ABSTRACT
A newborn with cerebrospinal fluid leakage secondary to a fetal scalp electrode is presented. Although infrequent complications from fetal scalp electrode monitoring may be significant. Personnel using these monitoring devices should be alert to possible complications.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid , Electrodes, Implanted/adverse effects , Fetal Monitoring/adverse effects , Scalp/injuries , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , PregnancyABSTRACT
We have recently had eight cases of severe meconium aspiration syndrome which occurred despite clearing of the posterior pharynx of meconium after delivery of the head but before delivery of the body. Seven of the eight cases had documented fetal distress before delivery. Two stillborns with meconium aspiration are presented and illustrate that electronic fetal monitoring and aggressive obstetric intervention should be coupled with the suctioning technic to prevent significant mortality and morbidity associated with meconium-stained deliveries.
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Fetal Diseases/etiology , Inhalation , Meconium , Respiration , Female , Fetal Death/prevention & control , Fetal Diseases/prevention & control , Humans , Male , PregnancyABSTRACT
Two infants whose malformations fulfilled the clinical, radiographic and pathologic criteria of campomelic syndrome, were additionally found to have features suggestive of intrauterine viral infection. The presence of hydrocephalus and hydromyelia in both neonates and focal proliferative villitis in the placenta of one suggests that intrauterine viral infection may play a role in the pathogenesis of campomelic syndrome.
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Dwarfism/etiology , Hydrocephalus/etiology , Placenta Diseases/complications , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious , Virus Diseases/complications , Abnormalities, Multiple/etiology , Abnormalities, Multiple/pathology , Bone and Bones/abnormalities , Bone and Bones/pathology , Dwarfism/pathology , Female , Humans , Hydrocephalus/pathology , Infant, Newborn , Placenta Diseases/etiology , Pregnancy , Spinal Cord/pathology , SyndromeSubject(s)
Fingersucking , Poisoning/epidemiology , Sucking Behavior , Accidents, Home , Age Factors , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant Care/methods , Male , Risk , Sex Factors , Surveys and Questionnaires , Texas , WeaningABSTRACT
Although CNS hemorrhages have long been observed in infants with hyaline membrane disease, the etiology of these hemorrhages is still unknown. Two proposed etiologies are hypoxia with acidosis and iatrogenic hypernatremia secondary to sodium bicarbonate therapy. An experiment on kittens comparing these two hypotheses suggested that intracranial hemorrhages were related only to elevated serum sodium concentrations. The CNS hemorrhages were independent of experimentally induced hypoxemia and its consequent acidosis.
