A patent ductus arteriosus, very common in the preterm infant (incidence up to 70% in infants less than 28 weeks gestational age), causes a left-to-right shunt leading to overload of the pulmonary circulation and low systemic blood flow. These hemodynamic anomalies are associated with a higher incidence of respiratory, neurological, and digestive complications of prematurity, as well as a highe...

One baby in every 500 live births dies suddenly and unexpectedly. Sudden deaths, the most common kind of death among babies aged between one week and two years, rank third of all infant mortality after perinatal conditions and congenital anomalies,l and are among the most distressing and baffling tragedies faced by families, health professionals, and officials. In 1980, of the 3800 postperinata...

BACKGROUND Wheezing is a common symptom in infants and toddlers. Usually it occurs due to viral infection of the lower airways and no further diagnostic procedures are necessary. However in rare cases, other reasons such as anatomical malformation have to be considered. CASE PRESENTATION We report about an infant with recurrent episodes of wheezy bronchitis, which persisted despite adequate t...

Epidermoid cysts are benign developmental anomalies that are rarely observed in the oral cavity of neonate. If large in size, especially in the developing fetus or newborn infant, they can cause swallowing difficulty and occasionally respiratory difficulty. We report a case of epidermoid cyst in the oral cavity detected prenatal sonography. The sonographic finding was large cystic mass, measuri...

Congenital syngnathia is a rare anomaly characterised by the presence of soft tissue (synechia) or bony adhesions (synostosis) between the maxilla and mandible. A wide spectrum and range of severity have been documented in case reports. Primarily it manifests in the inability to open the mouth; impacting on mandibular growth, nutrition, speech and management of the airway. The bony adhesions ca...

BACKGROUND Information on health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations is essential for developing public health programs aimed at reducing such disparities. The lack of data on disparities in birth outcomes between Inuit and non-Inuit populations in Canada prompted us to compare birth outcomes in Inuit-inhabited areas with those in the rest of the country and in other r...

BACKGROUND The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has periodically estimated infant mortality rates among Palestine refugees in Gaza. These surveys have recorded a decline from 127 per 1000 live births in 1960 to 20.2 in 2008. METHODS We used the same preceding-birth technique as in previous surveys. All multiparous mothers who came to the 2...

OBJECTIVE To conduct an audit of breech deliveries at or beyond 28 weeks gestation to determine the neonatal outcome at different gestations in relation to the mode of delivery. SETTING MCH Centre, PIMS, Islamabad. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Records of 171 consecutive singleton breech deliveries > or = 28 weeks gestation were retrieved and stratified into 3 groups by gestational age, 28-33 comple...

Infants with complete or partial deletion of a G group autosome and of similar appearance have -been described by Lejeune et al. (1964), Reisman et al. (1966), and Thorburn and Johnson (1966). The infant with many congenital abnormalities reported by Lejeune et al. (1964) had a karyotype with autosomal mosaicism, involving a chromosome of the G group. One cell line was monosomic with 45 chromos...