Feasibility, safety, and outcome of fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia at a low case-load center: one center's experience.

Background: Antenatal fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) has been introduced as an effective intervention to improve the outcome of severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

Objective: We report our early experience with FETO.

Design: A retrospective chart review of case series.

Management of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence: eight cases over 13 years.

Background: Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is a rare condition that affects primarily monozygotic monochorionic twin pregnancies in which a normal twin acts as a pump (donor) for an acardiac recipient (perfuse) twin.

Objective: We report our experience over the last 13 years at a tertiary health care center.

Design: Descriptive, retrospective case series SETTING: Tertiary health care center PATIENTS AND METHODS: All TRAP cases managed between the years 2009 and 2022 at our Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Center were included.

Significance of Intermittent Hypoxic Episodes in Premature Infants Prior to Discharge.

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the rate and severity of intermittent hypoxic episodes in premature infants who underwent overnight pulse oximetry prior to discharge. Methods Preterm infants with a birth weight of 1500 grams or less and who underwent overnight pulse oximetry prior to discharge were included. Maternal and neonatal demographic data and complications of prematurity were recorded.

Fetal malformations associated with exposure to mycophenolic acid during the first trimester.

Mycophenolic acid [MPA] is a powerful inhibitor of lymphocyte proliferation. Although this drug has been used across the globe for various maternal comorbidities, multiple concerns have been raised regarding its teratogenic effects. The Food and Drug Administration has changed its category to drug category D (evidence of fetal risk) in 2007.

Effects of Probiotics and Lactoferrin on Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants.

Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. Despite intensive research, the etiology and pathophysiology of NEC is still obscure. Evidence from recent studies and meta-analyses showed a significant role of probiotics as a prophylactic measure in reducing NEC, sepsis, and mortality.

Decisions and outcome for infants born near the limit of viability.

Background: Initiation or withholding life support at birth on infants born prematurely near the limit of viability is not an easy decision, with wide variation in practice around the world. Our aim was to review the outcome of preterm infants born near the limit of viability at 23-25 weeks gestation in our institution, with regard to resuscitation decision, survival, and major outcome measures.

Methods: We included all live newborn infants born prematurely at 23-25 weeks gestation at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre from January 2006 to December 2015.

Short-term outcome of very low-birth-weight infants in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objective: Published data on short-term outcomes of very low birth weight infants from Saudi Arabia are limited. In the present study, our objective was to describe and analyze the outcomes of very low birth weight infants admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit and to compare the results with data published by the National Institute of Child Health and Development.

Design And Setting: This study was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from a single tertiary care center over a three years period.

The need for hospital-based neonatal palliative care programs in Saudi Arabia.

The terms palliative care, supportive care, and comfort care are used to describe individualized care that can provide a dying person the best quality of life until the end. The term "end-of-life care" is also used in a general sense to refer to all aspects of care of a patient with a potentially fatal condition. While the concept of palliative care is not new, it has only recently been applied to the neonatal population.