Feeding preterm infants after hospital discharge: effect of diet on body composition.

Our purpose in this study was to examine whole body composition, using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) during dietary intervention in preterm infants (< or = 1750 g birthweight, < or = 34 wk gestation). At discharge, infants were randomized to be fed either a preterm infant formula (discharge-6 mo; group A) or a term formula (discharge-6 mo; group B), or the preterm formula (discharge-term) and the term formula (term-6 mo; group C). Nutrient intake was measured between each clinic visit.

Mortality from early onset group B streptococcal infection in the United Kingdom.

Aims: To assess the assumption that group B streptococcal infection is less common in the United Kingdom than it is in the United States.

Methods: All stillbirth and neonatal death records in the former Northern Health Region were scrutinised to determine how many babies had died of infection in 1981-96, and what had been the cause.

Results: Fifty one of 630 206 live born babies had died of confirmed group B streptococcal infection after becoming symptomatic within 48 hours of birth (0.

High prevalence of anemia after cardiac transplantation in children.

Background: Chronic anemia is common in adults after successful cardiac transplantation. However, the prevalence of anemia in children after cardiac transplantation is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and causes of chronic anemia in well children after cardiac transplantation and in particular to define the role, if any, of iron deficiency, which is important and relatively common in normal children.

Natural history of trisomy 18.

It has been suggested that survival in babies with trisomy 18 may be better than previously recognised, and that cardiac surgery may be justified. A population based study spanning seven years in one English health region is presented. The fetal prevalence at 18 weeks was 1 in 4274 and birth prevalence 1 in 8333 live births.