Growing up with Bilateral parieto-occipital injury: over ten years of clinical observation and neuropsychological follow-up.

This paper presents a follow-up of a child with Balint's syndrome over more than a decade. The patient experienced traumatic brain injury before age 12, resulting in bilateral occipito-parietal infarctions and a clinical presentation of Balint's syndrome. Neuropsychological assessments at three time points showed average verbal abilities alongside persistent difficulties in visual orientation, mirrored in the patient's daily life.

A Proposed Role of Surfactant in Platelet Function and Treatment of Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Preterm and Term Infants.

Background: We evaluated the effect of surfactant on platelet function as a potential contributing mechanism to the pathogenesis of pulmonary hemorrhage (PHEM) in term and preterm infants.

Methods: Cord blood samples were collected from neonates following delivery. Complete blood count and platelet function were measured using a cone and platelet analyzer (CPA).

Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome complicating fulminant Enterobacter cloacae sepsis in a preterm infant: the unresolved issue of corticosteroids.

Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage can complicate severe sepsis in the neonate and is most commonly attributed to meningococcal disease; however, it can be caused by other etiologic agents as well. We report herein a fatal case of Enterobacter cloacae sepsis in a preterm infant, resulting in massive adrenal hemorrhages. This is the first documented case of adrenal hemorrhage following infection with this pathogen.