background: this study was performed to find out whether transcutaneous bilirubinometry could be a valid screening method for hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants, especially for those who needed mechanical ventilation. methods: we evaluated 63 preterm iranian newborns who were managed in the neonatal intensive care unit of shahidbeheshti university hospital, isfahan, iran from april 2009 to a...

backgroundresistin is reported as an antagonistic hormone of insulin and in the literature. nowadays, importance of resistin is being more highlighted in the metabolism of mother and fetus during pregnancy. this study aimed to assess the level of resistin in the umbilical cord and blood sugar at birth and evaluate the association of resistin and neonatal birth weight.materials and methodsthis c...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Vitamin B(6) plays a pivotal role in brain development and functioning. Differences in vitamin B(6) homeostasis between preterm and term newborn infants have been reported. The authors sought to investigate whether B(6) vitamers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of preterm and term newborn infants are different. METHODS B(6) vitamer concentrations were determined in 69 CSF...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate possible pathologies associated with hyperechogenicity of thalamic vessels (HETV), which are found on brain ultrasounds (BUS), as well as to observe the frequency of their occurrence. METHODS The sample was composed of 206 preterm newborn infants at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) from July 1998 to May 1999. All of them were submitted...

Approximately half of the more than 500,000 preterm births each year result from preterm labor. Tocolytic therapy continues to be the focus of treatment of these women. Although a variety of tocolytics are used in clinical practice, magnesium sulfate remains one of the most commonly used agents. Magnesium sulfate has also been the focus of recent research for its potential neuroprotective effec...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is a high risk condition associated with significant mortality and morbidity in the perinatal, neonatal, and childhood periods, and even in adulthood. Knowledge of the epidemiology of preterm births is necessary for planning appropriate maternal and fetal care. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, pattern, and perinatal mortality asso...

Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a rare congenital condition, occurring as an outcome of entanglement fetal parts with amniotic bands during intrauterine life resulting in anatomical abnormalities. ABS should be considered every newborn malformations. In this report, case preterm female baby delivered to diagnosed (Preterm pre-labour rupture membranes) PPROM mother, abnormalities the extremities...

Each year 15 million babies are born preterm and their survival chances vary dramatically around the world [1] . For the 1.2 million babies born in high income countries, increasing complexity of neonatal intensive care over the last quarter of the 20th century has changed the chances of survival at lower gestational ages. Middle-income and emerging economies have around 3.8 million preterm bab...

There is a need to explore novel methods of assessing bone health in sick preterm infants. This study of the speed of sound in the long bones of newborn term and preterm infants shows that, in this population, this technique is not site specific and has a high degree of interobserver and intraobserver precision. The speed of sound in newborn infants is primarily dependent on gestation rather th...

................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 9 Review of the literature ............................................................................................. 10 1. Normal lung development .......