1. Describe the specific radiologic findings in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. 2. Differentiate between the normal results of a newborn chest radiograph and the radiographic patterns that reflect meconium aspiration. 3. Differentiate between the normal results of a newborn chest radiograph and the radiographic patterns that reflect pneumonia. 4. Distinguish between pulmonary disease an...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of clear liquor and meconium stained liquor on mode of delivery, and to evaluate neonatal outcome. METHODS It was a Cross sectional analytical study, conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shaikh Zyed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute/Hospital, Lahore and Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital Larkana, from April 2006 to March 2007. Two hundred ...

Background: Meconium is a sterile, thick, black-green, odourless material that results from accumulation of debris in fetal intestine during the third month gestation. The risk factors for meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) are both maternal and fetal. MSAF associated with higher rate caesarean delivery, increased need neonatal resuscitation meconium aspiration syndrome. This observational ...

MAS remains an infrequent but challenging condition confronting neonatologists. Avoidance of postterm pregnancies, improved intrapartum monitoring,and amnioinfusion have been beneficial. Studies have not demonstrated conclusively that any form of ventilation is superior to others, but strategies that recruit alveoli are desirable. Surfactant lavage or replacement may be beneficial. When hypoxic...

OBJECTIVE The cause of meconium stained amniotic fluid in term healthy pregnancies is not clearly understood yet. The aim of this study was to investigate the placental ultrastructural changes and placental apoptosis in pregnancies complicated with meconium stained amniotic fluid. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study group was composed of mothers (n: 13) and their term, appropriate for gestational a...