Prevalence, causes, and outcome at 2 years of age of newborn encephalopathy: population based study.

Objectives: To ascertain the prevalence of newborn encephalopathy in term live births, and also the underlying diagnoses, timing, and outcome at 2 years of surviving infants.

Design: Population based observational study.

Setting: North Pas-de-Calais area of France, January to December 2000.

[Fatal neonatal respiratory distress in Niemann-Pick C2 and prenatal diagnosis with mutations in gene HE1/NPC2].

Unlabelled: We report the fifth case of neonatal form of type C2 (NP-C2) Niemann-Pick disease with early and fatal respiratory distress. Eleven families presenting such cases are known to date in the world. Since December 2000, isolation of the underlying gene HE1/NPC2 and its mutations has allowed major advances in diagnosis.

[Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia revealed by cardiac arrest].

Unlabelled: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia is a rare cause of respiratory distress in the neonatal period. Cardiac arrest may be its first manifestation.

Case Report: We report the case of a full term newborn who suffered at 30 min of life a sudden cardiac arrest.