PURPOSE To describe morphological features of the macula in patients with retinopathy of prematurity. METHODS Twelve premature babies with retinopathy of prematurity grades I, II and III underwent dilated fundus examination and optical coherence tomography evaluation. RESULTS In all thirteen eyes of the twelve premature patients optical coherence tomography revealed a condensed retinal pigm...

UNLABELLED Publication of the report of Bergman et al. should stimulate replications by others. If these investigators' findings are confirmed, and clear guidelines for the care of premature infants in the kangaroo method in the first 6 h and beyond are published, with particular attention to warm coverings for the babies' backs, this research could benefit large numbers of premature infants in...

The human baby, even if premature, shows evidence of homeothermy (Bruck, 1961; Day, Curtis, and Kelly, 1943). When subjected to a cool environment, his metabolic rate increases in an attempt to keep pace with increased heat loss. When subjected to an excessively warm environment, he becomes restless and active with hurried panting respiration so that again metabolic rate is increased. Between t...

Forty two premature babies (mean birth weight 980 g, mean gestation 27.6 weeks) had central venous lines inserted at a mean age of 10 days through the internal jugular vein because of poor peripheral venous access and for purposes of parenteral feeding and minimal handling. Eight babies died from complications of prematurity and four from septicaemia with a central line in situ, but the other 3...

A fatal case associated with severe hyperammonaemia is described in which no urea cycle enzyme deficiency could be found. This prompted further investigation of blood ammonia levels in neonates admitted to the premature baby unit at Hammersmith Hospital. 102 specimens were taken from 42 babies within the first 3 weeks of life; the babies had a variety of clinical conditions. The mean ammonia le...

Premature babies often need to be treated for respiratory or digestive diseases in neonatal intensive care units. Incidentally, frequent radiological examinations such as chest or abdomen are being performed during their medical follow-up. Furthermore, those patients who have clinical complications may require a complementary period of hospitalisation lasting, in few cases, several months later...

BACKGROUND Many women diagnosed with varying psychiatric disorders take antipsychotic medications during pregnancy. The safety of antipsychotic medications in pregnancy is largely unknown. METHODS We established the National Register of Antipsychotic Medications in Pregnancy in 2005. Women who are pregnant and taking an antipsychotic medication are interviewed every 6 weeks during pregnancy a...

BACKGROUND Kocuria kristinae is a Gram-positive microorganism, which has rarely been reported as a pathogen that causes infection in humans. Recently, a few studies had concluded that this pathogen can indeed cause infection in immunocompromised hosts. However, the number of reports on K. kristinae infection in pediatric patients is still relatively limited. METHODS Clinical data on pediatric...

This study aimed to Identify the prevalence of preterm infants born in municipality Valença-RJ from statistical analysis data Live Births Declaration years 2018 and 2019 associate prematurity with profile pregnant women city Valença/RJ as maternal age, color/race, level education, prenatal care. Thus, a cross-sectional epidemiological quantitative approach was conducted sample 270 between 2019....