Objective. The pathophysiology of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is related not only
to mechanical obstruction of the airways and chemical injury to the respiratory epithelium but …

BACKGROUND. Initial ventilation strategy may play an important role in the development of
bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very preterm infants. Early nasal continuous positive airway …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and risk factors for neurodevelopmental impairment
(NDI) in children with hemolytic disease of the fetus/newborn treated with intrauterine …

Purpose: To investigate the incidence and characteristics of cerebellar injury in a cohort of
very preterm infants by using the mastoid fontanelle (MF) and posterior fontanelle (PF) …

OBJECTIVES: We sought to document the pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcome in
monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies and to identify risk factors for death and …

Oxidative stress is an important factor in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD),
a chronic lung disease of premature infants characterized by arrested alveolar and …

Background Hyperglycemia in premature infants is associated with increased morbidity and
mortality, but data on long-term outcome are limited. We investigated the effects of neonatal …

Parvovirus B19 is a small single-stranded DNA virus and a potent inhibitor of erythropoiesis,
due to its cytotoxicity to erythroid progenitor cells. Infection with parvovirus B19 during …

The presence of placental vascular anastomoses is a conditio sine qua non for the development
of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and twin anemia polycythemia sequence (…

The transition to life after birth is characterized by major physiological changes in respiratory
and hemodynamic function, which are predominantly initiated by breathing at birth and …