Problems in newborn infant surgical management.

Surgical Management of Hip Problems in Myelomeningocele: A Review Article

  Background: Children with myelomeningocele (MMC) develop a wide variety of hip deformities such as muscle imbalance, contracture, subluxation, and dislocation. Various methods and indications have been introduced for treatment of muscle imbalances and other hip problems in patients with MMC but there is no study or meta-analysis to compare the results and complications. This review aims to fi...

MANAGEMENT of the newborn and premature infant.

A Model of the Respiratory System in the Newborn Infant

A dynamic mathematical model is presented which successfully simulates the respiratory control system of the newborn infant in different physiological conditions. The primary objective in constructing this model has been to provide a simulation aid in the investigation of maturation of the respiratory system, and the respiratory disorders during the newborn period, without the need for invasive...

surgical management of hip problems in myelomeningocele: a review article

background: children with myelomeningocele (mmc) develop a wide variety of hip deformities such as muscle imbalance, contracture, subluxation, and dislocation. various methods and indications have been introduced for treatment of muscle imbalances and other hip problems in patients with mmc but there is no study or meta-analysis to compare the results and complications. this review aims to find...

Hypoxia in the newborn infant

Many disorders of breathing in the newborn period arise because of failure of normal cardio-pulmonary adaptation. In order to understand the pathogenesis of these disorders it is necessary first to summarize the changes that normally take place in the lungs and circulation at birth. In fetal life the respiratory centre is not, as was once thought, inactive. Breathing movements in utero, first s...