Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in mothers and their newborns in a Tunisian population.

Objective: To assess vitamin D status in mothers and their newborns and identify predictive factors of vitamin D deficiency.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken of healthy women and their full-term newborns delivered at the Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia, between October and November 2012. Maternal and neonatal serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations were measured.

[Neonatal hearing screening with transient otoacoustic emissions: pilot study].

Background: Bilateral hearing loss is present in 1-3 per 1000 newborn infants, and in 2-4 per 100 infants in the intensive care unit population. All infants with hearing loss should be identified before 3 months of age and receives intervention by 6 months. If undetected, this will impede speech, language, and cognitive development.

Concordant posterior urethral valves in male monochorionic twins with secondary prune belly syndrome.

Background: Posterior urethral valves (PUVs), the most common congenital cause of lower urinary tract obstruction, have been described to occur in identical and nonidentical twins. Until now, reports have been published on 15 cases of PUVs.

Aim: We report a new case of concordant PUVs in one set of male monochorionic twins with secondary Prune Belly Syndrome.