enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Meconium aspiration syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconium_aspiration_syndrome

    Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), also known as neonatal aspiration of meconium, is a medical condition affecting newborn infants. It describes the spectrum of disorders and pathophysiology of newborns born in meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and have meconium within their lungs. Therefore, MAS has a wide range of severity depending on ...

  3. Post-maturity syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-maturity_syndrome

    Post-maturity syndrome is the condition of a baby born after a post-term pregnancy, first described by Stewart H. Clifford in 1954. [1] Post-maturity refers to any baby born after 42 weeks gestation, or 294 days past the first day of the mother's last menstrual period.

  4. List of childhood diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_childhood_diseases...

    meconium aspiration syndrome; metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection; necrotizing enterocolitis; neonatal conjunctivitis; parainfluenza (PIV) infection; pertussis; poliomyelitis; prenatal Listeria; Group B streptoccus infection; Tay–Sachs disease; tetanus; Ureaplasma urealyticum infection; respiratory Syncytial Virus infection; rhinovirus; common cold

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations

    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  6. Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_tachypnea_of_the...

    Pleural effusions can also develop, which are also seen with meconium aspiration but not with respiratory distress syndrome. [2] The lungs may also appear hyperinflated. [5] It is a diagnosis of exclusion as it is a benign condition that can have symptoms and signs similar to more serious syndromes, such as respiratory distress or meconium ...

  7. Nuchal cord - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal_cord

    Symptoms present in the baby shortly after birth from a prior nuchal cord may include duskiness of face, facial petechia, and bleeding in the whites of the eye. [1] Complications can include meconium, respiratory distress, anemia, and stillbirth. [1] Multiple wraps are associated with greater risk. [3]

  8. Chorioamnionitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorioamnionitis

    These substances promote uterine contractions and cervical ripening, causations of premature birth. [4] The risk of developing chorioamnionitis increases with number of vaginal examinations performed in the final month of pregnancy, including labor. [5] [6] Tobacco and alcohol use also puts mothers at risk for chorioamnionitis development. [7]

  9. Meconium peritonitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconium_peritonitis

    Meconium peritonitis; X-ray of a newborn with meconium pseudocyst resulting from bowel perforation. In this case the cause was atresia of the terminal ileum.There is a fine rim of calcification surrounding the big pseudocyst which shifts the other intestinal structures outwards.