OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the risk factors associated with mild/moderate meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) with those associated with severe in meconium-stained term neonates. METHODS Consecutive singleton term neonates (n=671) with meconium staining at birth from all deliveries (n=14,666) in our institution from January 2006 to December 2012 were included. Both maternal...

Return Masqueraded as Severe Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in a Newborn Hsin-Chia Lin,1 Wei-Chieh Tseng,2 Chin-Chia Wang,1 Shu-Chien Huang,3 Ming-Tai Lin,1 Frank Lu,1 Po-Nien Tsao,1 En-Ting Wu,1 Jou-Kou Wang,1 Mei-Hwan Wu1 1 Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital 2Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital 3Department of Surgery, National Taiwan ...

Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common cause of lung disease in neonates. Meconium staining of amniotic fluid occurs in around 10% of all deliveries at term. Asphyxia before birth stimulates intestinal peristalsis and relaxation of the anal sphincter, and in more severe cases, gasping in utero, leading to meconium aspiration. Respiration after birth draws meconium firstly into the major...

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of lung ultrasonography for neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Methods This prospective observational study enrolled patients diagnosed with MAS based on medical history, clinical manifestations and chest X-ray and control newborns without MAS. During ultrasonography, each lung was divided into three regions (front, lateral, and back), usi...

In a historical prospective study covering 1970-1978, the authors evaluated the outcome of delivery to 429 parous women subsequent to a legally induced first-trimester vacuum-aspiration abortion during 1970-1975 in Uppsala County, Sweden. This outcome was compared with the outcome of delivery to 391 randomly chosen matched parous women and that of all parous women in Sweden in 1975. Confounding...

The work reported here proposes an Organization-Centered model for controlling the reorganization process of a MAS where the agents themselves try to maintain and adapt the organization to both environmental changes and their purposes. The reorganization process is expressed as a four phases process: monitoring (when to reorganize), design (ways of building a new organization), selection (how t...

Introduction: Meconium staining of amniotic fluid (MSAF) is a natural phenomenon in pregnant mothers and their fetuses. MSAF may lead to developing Aspiration Syndrome (MAS). Surfactant replacement therapy has recently emerged as MAS, but no guideline outlines how administer it properly. Case Presentation: We present two term neonates with severe MAS cases focusing on the bolus surfactant thera...

This randomized controlled trial was done to assess whether endotracheal suctioning of nonvigorous infants born through meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) reduces the risk and complications of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Term, nonvigorous babies born through MSAF were randomized to endotracheal suction or no suction groups (n=61 in each). Risks of MAS, complications of MAS and endot...

Background: Meconium aspiration syndrome is a severe life-threatening illness in the neonate and major cause of perinatal morbidity mortality. MSAF reported around 10 to 20% live births which MAS seen 5-10%. Various maternal neonatal factors have been found associated with lead several complications neonates succumb disease. Methods: The present study observational was done on 59 babies admitte...

Introduction: Small for gestational age (SGA) refers to birth weight of neonates less than 10th percentile or 2nd standard deviation below the population norms on growth charts.
 Aims: To identify common risk factors and morbidities small babies.
 Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study it has been conducted at Department pediatrics, Nepalgunj Medical college which tertia...