Neonatal outcomes following intrauterine transfusion for hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: a twenty-year service review.

Objective: The primary objective was to explore perinatal and neonatal outcomes amongst infants who received intrauterine transfusion (IUT) for the management of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). The secondary objective was to evaluate the role of key investigations in the fetus at risk of HDFN and assess the relationship with neonatal outcomes. We hypothesized that middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA-PSV) and corresponding multiples of the median (MoM) would be predictive of neonatal course.

The prevalence of familial vesicoureteric reflux in infants with normal antenatal scans.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of familial vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) by studying the outcomes of screening in a contemporary cohort of newborns with normal antenatal kidney scans.

Methods: A review of screening outcomes in newborns with a first degree relative with VUR, normal antenatal scans and no prior urine infections between 2014-2019 at three maternity units in the North East of England was conducted. Imaging consisted of micturating cystourethrogram (MCUG) in all and renal tract ultrasound scan (RUS) routinely in two units and by clinician preference in one unit.

Is early patent ductus arteriosus ligation helpful in premature neonates? A 10-year retrospective study.

Background: To compare short and long outcomes between early (≤ 28 days) (EL) and late ligation (LL) groups. To explore factors predicting early extubation (≤ 7 days) after patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation.

Methods: We conducted a single center, retrospective cohort study of preterm infants < 32 weeks who underwent surgical ligation over a 10-year period (2009-2019).

The Economic Costs of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Associated Complications in South Asia: A Systematic Review.

Background: More than 80% of global deaths caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) occur in developing countries. The burden of noncommunicable disease in South Asia is increasing rapidly.

Objectives: To estimate the costs of CVD and the costs of DM to individuals and society in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Congenital pleural effusions: 15 years single-centre experience from North-East England.

Aim: The aim of this study is to add to the scant literature on congenital pleural effusions to aid counselling and clinical management decisions.

Methods: Retrospective case series of 15 years of congenital pleural effusions resulting in live birth in a single tertiary foetal medicine/neonatal centre in North East England.

Results: Data were available for 21 infants.

Lithium toxicity in a neonate owing to false elevation of blood lithium levels caused by contamination in a lithium heparin container: case report and review of the literature.

Lithium toxicity in a neonate can occur owing to antenatal exposure as a result of maternal treatment for psychiatric illnesses. False elevation of lithium levels has been reported in the paediatric population when the sample was mistakenly collected in a lithium heparin container. A term, male infant was born to a mother who was on lithium treatment for a psychiatric illness.