Intermittent High-Dose Vitamin D3 Administration in Neonates with Multiple Comorbidities and Vitamin D Insufficiency.

Background: Neonates have an increased risk of vitamin D insufficiency due to the inadequate supplementation of mothers and infants after birth. Insufficiency of vitamin D is frequently detected in critically ill patients and is associated with disease severity and mortality. There is yet to be a consensus on the appropriate regimen of vitamin D3 supplementation in high-risk infants.

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in A Neonate with Aortic Stenosis-A Case Report.

Background: Acute kidney injury occurs commonly in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. We report a case of a neonate with congenital heart disease who developed acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, administration of iodinated contrast media for cardiac catheterization, and a combination of nephrotoxic drugs.

Case Report: A term neonate without a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease and with a good postnatal transition was transferred at 13 days of life to the MS Curie Emergency Hospital for Children, Newborn Intensive Care Unit, from a regional hospital where he was admitted at 10 days of life with severe general status, respiratory distress, cyanosis, and arterial hypotension.

Impact of Bedside Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates with Transposition of the Great Arteries in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Romania.

(1) Background: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is the most common congenital heart disease, accounting for 5-7% of all cardiac anomalies, with a prevalence of 0.2-0.3 per 1000 live births.

Gain and subsequent loss of lung function after lung volume reduction surgery in cases of severe emphysema with different morphologic patterns.

Objective: Surgical lung volume reduction improves lung function and dyspnea in advanced emphysema to a variable degree. Because long-term results with this procedure are scant, we prospectively investigated lung function over several years after lung volume reduction surgery with regard to emphysema morphology.

Methods: Bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic lung volume reduction surgery was performed in severely symptomatic patients with marked hyperinflation caused by advanced nonbullous emphysema.