Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from March 2002

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from March 2002

Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. (Review).
March 1, 2002... Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation is the most serious direct complication of intraventricular haemorrhage after preterm birth. It results initially from multiple small blood clots throughout the cerebrospinal fluid channels impeding...

The clinical conundrum of neonatal seizures. (Review).
March 1, 2002... There is increasing evidence that neonatal seizures have an adverse effect on neurodevelopmental progression and may predispose to cognitive, behavioural, or epileptic complications later in life. However, given the uncertainty about the...

Hypertension in the newborn baby. (Review).
March 1, 2002... Hypertension is rare in the newborn infant. It has a cumbersome definition and diagnosis, and screening is not justified using present definitions and technology. Thresholds for starting antihypertensive treatment in the first month of life...

Skeletal development in premature infants: a review of bone physiology beyond nutritional aspects. (Review).
March 1, 2002... Bone development is usually seen as a process of bone mineral accretion or increase in bone mass, and treatment of bone disorders usually consists of attempts to maximise bone mass accumulation by nutritional means only. However, from a...

Perinatal risk factors for major intraventricular haemorrhage in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, 1995-97. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Background: In 1995, large differences were identified in rates of grade 3-4 intraventricular/periventricular haemorrhage (major IVH) among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network. Aims:...

Newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A psychosocial study. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Objective: To evaluate the psychosocial implications of newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Design: Prospective psychosocial assessment. Setting: Primary care. Respondents: Study: (a) families of an affected boy...

Antenatal steroids are associated with a reduction in the incidence of cerebral white matter lesions in very low birthweight infants. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Aims: To investigate whether antenatal steroids reduce the incidence of cerebral white matter lesions in very low birthweight infants. Methods: A total of 224 newborn infants of < 31 weeks gestational age and weighing < 1500 g was...

Follow up of a randomised trial of two different courses of dexamethasone for preterm babies at risk of chronic lung disease. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Objectives: To report 18 month outcome of a randomised trial of two courses of dexamethasone to prevent chronic lung disease of prematurity. Study design: Babies of birth weight 1250 g or less ventilated at 7 days of age were randomised...

Outcome at school age following antenatal detection of absent or reversed end diastolic flow velocity in the umbilical artery. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Aim: To determine whether fetal compromise, manifested by abnormalities of Doppler recordings of umbilical artery velocity waveforms in utero, is associated with neurodevelopmental or educational abnormalities at school age. Methods: A...

Do Not Resuscitate orders and ethical decisions in a neonatal intensive care unit in a Muslim community. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Aims: To evaluate the need for Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in a tertiary referral centre for neonatal intensive care, the criteria used in making these decisions, and the applicability of the Muslim ethical stance among parents in an...

Effect of salt supplementation of newborn premature infants on neurodevelopmental outcome at 10-13 years of age. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Background: The nutritional requirements of prematurely born infants are different from those of babies born at term. Inadequate or inappropriate dietary intake in the neonatal period may have long term adverse consequences on...

Measurement of the subarachnoid space by ultrasound in preterm infants. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Background: Measurements of the subarachnoid space during routine cranial sonography may provide an indirect method of monitoring brain growth in preterm infants. Methods: The width of the subarachnoid space was measured on coronal views...

Deposition of whole blood platelets on extracellular matrix under flow conditions in preterm infants. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Background: A previous study showed greater adhesion by platelets of healthy full term infants to subendothelial extracellular matrix (ECM) under flow conditions compared with healthy adult platelets. Aim: To investigate the adhesion and...

Effect of enteral administration of insulin on intestinal development and feeding tolerance in preterm infants: a pilot study. (Original Article).
March 1, 2002... Objective: To determine in a pilot study whether enteral administration of insulin to preterm infants (26-29 weeks of gestational age) would enhance gastrointestinal development and reduce feed intolerance without adverse effects. ...

Congenital epiglottic cyst. (Images in Neonatal Medicine).
March 1, 2002... A full term male neonate presented with stridor and respiratory distress minutes after birth. Life saving intubation was achieved by the attending paediatrician who noted a mass at the base of the tongue. Microlaryngoscopy under general...

Classical Kawasaki disease in a neonate. (Short Report).
March 1, 2002... A case is reported of classical Kawasaki disease in an infant younger than 2 weeks of age. Echocardiography detected a coronary artery aneurysm on the fifth day of the illness. Administration of intravenous [gamma] globulin resulted in rapid...

Stephane Tarnier (1828-1897), the architect of perinatology in France. (Perinatal Lessons From the Past).
March 1, 2002... Stephane Tarnier studied medicine in Paris and became the doyen of obstetrics in France during the second half of the 19th century. He pioneered many advances and encouraged a perinatal approach to childbirth that was further developed by his...