During a five and a half year period, exchange transfusions were performed through the peripheral vessels in 201 of the 214 infants (94%) who required either double volume or partial plasma exchange transfusions. Peripheral vessel exchange transfusion is simple, practicable, and safe with few complications. Technical difficulties in catheterizing the peripheral artery and vein may be overcome b...

We designed a simple model to illustrate posterior nasal packing to inexperienced trainees in a classroom environment. The plunger and the smaller end of a 20ml syringe, which is cut off, are discarded. The hollow syringe represents the nasal cavity. A Foley catheter is inserted from one end until it exits at the other end, representing the catheter’s tip seen in the oropharynx. While pulling t...

Kadir Babaoğlu1, Murat Seringeç2, Gürkan Altun1, Selim Öncel3, Ayşe Engin Arısoy4 1Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Kocaeli, Turkey 2Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli, Turkey 3Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Division of Pediatric Infections, Kocaeli, Turkey 4Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Division of Neonatology, ...

JCPH – Vol. 64, n 3 – mai–juin 2011 222 4. Heparin sodium in .9% sodium chloride injection. In: Health Canada drug product database; 1994 Dec 31 [cited 2010 Nov 28]. Available from: http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/dpd-bdpp/info.do?lang=eng&code=10521 5. Newby B. Heparin for arterial lines in neonates. Message posted to [email protected]; 2010 Sep 7. 6. Ankola PA, Atakent YS. Effect...

This report presents a case of a patient with a huge hepatocellular carcinoma in the right lobe of the liver with an extensive portal venous tumor thrombus extending into the main portal trunk and left portal branch. The patient underwent extended right hemihepatectomy with tumor thrombectomy with direct extraction from an opening of the ventral wall of the right portal vein and using a balloon...

BACKGROUND Umbilical vein catheterization is a relatively easy procedure performed routinely on the neonate intensive care units. It provides a fast central vein access, but some complications have been described in the literature. CASE REPORTS We presented a case report of a premature infant (34 hbd) with extravasation of the parenteral nutrition and drugs to the liver after umbilical vein c...

Single film retrograde umbilical aortography was used successfully in confirming the diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart in three neonates. The method involves injecting Renografin 75% (1.25 cc/kg body weight) into the umbilical artery catheter according to the following sequence. First, the tip of the catheter is positioned at the level of the ductus arteriosus. The infant heart beats are then...

A preterm infant with isolated fetal ascites was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due to the appearance of respiratory distress at birth. An umbilical venous catheter (UVC) was inserted. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) showed localization of the catheter tip in the portal vein. It was removed and replaced with a newer one. UVC tip location was confirmed with X-ray. His condition had ...