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One study suggested that a transient platelet activation of the infant's portal system is responsible for this hyperammonemia. [5] Another study proposed that this occurs due to a shunting of blood away from the portal system of the liver through the ductus venosus directly into the systemic circulation.
One of the needs was a dosing experiment that could be used to determine the level of circulating Rh-positive cells in an Rh-negative pregnant female derived from her Rh-positive fetus. This was first done in the rabbit system, but subsequent human tests at the University of Manitoba conducted under Dr. Pollack's direction confirmed that anti ...
A rise in the reticulocyte count can mean that an infant may not need additional transfusions. [18] Low reticulocyte count is observed in infants treated with IUT and in those with HDN from anti-Kell [16] Neutrophils - as Neutropenia is one of the complications of HDN, the neutrophil count should be checked. [9] [10]
Hemolytic disease of the newborn, also known as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, HDN, HDFN, or erythroblastosis fetalis, [1] [2] is an alloimmune condition that develops in a fetus at or around birth, when the IgG molecules (one of the five main types of antibodies) produced by the mother pass through the placenta.
A rise in the retic count can mean that an infant may not need additional transfusions. [37] Low retic is observed in infants treated with IUT and in those with HDN from anti-Kell [36] Neutrophils - as Neutropenia is one of the complications of HDN, the neutrophil count should be checked. [6] [7]
Delivery Before 37 Weeks - premature infants require more medical intervention and have less effective immune defenses, so these neonates are at increased risk of infection Prolonged Rupture of Membranes (PROM) - the amount of time between the rupture of amniotic membranes and delivery of the neonate is directly correlated with risk of neonatal ...
Neonatal epilepsy may be credited to genetic syndromes, developmental structural brain abnormalities, or metabolic diseases. [10] The incidence of seizures is more common in the neonatal stage than in other stages of life. [11] Neonatal seizures are comparatively rare and affect 1 or 3.5 in 1000 infants born. [12]
Neonatal encephalopathy (NE), previously known as neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (neonatal HIE or NHIE), is defined as a encephalopathy syndrome with signs and symptoms of abnormal neurological function, in the first few days of life in an infant born after 35 weeks of gestation.