Follow-Up of Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge: Incidence and Reasons for Rehospitalization.

Objectives: The rehospitalization frequency/indications of low birth weight (LBW) preterms and the effect of rehospitalization on growth and neurodevelopment were investigated.

Methods: LBW preterms discharged from NICU were prospectively followed until the corrected age of 1 year. Infants rehospitalized after discharge were defined as the study group and those not rehospitalized as the control group.

An unusual cause of bilateral scrotal abscess in a preterm infant: Candida albicans.

Acute scrotal abscess is a rare condition in neonates. Most of these abscesses were reported to be unilateral and caused by Staphylococcus and Salmonella spp. Herein, we report a bilateral scrotal abscess in a preterm infant and Candida albicans was isolated from the scrotal fluid culture.

Transient leukemia-associated pericardial tamponade in a neonate with Down syndrome.

Approximately 10% of neonates with Down syndrome may develop a form of megakaryoblastic leukemia that usually disappear spontaneously during the first months of the life. Although it seems to have a benign course, it may also be lethal and severe in some cases, especially in the form of hydrops and/or cardiopulmonary failure. Herein, we report a male infant with Down syndrome who was admitted with respiratory distress due to severe pericardial effusion leading to pericardial tamponade in the first 2 weeks of life.

Early Transient Neonatal Cyanosis Related to Interatrial Right-to-Left Shunting at an Altitude of 1890 Meters: A Report of Five Cases.

Background: We report five term neonates born at an altitude of 1890 meters with transient early neonatal cyanosis due to right-to-left shunting at atrial level through patent foramen ovale.

Case Presentation: The five neonates with no clinical sign or symptom other than marked cyanosis were examined in two neonatal units of Erzurum city. Hematologic and radiologic examinations were normal.