[Development of neonates at risk].

From a group of 2542 children followed up for a prolonged period the authors selected several groups of risk neonates and compared their subsequent development with that of a control group from the same cohort. In the selected risk groups the authors evaluated anamnestic data of the mothers, somatic and neuropsychic development of the children. They compared also the psychomotor development of the children in the first years of life, their school attendance and progress, mean values of IQ and various mental deviations, as compared with children of the control group.

[Risk of morbidity in neonates in Prague 1980-1984].

An epidemiological analysis of 3427 hospitalized neonates at four Prague intensive care and intermediary care units in 1980-1984 revealed that of the total neonatal risk morbidity, 5.6%, the greatest ratio is accounted for by non-inflammatory respiratory diseases, 3.3%, followed by infections, 1.

[Perspectives on reducing morbidity and mortality in Prague].

From data obtained by means of a questionnaire from Prague neonatologists from seven maternity hospitals and four intensiv care units in Prague in 1980-1984 a detailed analysis was made of the specific morbidity and mortality of neonates during the first seven days after birth in a large neonatal population, incl. causes of morbidity and mortality. The analysis was focused on the morbidity of those nosological non-inflammatory and inflammatory units which threaten the life of neonates, which cause morbidity and where mortality is the extreme pole.

Postnatal development of plasma FFA concentration and its influence of the separation of bilirubin from albumin binding in newborns.

The first part of the study gives data on the FFA concentrations, glycaemia and energy quotient in newborns with uncomplicated postnatal adaptation in the first 2 weeks of life. The study was carried out in a group of 69 full-term and 69 pre-term infants at the age of 24, 48, 72, 96 hours and 7 and 14 days. Although it is not the case of consecutive values of FFA concentrations in plasma, a certain developmental trend can be suggested.

Influence of intravenously administered intralipid on free fatty acid concentration and albumin binding capacity to bilirubin in newborn infants.

During a 24-hour interval, examination was carried out of 5 full-term and 4 preterm newborns in whom no disturbance of postnatal adaptation was found. The newborns received parenteral nutrition using infusates containing 20% Intralipid during 7 hours on the average. The mean daily dose of Intralipid was 1.