Growth restriction in gastroschisis: quantification of its severity and exploration of a placental cause.

Background: Gastroschisis patients are commonly small for gestational age (SGA, birth weight [BW] < 10th centile). However, the extent, symmetry and causes of that growth restriction remain controversial.

Methods: We compared BW, crown-heel length (LT), occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) and ponderal index (PI) in 179 gastroschisis cases and 895 matched controls by univariate and multiple regression.

Surfactant and partial liquid ventilation via conventional and high-frequency techniques in an animal model of respiratory distress syndrome.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the physiologic and pathologic effects of conventional ventilation (CV) and high-frequency ventilation (HFV) during partial liquid ventilation (PLV) with perflubron after surfactant treatment with the results of HFV plus surfactant in an animal lung-injury model created by saline lavage. We also studied the dose effects of perflubron during HFV. DESIGN: Randomized experimental study.