Items for "Newborn"

The procoagulant effects of factor V Leiden may be balanced against decreased levels of factor V and do not reflect in vivo thrombin formation in newborns

Thrombin regulation in newborns remains incompletely understood. We studied tissue factor-initiated thrombin formation in cord plasma in vitro, and the effects of Factor VLeiden (FVL) heterozygosity on thrombin regulation both in vitro and in vivo in newborns...

Keywords: Newborn, thrombin, activated protein C, factor V Leiden, platelet- rich plasma

The relationship between red blood cell and reticulocyte indices and serum markers of iron status in the cord blood of newborns

Background: The aims of this study were to assess the relationship between red blood cell and reticulocyte indices and biochemical iron status measurements, and to define reference values of these markers in the cord blood of newborns.

Methods: In cord blood samples from 199 full-term newborns, cellular indices were assessed using an ADVIA 120 hematology system and iron status was analyzed by measurement of serum iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation (TfSat), transferrin receptor (TfR) and ferritin.

Results: Cellular hemoglobin in red blood cells or reticulocytes was independent of serum iron markers such as TfSat, TfR and ferritin...

Keywords: cord blood, ferritin, iron status, Newborn, red blood cells, transferrin receptor

Plasma endothelin-1 and clinical manifestations of neonatal sepsis

Aim: To determine whether plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) relates to clinical manifestations of sepsis in the newborn, especially with systemic hypotension, acidosis, severe hypoxemia (which may represent pulmonary hypertension) and oliguria.

Methods: Prospective study of 35 consecutive newborns with clinical sepsis: 22 with hemoculture-positive (HC+) sepsis and 13 hemoculture-negative (HC–)...

Keywords: endothelin-1, hypoxemia, Newborn, oliguria, pulmonary hypertension, sepsis, seizures, SNAP-II, systemic hypotension

Congenital syphilis: ?₂-microglobulin in cerebrospinal fluid and diagnosis of neurosyphilis in an affected newborn

Meningoencephalitis in neonatal congenital syphilis (CS) is a difficult diagnosis because of the limitation of standard cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests...

Keywords: Congenital syphilis, microglobulin, Newborn

Utility of a Doppler-derived index combining systolic and diastolic performance (Tei index) for detecting hypoxic cardiac damage in newborns

The purpose of this study was to assess cardiac function of newborns with mild asphyxia by a Doppler-derived index combining systolic and diastolic performance (Tei index)...

Keywords: Asphyxia, echocardiography, hypoxic cardiac damage, myocardial performance index (Tei index), Newborn

Retrospective diagnosis of hypoxic myocardial injury in premature newborns

Perinatal asphyxia has a high impact on neonatal mortality, morbidity, and neurological outcome...

Keywords: Cardiac troponin, echocardiography, Newborn, perinatal asphyxia

Postnatal growth failure in preterm infants: ascertainment and relation to long-term outcome

Objective: Traditional measure of postnatal growth failure assessment has poor discriminatory power for long-term outcomes...

Keywords: Newborn, neurodevelopmental outcome, nutrition, postnatal growth

Sex-specific charts for abdominal circumference in term and near-term Caucasian newborns

Aims: Abdominal circumference (AC) assessment may be used as an index of abdominal visceral size, fetal fat store, and intrauterine nutrition...

Keywords: Abdominal circumference, anthropometry, growth references, Newborn

The effect of the mode of delivery on the maternal-neonatal carnitine blood levels and antioxidant status

Background: Carnitine blood levels are closely related to ?-oxidation and implicated with strenuous muscle contractions...

Keywords: carnitine, delivery, labor, Newborn, Oxidation