Published in Italian Journal of Pediatrics
ObjectiveTo describe a case of thrombophlebitis associated with Candida infection and to analyze other published reports to define clinical characteristics, prognostic data, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.Study designA computerized search was performed without language restriction using PubMed and Scopus databases. An article was considered ...
Published in Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
Neural tube defects are a group of congenital malformations in which the spinal column is bifid as a result of failed closure of the embryonic neural tube. Although not common, they might be complicated with pelvic organ prolapse mostly due to abnormal innervation and the resulting atrophy of the pelvic floor musculature. In this case report we pre...
Published in Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003)
Home birth is a controversial issue that raises safety concerns for paediatricians and obstetricians. Hospital birth was the cornerstone to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. This reduction in mortality has resulted in considering pregnancy and childbirth as a safe procedure, which, together with a greater social awareness of the need for the ...
Published in Annals of Pediatric Surgery
BackgroundMesenchymal hamartoma is the second most common benign liver tumor in children, with 20% of the cases diagnosed during the neonatal period. The exact etiology in still unclear, and most investigators believe that it is a developmental anomaly rather than a true neoplasm. The presentation of these tumors is highly variable depending on the...
BACKGROUND: Serum creatinine (Scr) in early neonatal life (first week of life) displays extensive variability; hence, a better understanding is needed to use Scr as a diagnostic biomarker for acute kidney injury (AKI). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore Scr trends and its covariates in early neonatal life. METHODS: Analysis of a ...
Published in Research Involvement and Engagement
BackgroundMaternal and newborn deaths and ill health are relatively common in low income countries, but can adequately be addressed through locally, collaboratively designed, and responsive research. This has the potential to enable the affected women, their families and health workers themselves to explore ‘why maternal and newborn adverse outcome...
Published in IDCases
This report describes the evolution of COVID-19 in a 10 day-old-baby. The mother developed the disease immediately after childbirth and therefore a vertical transmission can be excluded. The isolation of the virus in cell culture with a cytopathic effect already visible after 48 h, indicates that the viral load of the newborn was quite high, but no...
Published in Redox biology
Sex as a biological variable plays a critical role both during lung development and in modulating postnatal hyperoxic lung injury and repair. The molecular mechanisms behind these sex-specific differences need to be elucidated. Our objective was to determine if the neonatal lung epigenomic landscape reconfiguration has profound effects on gene expr...
Published in MethodsX
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Published in Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]
The reports of rotavirus C (RVC) involvement in diarrhea outbreaks in newborn piglets have been increasing in recent years. This longitudinal study, conducted over a 37-day period, aimed to evaluate the frequency of RVC infection in piglets aged up to 7 days obtained from a pig herd with a previous diagnosis of RVC infection in this age group. Pigl...
