After an uncomplicated term delivery, a newborn infant experienced a life-threatening even a few minutes after being born. Few such events have been described before, they may be due to suffocation; minor changes in surveillance can probably prevent these potentially devastating events.

In sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) apnea is the terminal event; whether or not an obstructive apnea is the primary event is unknown. Collapse of the pliable pharyngeal airway during life would not be detected after death and is therefore hard to prove. The distinctive distribution of petechiae at necropsy can be explained by negative intrathoracic pressure before death suggesting upper airw...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the yield of cardiac testing and to identify predictors of cardiac disease in infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE). DESIGN Retrospective longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Paediatric hospital providing primary and tertiary care that is part of an integrated healthcare system. PATIENTS Infants hospitalised for an ALTE from 1999 to 2003. ...

Benzodiazepines are one of the most frequently prescribed psychotropic drugs during pregnancy. Despite the fact that these drugs have been in use for a long time, there is still debate about the safety for the developing fetus and neonate. We present a case of a newborn with an apparent life-threatening event shortly after birth following maternal temazepam use during labour and advise to be re...

Background: Although chemotherapy induced vocal fold motion impairment was first reported in 1971, there are few reports. Herein, we describe a case which life threatening side effects occurred after injection laryngoplasty for the treatment of accompanied by dysphonia and aspiration patient with lymphoma.

Background: Nosocomial meningitis after spinal anaesthesia is a very rare event and it can be functionally or vitally life threatening in the short term. Pseudomonas aeruginosa responsible for severenosocomial infections including meningitis. Ceftazidime cefepime are reference treatments but none of these molecules available Madagascar. Cefoperazoneis little known Europe United States well Asia...

heterotopic pregnancy (hp) is the simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extrauterine pregnancies. it is a rare event in spontaneous pregnancies with an incidence of less than 1:15000 however the frequency has increased to 1% in accordance with the widespread use of assisted reproductive techniques (art). the pre-operative diagnosis of this condition is generally difficult and it would be life t...