Introduction Preterm birth is defined as delivery before 37 completed weeks (WHO). The issue of preterm birth is still a major health problem in the world; 75% of neonatal mortalities are due to prematurity.(1,3) A variety of morbidities are significantly increased in preterm neonates who survive. Morbidity in multiple organs such as respiratory tract, cardiovascular, GI, metabolic, neurologica...

A preterm infant with hypophosphataemic rickets became hypocalcaemic when given milk specially formulated for preterm infants that contained increased phosphorus and calcium. The rickets resolved spontaneously. Routine calcium and phosphorus supplementation for preterm neonates should be investigated further.

ObjectiveTo examine white matter abnormalities, measured by diffusion tensor imaging, in very preterm (<32 weeks) and moderate-late neonates (32-37 at term-equivalent age, compared with healthy full-term controls (?37 weeks).Study designA search of Medline (PubMed) was conducted to identify studies data collected on preterm, neonates, using the guidelines from Meta-analysis Observational Studie...

BACKGROUND In the last decades, human full-term cord blood was extensively investigated as a potential source of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Despite the growing interest of regenerative therapies in preterm neonates, only little is known about the biological function of HSPCs from early preterm neonates under different perinatal conditions. Therefore, we investigated the co...

Perinatal stroke in neonates can lead to disability in later life. However, its etiology and prognosis are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to describe clinical presentations and neurodevelopmental outcomes of our case series of perinatal stroke in Korea. Thirteen term and preterm neonates who were diagnosed with perinatal stroke in two university hospitals from March 2003 to March ...

Objective: To determine the risk of retinopathy prematurity (ROP) among preterm with and without sepsis admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit tertiary hospital Karachi, Pakistan. Methodology: In this prospective cross-sectional study conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital from October 2021 to March 2022. All born gestation &lt;32 weeks birth weight &lt;1.5kg were &lt;28 days old either ...

introduction: some studies have suggested correlation between mpv index and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in adults. though bronchopulmonary dysplasia is also an inflammatory disease which develops in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome, we decided to study the possible correlation between the mean platelet volume (mpv) and the occurrence of bronchopulmonary...

Background: Late preterm neonates may have the external appearance and behavior similar to their counterparts.However, they are susceptible to various neonatal morbidities , due to their physiological and metabolical immaturity.To assess the correlation between cord blood arterial lactate levels and base excess with the development ofrespiratory distress in late preterm neonat...

BACKGROUND Infants born prematurely are highly vulnerable to infections and also exhibit a high susceptibility to organ damage due to inflammation. METHODS To investigate homeostatic immune control early in life, we used advanced multiparameter flow cytometry to compare responses to multiple Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands in single cells and mononuclear cell populations in term neonates ver...