Fatal gastro-intestinal hæmorrhage in the new-born

Spontaneous Hæmorrhage in the New Born

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?In view of the cases published in the British Medical Journal of this condition during the last few months I thought the following might be of interest to your readers:? I was called at 11 a.m. on the 6th September, 1930, by Dr. Ivarmarker to see a newly born child. He informed me that the child had been born two hours previously and almost immedi...

Giant Congenital Hydronephrosis Obstructing the Gastro Intestinal System and the Contralateral Kidney in a New Born

A 5 day old baby, with known left hydronephrosis which discovered by prenatal US presented with gastrointestinal tract obstruction. Laboratory work up demonstrated abnormal renal function and metabolic acidosis combined with hyperkalemia. Radiology tests showed bilateral hydronephrosis with huge left renal pelvis crossing the midline and causing deviation of the gut laterally. This acute presen...

Cases of Fatal Hæmorrhage after Childbirth

my arrival, I received the following history of her case from Mr Jeffrey, the House Surgeon. She was married in 1853, and had had twelve children at the full time, and one miscarriage at the third month. In consequence of a congenital malformation she had always refrained from employing a midwife or accoucheur in her confinements, and had always been able to deliver herself safely in all her pr...

Intestinal Obstruction with Internal Hæmorrhage

Unusual Fatal Hæmorrhage Complicating Enteric Fever

unusual complication, viz, vomiting. At first, the physician takes it to be due to some error in diet producing perhaps a mild gastritis. This complacence is, however, soon changed into a serious matter when the patient begins to show presence of blood in the vomited matter?either frank blood or altered blood or more usually coffee-ground material. The quantity may be moderate or large and the ...