Pulmonary vascular air embolism is a rare and, universally, almost a fatal complication of positive pressure ventilation in newborn infants. Here, we report a case of this unusual complication in a very-low-birth-weight infant who showed the clinical and radiological features of this complication along with pulmonary hypoplasia and massive hydrops. The possible pathogenesis has been discussed a...

conclusion the incidence of rop is relatively high in this region. risk factors for rop among very premature infants include hypoxia, severe hyperoxia, relatively low blood spo2, gestational age, birth weight, and apgar score. results the incidence of rop was 26.2%. significant differences between the rop and control groups were observed, these include; gestational age, sex, birth weight, apgar...

The aim of the study was to analyze the profile of mothers and newborns who died in the early and late neonatal period. Descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study that used secondary data obtained from the information systems of mortality, births and hospital records of mothers living in Cuiabá, who gave birth in 2010. We studied 77 deaths, of which 72.7% occurred in the early neonatal peri...

OBJECTIVES To perform a bibliometric analysis of theses and dissertations on prematurity in the Capes database from 1987 to 2009. METHODS This is a descriptive study that used the bibliometric approach for the production of indicators of scientific production. Operationally, the methodology was developed in four steps: 1) construction of the theoretical framework; 2) data collection sourced f...

There are few data available from large, prospective, population-based neonatal surveillance studies. One of the earliest regional studies in the UK showed an incidence of neonatal bacterial meningitis of 0.5/1,000 live births over the years 1947–1960. Nearly 10 years later (1969–1973), a retrospective study of acute bacterial meningitis in the North West Metropolitan region reported a lower in...

BACKGROUND Maternal age is a preponderant variable in the epidemiological analysis of the premature birth. Studies show that in the extreme ages of the maternal life there is a risk of premature birth that generates a high rate of neonatal morbidity. OBJECTIVES [corrected] Determine the effect on the extreme ages of women residents in the province of Alicante on the total of the premature bir...

The recent economic crisis that has been affecting Italy in the last few years has led to an increase in poverty and to worse social conditions, inevitably affecting infancy (1, 2). The health conditions of babies, notably worse among those belonging to needy families, can be influenced by their status already before birth. Babies born to women living in disadvantaged conditions, such as immigr...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the level of agreement between behavioral and multidimensional pain assessment scales in term newborn infants submitted to an acute nociceptive stimulus. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed on 400 healthy term newborns who received an intramuscular injection of vitamin K during the first 6 hours of life. Two behavioral pain scales (the Ne...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Perinatal outcomes have improved in developed countries but remain poor for disadvantaged populations. We examined whether an unconditional income supplement to low-income pregnant women was associated with improved birth outcomes. METHODS This study included all mother-newborn pairs (2003-2010) in Manitoba, Canada, where the mother received prenatal social assistanc...

Eight of nine newborn infants with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), and a predicted mortality of 100%, and one infant with a predicted mortality greater than 94% based on alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference [A-a)DO2) were treated with magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) as a life saving therapy after they failed to improve with conventional treatment. Magnesium at ...