Systolic pulmonary arterial pressure was determined serially over the first 10 days of life in 33 babies with hyaline membrane disease by measuring the peak velocity of pansystolic tricuspid valve regurgitation, using Doppler ultrasound, and applying the Bernoulli equation. Results are presented in age groups 0-12, 13-36, 37-72, and 73-96 hours respectively. The incidence of tricuspid valve reg...

Intramuscular administration of vitamin K for prophylaxis against hemorrhagic disease of the newborn has the disadvantage of increased cost, pain, anxiety to parents and risk of transmission of infection. Oral route is a better alternative. Oral absorption of vitamin K has been shown to be equally good using special oral preparations. However, this preparation is not available in India. A prosp...

AIM Transient cardiac hypertrophy occurs in infants of diabetic mothers. The effect of this state on cardiac functions was investigated with a case-control study using tissue Doppler technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, right and left ventricle systolic and diastolic functions of 45 term babies of diabetic mothers and 50 healthy term newborns were examined using tissue Doppler echoc...

Many women with multiple sclerosis (MS) ask about the risks of pregnancy before starting (or while on) disease-modifying therapies (DMTs). At least twothirds of patients with MS are women, and the majority are in their childbearing years at the time of clinical onset and diagnosis. DMTs taken during pregnancy could have direct or indirect toxicity (through immunomodulating properties) on pregna...

A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro [5] for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Before the advent of genetic engineering and in vitro [5] fertilization [6] (IVF), designer babies were primarily a science fiction concept. However, the rapid advancement of technology before and after the turn of the twenty-first century ma...

A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro [5] for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Before the advent of genetic engineering and in vitro [5] fertilization [6] (IVF), designer babies were primarily a science fiction concept. However, the rapid advancement of technology before and after the turn of the twenty-first century ma...

hyperbilirubinemia at neonatal period is one of the major deteriorating factors of the auditory system. if left untreated, it may cause certain cerebral damage. this study aims to evaluate the impact of hyperbilirubinemia on the hearing of neonate. this study was conducted on 35 newborn babies with jaundice (bilirubin more than 20 mg/dl). auditory brainstem response (abr) and transient evoked o...

BACKGROUND This study sought to determine how esthetic appearance of babies may affect their motivational processing by the adults. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Healthy men and women were administered two laboratory-based tasks: a) key pressing to change the viewing time of normal-looking babies and of those with abnormal facial features (e.g., cleft palate, strabismus, skin disorders, ...

Baum, J. D., and Roberton, N. R. C. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 771. Distending pressure in infants with respiratory distress syndrome. The application of distending pressure to 40 babies with the respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is described. Pressures greater than 10 cm H,O were rarely used. On starting distending pressure, considerable improvements in blood gases occurre...

Aim. To explore the potential usefulness of the mean, standard deviation (SD), and coefficient of variation (CV = SD/mean) of oximeter oxygen saturations in the clinical care of preterm babies. Methods. This was an exploratory investigation involving 31 preterm babies at 36 weeks postmenstrual age. All babies were healthy, but two were considered to be clinically unstable and required greater a...