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Neonatal diabetes. Neonatal diabetes mellitus ( NDM) is a disease that affects an infant and their body's ability to produce or use insulin.NDM is a kind of diabetes that is monogenic (regulated by a single gene) and arises in the first 6 months of life. Infants do not produce enough insulin, leading to an increase in glucose accumulation.
Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) is the leading cause of death in premature infants. [26] Despite only 1% of all birth complications being attributed to respiratory distress syndrome, there is a significantly higher prevalence in prematurely born babies. [27] Incidence rates of IRDS in premature infants born at 30 weeks of ...
Neonatal cholestasis can present in newborn infants within the first few months of life. [1] The incidence of neonatal cholestasis is approximately 1 in 2,500 term births. [5] While neonatal cholestasis can present from a number of pathologic causes, 35-40% of neonatal cholestasis cases are caused by biliary atresia. [3]
A neonatal seizure is a seizure in a baby younger than age 4-weeks that is identifiable by an electrical recording of the brain. [1] It is an occurrence of abnormal, paroxysmal, and persistent ictal rhythm with an amplitude of 2 microvolts in the electroencephalogram ,. [2] These may be manifested in form of stiffening or jerking of limbs or trunk.
Martin Arthur Couney (born Michael Cohen, 1869 – March 1, 1950) was an American obstetrician of German-Jewish descent, an advocate and pioneer of early neonatal technology. [1] Couney, also known as 'the Incubator Doctor', was best known in medical circles and public view for his amusement park sideshow, "The Infantorium", in which visitors ...
Neonatal nurse practitioner. A neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) with at least 2 years experience as a bedside registered nurse in a Level III NICU, who is prepared to practice across the continuum, providing primary, acute, chronic, and critical care to neonates, infants, and toddlers through age 2.
Pediatrics. Neonatal herpes simplex, or simply neonatal herpes, is a herpes infection in a newborn baby caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), mostly as a result of vertical transmission of the HSV from an affected mother to her baby. [1] Types include skin, eye, and mouth herpes (SEM), disseminated herpes (DIS), and central nervous system ...
