Transitional Hypoglycaemia Management in Small for Gestational Age Neonates with Sucrose Enriched Expressed Breastmilk in Resource Poor Setting.

Aim: To find out if oral sucrose is as efficacious as intravenous dextrose (IVDx) in treating hypoglycaemia in small for gestational age (SGA) neonates and to compare risk of feed intolerance (FI) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in oral therapy with IVDx therapy.

Methods: Eighty SGA haemodynamically stable hypoglycaemic [blood sugar (BS) < 40 mg/dl] neonates of ≥32 to ≤36 week gestational age were randomized to receive oral sugar enriched expressed breastmilk (EBM; Group A) or IV dextrose therapy (Group B; 40 in each group) in similar calculated doses. BS at 6 h after treatment, incidence of recurrence of hypoglycaemia, FI and NEC were compared.

Effect of iron supplementation from neonatal period on the iron status of6-month-old infants at-risk for early iron deficiency: a randomized interventional trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of iron supplementation from the second day after birth on 6-month hemoglobin (Hb), serum ferritin and motor development in infants at risk of early iron deficiency.

Study Design: Term (37-41 weeks) infants of anemic (Hb ≤ 100 g L;  = 100) and non-anemic (Hb > 100 g L;  = 100) mothers were randomized to daily iron supplementation at a dose of 2 mg kg from 36 h of age ( = 50, each of anemic and non-anemic mothers) or no iron-supplementation ( = 50 each of anemic and non-anemic mothers). Hb, serum ferritin and motor development at 6 months were compared in the two groups.

Bacillus cereus-Attributable Primary Cutaneous Anthrax-Like Infection in Newborn Infants, India.

During March 13-June 23, 2018, anthrax-like cutaneous lesions attributed to the Bacillus cereus group of organisms developed in 12 newborns in India. We traced the source of infection to the healthcare kits used for newborn care. We used multilocus sequence typing to characterize the 19 selected strains from various sources in hospital settings, including the healthcare kits.

Clinically relevant yeast species identified by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer region of r-RNA gene and Vitek 2 compact (YST card) commercial identification system: Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam, Northeast India.

In this retrospective study from 2012 to 2015, 333 clinical isolates of yeasts were identified using Vitek 2 Compact System YST ID card (Biomerieux, France) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing. Eighteen species were identified by ITS sequencing. Candida albicans was the most common species (46.

In resource limited areas complete enteral feed in stable very low birth weight infants (1000-1500 g) started within 24 h of life can improve nutritional outcome.

Objective: To evaluate feasibility of complete enteral feed (CEF) in stable very low birth weight neonates weighing 1000-1500 g.

Subjects And Interventions: One hundred and three stable very low birth weight (vlbw) neonates (1000-1500 g) irrespective of gestational age (GA) were randomized to receive either CEF with expressed breast milk (EBM) (n = 51) or minimal enteral feed (MEF) supplemented with intravenous fluid (IVF). (MEF) (n = 52).

Sneathia species in a case of neonatal meningitis from Northeast India.

Here we report the detection of Sneathia species most closely related to Sneathia sanguinegens, an infrequently reported bacterium, in the cerebrospinal fluid of a neonate by a culture independent method. Even though on rare occasions, this bacterium was isolated previously from the blood of neonatal bacteraemia cases. To the best of our knowledge there exists no previous report of detection of S.

Pattern of Gross Congenital Malformations in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Northeast India.

Objective: To explore the prevalence of structural congenital malformations among newborns and study some of the fetal and maternal characteristics of the malformed babies in North east India where such systematic study on congenital malformation has not been undertaken before.

Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken from May 2010 through Feb 2013 for estimation of gross congenital malformations among live birth and stillbirth children born in Assam Medical College. All live births were clinically examined for detection of gross congenital malformations and autopsy was carried out on still births and neonates dying within 24 h of birth to detect gross congenital malformations in the internal organs.

Acute pulmonary melioidosis in a child: A case report and review of literature.

Melioidosis is a rare potentially fatal infection caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and an emerging pathogen in India. It is a largely under-diagnosed disease and an imitator of tuberculosis, both clinically and radiologically.

Prevalence of anemia in pregnant women and its effect on neonatal outcomes in Northeast India.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women and characterize its effect on neonatal outcome in Northeast India.

Patients And Methods: Four hundred and seventy mothers and their newborn infants during a one month period were included. The association between maternal hemoglobin (Hb) at delivery and neonatal outcomes were determined.