Bronchiolitis-associated encephalopathy in critically-ill infants: an underestimated complication?

Objective: To investigate the bronchiolitis-associated encephalopathy in critically ill infants.

Methods: The records of infants with severe bronchiolitis admitted to our intensive care unit between 1991 and 2003 were reviewed. Subjects with underlying neurological disorders were excluded.

Alpha-thalassemia in premature newborns.

In this study we have carried out alpha-globin gene mapping, hemoglobin (Hb) Bart's quantitation serum bilirubin, and red blood cell indices determination in a group of Sardinian appropriate for gestational age premature infants (from 32 to 35 wk gestation) in order to define the incidence in this population of the different alpha-thalassemia syndromes, their expression rate, and the correlation between the alpha-globin genotype and phenotype at this developmental stage. The gene frequencies of deletion (-alpha) and nondeletion (alpha alpha th) alpha-thalassemia were 0.29 and 0.