The paper examined the basic anthropometric characteristics, birth weight and birth length of newborns, from the Tuzla Canton (TC) born during 2007. The study is a retrospective study in which data from the book of protocol of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic - University Clinical Center Tuzla (OGC UCC). There were 4057 births in which 4125 babies were born in the OGC UCC Tuzla between 01 J...

In a clinical trial from 1969 to 1972, Sir Graham Collingwood Liggins and Ross Howie [4] showed that if doctors treat pregnant women with corticosteroids before those women deliver prematurely, then those womens' infants have fewer cases of respiratory distress syndrome [5] than do similarly premature infants of women not treated with corticosteroids. Prior to the study, premature infants born ...

to describe and compare the clinical outcome of infants born to mothers with gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus, this study was conducted between january 2000 to january 2002 in tehran vali-e-- -asr hospital. among 4472 deliveries, we found 107 infants born to diabetic mothers out of whom 6 were twins. the prevalence of diabetes in total deliveries was 2.39%. mean age of gestation...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative infants born to HIV-positive mothers frequently exhibit a range of immunological abnormalities. We tested the hypothesis that HIV during pregnancy affects the ability of CD4 T cells of HIV-negative infants to respond to vaccine challenge by recruiting HIV-negative infants born to HIV-negative and HIV-positive mothers and measuring their responses to B...

PURPOSE In this study, we aimed to investigate the perinatal clinical conditions of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants born to mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) focusing on the effects of early postnatal neutropenia. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 191 VLBW infants who were born at Konyang University Hospital, between March 2003 and May 2011. We retrospectively an...

Hyperinsulinism in infancy (HI) is an important cause of severe and recurrent hypoglycaemia in newborn infants. It usually appears in infants born at term, and only one case of its occurrence in a prematurely born infant has been reported as an incidental finding. This is a report of seven infants born at 31-36 weeks gestation who experienced severe persistent hyperinsulinism. Two infants were ...

Few studies have examined ventilatory modes exclusively in infants born at term. Synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) compared to intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) is associated with a shorter duration of ventilation. The limited data on pressure support, volume targeted ventilation and neurally adjusted ventilatory assist demonstrate only short term benefits in term bor...

Infants born to women with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are at risk of vertical transmission. This risk is significantly reduced with correct post-natal treatment After initial perinatal management and neonatal treatment, these infants receive subsequent follow up HBV immunisations at two, four and six months. These infants then require post vaccination serological testing. This review was conducted...

BACKGROUND Long-term studies of the outcome of very prematurely born infants have clearly documented that the majority of such infants have significant motor, cognitive, and behavioral deficits. However, there is a limited understanding of the nature of the cerebral abnormality underlying these adverse neurologic outcomes. AIM The overall aim of this study was to define quantitatively the alt...