[Management of newborn infants in maternity-neonatal intensive care units].

Background: Although in utero transfer seems actually the safest option when risk factors are identified, specialized transport teams remain important to consider for the neonatal overall management.

Subjects: From January 1988 through December 1992, 692 transports of 838 neonates were prospectively studied to determine effectiveness and safety of the Hospital Lenval's neonatal transport team.

Results: Neonatal transports were required respectively for prematurity (46.

[Activity of pediatric emergency departments in 1991].

The authors report the results of a prospective survey concerning the children examined in the pediatric emergency ward of the Lenval's hospital in Nice. The study was conducted over a period of 124 days, one month of each season, and included 3,611 children. There was a majority of boys (60.