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A male infant with a birthweight of 3,380 g is delivered at 39 5/7 weeks of gestation by a 36-year-old gravida 3, para 3 woman. The pregnancy is uncomplicated with normal glucose levels, and the woman’s evaluation for infection before delivery is negative. The infant is born via elective cesarean…
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Mashup Score: 0Safety and Effectiveness of Probiotics in Preterm Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis - 4 day(s) ago
Abstract. Although necrotizing enterocolitis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among preterm infants, its underlying pathophysiology is not fully understood. Gut dysbiosis, an imbalance between commensal and pathogenic microbes, in the preterm infant is likely a major contributor to the development of necrotizing enterocolitis. In this review, we…
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A 3-week-old late preterm male infant weighing 3.9 kg presents to the emergency department with a 2-day history of forceful nonbloody, nonbilious emesis, and tachypnea. He was born at 36 weeks and 5 days’ gestation after a normal pregnancy via cesarean delivery complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid. After delivery, he…
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Mashup Score: 0Myasthenia Gravis in Pregnancy and the Newborn - 11 day(s) ago
A 37-year-old gravida 7, para 2-0-4-2 woman presented for outpatient consultation at 12 weeks’ gestation because of a history of myasthenia gravis (MG). After the delivery of her previous child, she was diagnosed with MG after having recurring episodes of diplopia and muscle weakness. Biopsy confirmed anti-acetylcholine receptor (anti-AChR) MG,…
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Mashup Score: 2Neonate With a Diffuse Maculopapular and Nodular Rash - 15 day(s) ago
A full-term female infant is transferred from an outside hospital at 3 days of age for further evaluation of a diffuse maculopapular and nodular rash noted since birth. The rash covers the infant’s entire body.Born to a 37-year-old gravida 4, para 3 womanPregnancy uncomplicatedEstimated gestational age: 39 weeks 3 daysPrenatal…
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Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP, is an attending neonatologist in the division of Neonatology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a physician scientist in CHOP’s PolicyLab, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She conducts research on inequities in perinatal and infant health…
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Mashup Score: 5A 6-day-old Newborn with Sudden Severe Respiratory Distress - 22 day(s) ago
A 6-day-old female infant is brought to a pediatric emergency department (ED) at a community hospital because of respiratory distress. The infant was previously doing well at home and breastfeeding; ∼10 minutes after a feed, she was noted to have abnormal breathing associated with generalized cyanosis. Emergency Medical Services is…
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Abstract. Vaccine hesitancy became an important topic in the public discourse and academic research during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its history is as long as the history of immunization. One can find the same determinants of vaccine hesitancy, though in variable proportions, since the 1721 Boston smallpox epidemic. We aim…
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Mashup Score: 0Bradycardia and Acidosis in a Term Newborn - 29 day(s) ago
A male infant is born via spontaneous vaginal delivery at 37 weeks and 6 days after a pregnancy complicated by hypertension and gestational thrombocytopenia. Delivery is complicated by group B streptococcal colonization with adequate antibiotic prophylaxis. The infant’s Apgar scores are 8 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively,…
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Mashup Score: 0Monochorionic Monoamniotic Twin Pregnancy: Shared but Not Equal - 1 month(s) ago
A 26-year-old gravida 2, para 1-0-0-1 woman at 25 weeks and 5 days’ gestation presented for maternal-fetal medicine consultation for a known diagnosis of monochorionic monoamniotic (MCMA) twin gestation. Antenatal history was uncomplicated and aneuploidy screening was low risk, including nuchal translucency measurements. On anatomic ultrasonography, twin B was found…
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