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Transient tachypnea of the newborn occurs in approximately 1 in 100 preterm infants and 3.6–5.7 per 1000 term infants. It is most common in infants born by caesarian section without a trial of labor after 35 weeks of gestation. Male infants and infants with an umbilical cord prolapse or perinatal asphyxia are at higher risk.
Plethora in the newborn, also known as polycythemia of neonates is an increase in the blood volume due in large part to the late clamping of the umbilical cord. [5] This can cause transient tachypnea of the newborn a temporary breathing problem.
Neonatal sepsis of the newborn is an infection that has spread through the entire body. The inflammatory response to this systematic infection can be as serious as the infection itself. [26] In infants that weigh under 1500 g, sepsis is the most common cause of death. Three to four percent of infants per 1000 births contract sepsis.
This may suggest that hairline and outer perimeter of the face play an integral part in the newborn's face recognition. [15] According to Maurer and Salapateck, a one-month-old baby scans the outer contour of the face, with strong focus on the eyes, while a two-month-old scans more broadly and focuses on the features of the face, including the ...
Neonatal tetanus (trismus nascentium) is a form of generalised tetanus that occurs in newborns. Infants who have not acquired passive immunity from an immunized mother are at risk. It usually occurs through infection of the unhealed umbilical stump, particularly when the stump is cut with a non-sterile instrument.
A father with a progressive eye disease was able to see his son thanks to a new therapy that uses a virus to bring a healthy gene into the eye Dad Sees Newborn for the First Time After Virus Is ...
Newborns with harlequin-type ichthyosis present with thick, fissured armor-plate hyperkeratosis. [11] Sufferers feature severe cranial and facial deformities. The ears may be very poorly developed or absent, as may the nose. The eyelids may be everted , which leaves the eyes and the area around them very susceptible to infection. [12]
A few days after my injection of filler, though, my face was swollen and there was a pain below my right eye. I didn’t worry. You tend to get a bit of swelling after fillers. I assumed it was ...