Background: Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is a severe and rare autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, characterized by hyperkeratosis, extensive fissuring massive, diamond-shaped scales which limit the child’s movements. The term harlequin comes from baby’s facial expression pattern of like 17th century entertainers, harlequins. underlying genetic abnormality has been identified as mutation in ...

Subcutaneous fat necrosis (SCFN) is an uncommon and yet, a benign condition seen in full term neonates who experience perinatal asphyxia and or traumatic delivery. It is temporary, self limited condition of unknown pathophysiology. Characteristic lesions are indurated, erythematous nodules or plaques over the areas prone for pressure such as back, arms, buttocks, thighs and face. This condition...

Background: In Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) different sound intensities and frequencies are produced from different sources, which may exert undesirable physiological effects on the infants. The aim of this study was to determine the noise level and its sources in the NICU and neonatal ward of Al-Zahra Hospital of Rasht, Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the inte...

Background: Studies regarding cleansing the area with antiseptic solutions prior to catheterization in premature infants are limited. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate and compare the effects of chlorhexidine 2% and iodopovidone-alcohol solutions on bacterial colonization associated with the peripheral venous catheterization in premature infants. ...

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has produced profound effects on the global healthcare systems including every specialty. Pregnant women are physiologically immunocompromised and may be affected more by than general population. New unique challenges were encountered hospitals providers (HCPs) related to medical, surgical strategic management involved in obstetric care. Data o...

Background: Cardiac conduction disorders are rare syndromes in neonates and children. According to the literature atrial septal defect, especially ostium secundum type, is associated with atrioventricular (AV) block. Wenckebach conduction heart block is very rare in a neonate; however, there is a dearth of research on the prevalence of this type of heart block regarding the neonates and pediatr...

Aim: To compare fetal and maternal outcomes between elective emergency cesarean sections in patients with gestational diabetes
 mellitus (GDM).
 Material Methods: Data from GDM delivered by section January 2015 July 2020 were
 retrospectively reviewed. Patients were grouped according to whether the was (n=129) or (n=158).
 Results: The rate higher (31.16%) than without GDM. ...

Subdural anesthesia, although rare, is a significant complication of epidural anesthesia. This case report presents 28-year-old female patient who developed sudden unconsciousness following anesthesia administration for labor pain. Despite no evident contraindications to she lost consciousness shortly after the initial test dose, leading an emergency cesarean section under general The neonate s...