Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) of the newborn is a single commonly found in terminal ileum without distinct causes. These cases often associated with prematurity. The new COVID-19 pregnancy increased risk premature rupture membranes, preterm delivery, intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), and low birth weight (LBW). Here we report twin SIP that was born from Coronavirus-19 positive mother....

Pregnant women and premature born children were classified into four groups. In each group there were thirty of them. The first group included the pregnant women with premature rupture of membranes and amniotic fluid effluxed for 72 hours before the delivery. The second group included the pregnant women with amniotic fluid effluxing less then 72 hours before the delivery. The third group includ...

in this report we introduce two cases of penile agenesis. the first case was a newborn with male appearance and a well developed scrotum containing two normal testes, but the penis and urethral meatus were absent. the bladder was connected to the rectum by an intra-abdominal canal. the second case was a premature newbron of 32 weeks, who died in the first day of life. in addition to penile agen...

The relationship between the concentration of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and the number of proliferating/apoptotic lymphocytes in peripheral blood of premature newborns of different gestation age and full-term newborns was determined. The experiments were performed using fluorescent spectrophotometry (with Hoechst 33342), flow cytometry, and microscopy (Feulgen staining of lymphocytes). It was deter...

BACKGROUND Plasma creatinine (Pcr) levels at birth are greatly elevated in relation to the size (and the muscle mass) of the newborn infant and remain so for 1 to 2 weeks. Particularly intriguing is the fact that Pcr levels are higher in preterm than in term infants and for a longer postnatal period. The smaller the birth weight, the higher the Pcr. This cannot be explained by maternal transfer...

Bone fusion has occurred repeatedly during skull evolution in all tetrapod lineages, leading to a reduction in the number of bones and an increase in their morphological complexity. The ontogeny of the human skull includes also bone fusions as part of its normal developmental process. However, several disruptions might cause premature closure of cranial sutures (craniosynostosis), reducing the ...

Goddard, P., Keith, I., Marcovitch, H., Roberton, N. R. C., Rolfe, P., and Scopes, J. W. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 853. Use of a continuously recording intravascular oxygen electrode in the newborn. The use of a continuously recording intravascular Po, electrode is described. The electrode, based on the Galvanic principle, is built into the tip of a French gauge (FG) 5 umbil...

Listeria monocytogenes has been known for several decades, but its infection of newborn infants has been rarely reported in Taiwan. We here report a case of a premature newborn with a gestational age of 31 3/7 weeks and a birth body weight of 1,070 gm, who was found to have early-onset Listeria sepsis, pneumonia and suspected meningitis. Unexpected meconium stained amniotic fluid was found at b...