Isolated submandibular sialadenitis is extremely rare in the neonatal period. All reported cases had predisposing factors such as prematurity, dehydration, anatomic deformities, calculi, and long-term oro-gastric tube feeding. Here, we present a case of neonatal isolated submandibular sialadenitis without any known risk factors and who was diagnosed later with hyperthyroidism secondary to mater...

A collaborative effort to assess factors affecting newborn survival at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) was made by studying 1948 newborns admitted to nine NICUs in the city of São Paulo between 1 June and 30 November 1991. Data on the study subjects were obtained using a standardized form. This was the first activity undertaken by a network of neonatologists (the Paulista Collaborative Gr...

The study aimed to determine the presence of a relationship between prenatal exposure potential risk factors and development necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. Materials Methods: clinical data 99 mother-newborn couples diagnosed with Bell’s stage IIA NEC comparable comparison group were studied. characteristics main compared control using Student’s t-test. To assess severity ...