Diagnostic Value of Bedside Ultrasound in Intracranial Hemorrhage of High-Risk Neonates
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 3, May 2017
Pages:
18-21
Received:
11 March 2017
Accepted:
5 April 2017
Published:
18 October 2017
Abstract: To investigate diagnostic value of Bedside Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) for detecting intracranial hemorrhage in newborn, 1750 neonates in our department of newborn intensive care unit were examined with Bedside Ultrasound and CT. After ultrasonography diagnosed 377 intracranial hemorrhage, it can be found that in premature infants the incident of intracranial hemorrhage was higher than term infants (P<0.001), and the incident of periventricle-intraventricle hemorrhage (PVH-IVH) I grade was significantly higher than grade II, III, IV (P=0.000). 41 cases grade I PVH-IVH were confirmed by Bedside Ultrasound, but negative in CT scan. It can be concluded that bedside Ultrasound have a very important clinical value to increase the incident of newborn intracranial hemorrhage, especially PVH-IVH grade I.
Abstract: To investigate diagnostic value of Bedside Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) for detecting intracranial hemorrhage in newborn, 1750 neonates in our department of newborn intensive care unit were examined with Bedside Ultrasound and CT. After ultrasonography diagnosed 377 intracranial hemorrhage, it can be found that in premature infants the i...
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Shigellosis in a Newborn---An Uncommon Case
Jamal Khan,
Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 3, May 2017
Pages:
22-24
Received:
11 April 2017
Accepted:
24 May 2017
Published:
18 October 2017
Abstract: A new born baby was admitted to the Glocal hospital, Krishnanagore, and presented with loose stools mixed with blood and mucous and abdominal distension for last five days. The baby was crying all through the day; presumably, he had severe tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete sense of defecation with rectal pain). He was diagnosed, clinically, to be suffering from shigellosis, which was confirmed by isolation of Shigella spp; by stool culture. The baby recovered with antibiotic treatment. It is an uncommon case of shigellosis in new born babies. Hand washing practices are recommended to prevent transmission of shigellosis and other diseases as well. Shigellae vaccines are attractive disease prevention strategy. Shigellosis caused by S. flexneri type 2 and S. dysenteria type 1 are the two most common and important serotype candidates against which vaccine development are currently being directed.
Abstract: A new born baby was admitted to the Glocal hospital, Krishnanagore, and presented with loose stools mixed with blood and mucous and abdominal distension for last five days. The baby was crying all through the day; presumably, he had severe tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete sense of defecation with rectal pain). He was diagnosed, clinically, to be s...
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