Meaning and Clinical Interest of Minor Malformations and Normal Variants in Neonatology.

Congenital malformations can be found in all organ systems of a newborn. Almost two-thirds of congenital malformations have an unknown cause. There are minor (mM) and major (MM) congenital malformations.

Cystatin C Concentration During the First Three Postnatal Days in Healthy Term Newborns.

Objective: Cystatin C (Cys-C) concentration has not been examined sufficiently among healthy newborn population, particularly in terms of reference values. This study aimed to establish gender-, postnatal age- and birth weight-specific Cys-C concentration for healthy term newborns. Its objective was also to examine if there were any differences between our measured concentration and the reference interval established by the CALIPER study.

Palivizumab: The Effects of Prophylactic Immunization on the Occurrence of Infections Caused by the Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

The aim of this research is to analyze the characteristics of children immunized during immunization season, and their readmission to hospital due to infections of the respiratory tract in the period from 2008 to 2016. The retrospective cohort study included 101 children. The test group consists of infants who met the strict criteria for immunization.

The Incidence and Effects of Alloimmunization in Pregnancy During the Period 2000 - 2013.

Introduction: The objective of the analysis was to examine the epidemiological aspects of maternal alloimmunization and to determine the most common antibody specificities resulting in hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN).

Materials And Methods: The retrospective epidemiological study encompasses all pregnant women who underwent immunohematological screening and the newborn treated for HDN in the period from 2000 to 2013 in the Herzegovina region.

Results: The indirect Coombs test (ICT) detected antibodies against antigens in 384 (2.

Does Body Mass Index in Pregnant Women Affect Laboratory Parameters in the Newborn?

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) during pregnancy in laboratory parameters in the serum of the three groups of pregnant women and in their newborns. Methods This prospective study is comparison between the three groups of pregnant women and their newborns categorized according to their BMI. The study included 128 pregnant women and their newborns.

[The frequency of burnout syndrome in physicians in Mostar University Hospital].

Aim: To determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome in clinical physicians in Mostar University Hospital.

Subjects And Methods: The study included 94 subjects who were familiar with the purpose of research and were classified into three specialty groups. The first consisted of doctors in the Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, the second group of doctors in the Department of Surgery and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, while the third group (CL-specialization) were doctors of the Clinic of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Ophthalmology.