Publications by authors named "Bart C W Kuipers"

Feeding problems in children are usually harmless and common, but can rarely exist as a result of pathology. Heart failure is one of them and has to be recognized early because of its many consequences. We present a 15-week-old female infant who was seen at the outpatient clinic.

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Objective: To characterize the natural history of cardiopulmonary physiology in the first 24 hours after birth.

Study Design: A prospective observational study of healthy newborns was conducted at a large tertiary perinatal center. Echocardiography was performed at <0.

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Objectives: To evaluate whether incorporating conventional, tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography are reliable and can characterize changes in left ventricular (LV) function properly in healthy neonates in the early transitional newborn period.

Study Design: A prospective observational study was conducted in 50 healthy term neonates with a mean ± SD gestational age and birth weight of 39.3 ± 1.

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During a routine physical examination of a term, healthy neonate of Somalian origin we observed an anteriorly located interlabial yellow cyst with visible vascularisation on the outer surface. It caused lateralisation of the urinary meatus without notable obstruction. A Skene's duct cyst, or paraurethral cyst, was clinically diagnosed with spontaneous regression.

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