Neonatal Outcomes Following Delivery in Water: Evaluation of Safety in a District General Hospital.

Introduction Giving birth in water has increased in popularity over recent years, with potential benefits in terms of maternal comfort and decreased rates of instrumental delivery. Some concerns have been raised about possible adverse neonatal outcomes, including hypothermia and respiratory distress. There is not currently, however, a clear consensus in the literature.

Neonatal sepsis: A, B, C--don't ever forget herpes.

A 5-day-old male presents to the emergency department septic and jaundiced, is resuscitated and started on broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. However tragically in this case despite showing initial signs of stabilisation, he deteriorated with refractory metabolic acidosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation, and later passed away. At postmortem, disseminated herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) was found.

Familial isolated congenital asplenia: case report and literature review.

Congenital asplenia is a rare life-threatening condition, often presenting with pneumococcal sepsis. It may arise as part of situs abnormalities or result from an unrelated specific defect of spleen development. The mode of inheritance is usually autosomal dominant, though sporadic cases are also reported.

Once daily dose gentamicin in neonates - is our dosing correct?

Aim: The aim of this paper is to study the safety and efficacy (measured by therapeutic level) of once daily gentamicin in neonates >or=32 weeks of gestation and
Setting: Level II neonatal intensive care unit.

Subjects: Neonates >or=32 weeks of gestation and View Article and Find Full Text PDF