Maternal-Fetal Results of COVID-19-Infected Pregnant Women Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Descriptive Report.

Objective: COVID-19 infection may produce severe pneumonia, mainly in the adult population. Pregnant women with severe pneumonia are at high risk of developing complications, and conventional therapy sometimes fails to reverse hypoxemia. Therefore, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an option in cases with refractory hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Hypoxic Gas Therapy in Neonatology: Considerations in Practice.

Background: Adequate oxygenation is essential for sick newborns. Each disease determines the target of oxygenation. Nevertheless, hyperoxia and hypoxia are related to adverse outcomes.

Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Neonates with Refractory Hypoxemia Associated to Oligohydramnios.

Background: Therapy with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is effective in the management of pulmonary hypertension and severe hypoxemia. However, these benefits have not been demonstrated in preterm infants (<34 weeks). The objective of this report is to present the experience of eight cases of preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and refractory hypoxemia, with oligohydramnios history.

[Periorbital pallor post application of mydriatic in infants with hydrocephalus associated to systemic effects].

Unlabelled: Adequate pupil dilation is needed to evaluate some neonates at risk of developing illness during this stage. However, this procedure is not free of adverse effects, either local or systemic. One of these complications is the local vasoconstriction of the preterm baby’s skin following the application of mydriatic eye drops.

[Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct in a neonate: An unexpected finding. Case report].

Unlabelled: Spontaneous extrahepatic bile duct perforation is rare in newborns. It is a surgical cause of jaundice in this period and the acute presentation is unusual.

Objective: To report a case of spontaneous bile duct perforation in a newborn due to its serious complications if an early and timely diagnosis is not performed.

Hospital survival upon discharge of ill-neonates transported by ground or air ambulance to a tertiary center.

Objective: To evaluate the differences in hospital survival between modes of transport to a tertiary center in Colombia for critically ill neonates.

Methods: Observational study of seriously ill neonates transported via air or ground, who required medical care at a center providing highly complex services. Data on sociodemographic, clinical, the Transport Risk Index of Physiologic Stability (TRIPS), and mode of transport were collected.

[Polydactyly, holoprosencephaly, cleft lip and cleft palate are not always what they seem: Case report].

We report a male infant with midline defects, congenital heart disease and polydactyly, features suggestive of trisomy 13. However, the report of the karyotype was normal. By clinical findings the final diagnosis was likely to be Pseudotrisomy 13.