Gastrointestinal Issues

Hello Dear I would like to share with you this photo for a 28 preterm baby aged now 30 days. Commenting on a abdominal x ray a bit challenging for me and i want you kindly to comment on this x ray. please if you have an x ray at your PC OR Phone upload them and let us make this post a reference for NEC X rays. X RAY S0 I0.BMP

Is doing x- ray chest required for every baby delivered to mother with polyhydramnios

I would love to learn about successful management of babies born with Gastroschisis Any experience?

In case you have not yet read the blog post below by Michael Narvey, do it! In my twitter feed I just read about the very recent meta-analysis of transfusion-associated NEC From the original paper: In short, confounding by indication is the likely conceptual mistake here. Here's the pubmed URL to the paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27866662

Hi every one >> i want to ask about long term effect of ucv and in specific on the liver .. ita not uncommon for the uvc to be placed in the liver , usualy we take it out and (if possible ) inserting another one (hopefully in the right position ) but some Neonatologist advice to leave it if the only solution passing through it is N/s (for couple of days) so .. is there any study done to adress the long term effect on the liver in case of wrong placement ? some times i dont feel in hurry to change it , so how serous is the wrong uc placement >?? thanks in advance

The awaited probiotics UK-trial is now published, and the results are showing that a single bacteria (Bifidobacterium breve BBG-001 in very preterm infants) does not reduce the risk of NEC, late-onset sepsis, or mortality. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01027-2/abstract In short, a negative trial of good quality methodologically. However, the results contrasts against the ProPrems trial, similarly powered and well-designed, but the probiotics in that trial included a 3-strain preparation: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/11/12/peds.2013-1339 Another upcoming paper in Acta Paediatrica fro…

Can anyone tell me what the name of multivitamin oral drops brand wich can cover all fat soluble vitamin s deficiency in neonatal cholestasis and what is the dose ?

The updated Cochrane review comes with a clear recommendation - that preterm infants (defined as <37 weeks / BW <2500 g) should be given probiotics to reduce the risk of NEC. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005496.pub4/abstract When reading the full review (look at the tables), my impression is that the effect among infants <1000 grams is less well documented. And I came across this editorial: http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476%2814%2900431-4/abstract What is your opinion about and/or the interpretation of the Cochrane review? If you use probiotics - do you use it for all preterms regardless of gestational age (i.e. also for …

Hello every body,,when the gastric aspiration became significant regardless the color.

Any one had new jaundice curves post it for me