Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and auditory brain-stem response audiometry as predictors of bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction in full-term jaundiced neonates.

The purpose of this research was to define the functions of MRS and ABR as predictors of bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND) in full-term neonates who required intervention (phototherapy and/or exchange transfusion). This prospective cohort study was done at the NICU of Tanta University Hospitals over a 2-year duration. Fifty-six full-term neonates with pathological unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia were divided according to MRS and ABR findings into 2 groups: group (1) included 26 cases with mild acute bilirubin encephalopathy (BIND-M score 1-4).

Impact of maternal and neonatal factors on umbilical cord CD34 cells.

Background: The achievement of optimal number of CD34 umbilical cord stem cells is essential for successful umbilical cord stem cell transplantation. So the aim of this study was to assess the potential effect of both maternal and neonatal factors on the umbilical cord blood CD34 cell count.

Methods: The study was done on umbilical cord blood samples obtained from 20 mothers during labor.

Speckle tracking and myocardial tissue imaging in infant of diabetic mother with gestational and pregestational diabetes.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the myocardial changes in infants of diabetic mother either with gestational or pregestational diabetes and its relation to maternal diabetic control. The study included 45 infants of diabetic mother (IDMs) and 45 healthy newborn as a control group. IDMs were then categorized into 2 subgroups: twenty infants of mother with pregestational diabetes and twenty-five infants of mothers with gestational diabetes.