We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in premature infant with optic nerve atrophy severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt the absence cerebral calcifications. A significant risk factor acquisition this infection was mother’s consumption raw deer meat during pregnancy.

Aim: Preterm infant is deprived of various in-utero sensory experiences which have been documented as risk factor for prevalence broad range neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants. The present study evaluates the pain processing pattern neonates with and without known abnormalities using Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP)-a 7 indicator measure that include three behavioural (facial ...

Safe infant sleep has been the focus of two decades of research. Improving supine sleep position in infants has coincided with a reduction in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Premature infants spend time prone while hospitalized to promote appropriate growth and development; however, after hospitalization, infants should be positioned supine to reduce the risk of SIDS. Research has not been...

background :this study aimed to understand the confront strategies of parents of premature infants hospitalized in nicu.   methods : this study was performed using qualitative content analysis approach. twelve participants including nine parents whose infants were hospitalized in nicu, two nurses and one physician, all selected by purposive sampling method were interviewed by a female expert oc...

Periventricular white matter injury, that is, periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the dominant form of brain injury in the premature infant, is the major neuropathological substrate associated with the motor and cognitive deficits observed later in such infants. The nature of the relationship of this lesion to the subsequent cognitive deficits is unclear, but such deficits raise the possibility...

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...

Delivery of infants who are physiologically mature and capable of successful transition to the extrauterine environment is an important priority for obstetric practitioner. A corollary of this goal is to avoid iatrogenic complications of prematurity and maternal complications from delivery. The purpose of this review is to describe the consequences of birth before physiologic maturity in late p...