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...

a four day old female infant was admitted because of poor feeding, vomiting and jaundice. laboratory examination showed hyperkalemia, mild hyponatremia and renal tubular acidosis type 4. serum aldosterone and plasma renin activity were elevated but serum cortisol, 17 -hydroxyprogesterone, acth, 24 hour urinary 17- ketoste roid, pregnanetriol, renal function and sonogram were normal and hence ps...

A four day old female infant was admitted because of poor feeding, vomiting and jaundice. Laboratory examination showed hyperkalemia, mild hyponatremia and renal tubular acidosis type 4. Serum aldosterone and plasma renin activity were elevated but serum cortisol, 17 -hydroxyprogesterone, ACTH, 24 hour urinary 17- ketoste roid, pregnanetriol, renal function and sonogram were normal and henc...

Thank you for the privilege of commenting on David Haig’s interesting and timely proposal ‘Troubled sleep: night waking, breastfeeding, and parent– offspring conflict’. Haig’s main hypothesis, written quite superbly, is a simple one. He argues that frequent night waking to breastfeed poses a significant challenge to mothers sleep and is the infant’s way of prolonging lactational amenorrhea. Spe...