years to study various components of BPD. This review describes some of the neonatal rabbit studies that have contributed to the understanding of BPD, including those using term ...

OBJECTIVE Exploring maternal experience with premature newborn children in a domestic environment. METHODS The study was qualitative and used focus group interviews with 24 women who had had preterm deliveries in a public maternity hospital located in Northeast Brazil during June and October 2005. The mothers returned to the hospital facility at least 30 days after the newborn were discharged...

Background Ultrasonography is a non-invasive and accurate diagnostic method to evaluate urinary system and its anomalies in the neonates. Kidney sonographic measurement can be used as an alternative method to estimate gestational age. The aim of this study was to measure kidney size in preterm neonates and to provide a guide reference for gestational age. <...

A baby born by normal spontaneous vaginal route with a gestational age of 32 weeks and 4 days as the third child of Syrian parents who were first cousins was hospitalized in our neonatal intensive care unit because of respiratory distress and intraoral mass. The body weight of the female patient was found to be 1 789 g (10-50 percentile) and her head circumference was found to be 29 cm (10-50 p...