Babies get it right

Essential Paediatric Dermatology

The present book is aimed at general practitioners, paediatricians, and trainee dermatologists, though nurses and senior medical students would also find it helpful and interesting. It provides a concise and up-to-date illustrated account of the clinical features and treatment of the skin conditions which occur in babies and children in the U.K. and all but the very rarest diseases have been in...

بررسی نتایج پالس اکسی‌متری دست و پا در تشخیص زودهنگام بیماری‌های قلبی مادرزادی سیانوتیک در نوزادان متولد شده در بیمارستان شبیه خوانی کاشان در 6 ماهه اول سال 1385

  Background : Delayed diagnosis of critical and cyanotic congenital heart diseases in asymptomatic newborns can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in this age group. The aim of this study was to determine the utility of hand and foot oxygen saturation as a screening test for the early detection of critical and cyanotic congenital heart diseases in asymptomatic newborns in the first da...

Evaluation of cardiac functions of infants of diabetic mothers using tissue Doppler echocardiography.

AIM Transient cardiac hypertrophy occurs in infants of diabetic mothers. The effect of this state on cardiac functions was investigated with a case-control study using tissue Doppler technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, right and left ventricle systolic and diastolic functions of 45 term babies of diabetic mothers and 50 healthy term newborns were examined using tissue Doppler echoc...

Understand the uterus and get fewer premature babies

Fetal tissue harvesting: Shall we do evil that good may come of it?

Cells from unborn babies differ from adult cells in a number of ways. Fetal cells are better able to tolerate temporary oxygen deprivation, are more resistant to injury, and are less likely to be rejected by the recipient's immune mechanisms. First trimester fetal brain cells (from 8-12 week old unborn babies who have been aborted) are mature enough that they have been used for experimental tre...