[Echocardiographic abnormalities in infants with heart murmur].

Objectives: Congenital heart diseases are very serious problem of current perinatology. Early detection of congenital heart diseases and new possibilities of their treatment have decreased mortality rate in neonates.

The Aim Of The Study: Was to present the reasons of the heart murmurs found in newborns, based on postnatal echocardiography.

[Life threatening conditions in premature infants].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to analyze life-threatening conditions of the premature neonates who required hospitalization in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Postnatal mortality was also taken into consideration.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of the neonates born prematurely in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Medical University in Warsaw in the period from 1st January, 2002 to 31st December, 2002.