#neonatology

[heardatmedschool]

“There’s nothing nicer than the sound of vigorous crying after an emergency C-section.”

[obakanosandoitchi]

paeds rotation is nearly coming to an end 🥹 I only hope internal medicine is not too hard on me.

[tmedic]

#training day 2

: intubating neonates - the cuteness of Miller laryngoscope for neonates has a very high rate ! ❣️😂

[dr-scarlette-witch]

10.05.2024

Completing 10 days of NICU posting. 10/10 can tell that I have only 20% idea of whatever is going on. Feels like more of an internship rather than a residency here.

[enigma-the-mysterious]

[ID: A neonate sleeping slightly sideways. One of her tiny pink hand is peeking out of the blanket and grasping my finger tightly. /end ID]

Neonatology is my favourite class. These cuties make all the stress worth it

[drsonnet]

10-11-2023 Northern Gaza:

“We had to leave the patients behind. In the ICU of Nasr Children’s Hospital, we had to leave the patients in their beds…We left surrounded by tanks. We couldn’t take any of the patients with us.”

#ICRC committed to transport these NICU babies to another hospital or any safe place upon evacuation of the Hospital. #ICRC left those children there to die in collaboration with IOF which made the hospital a military occupied place!

During the truce,...Parents returned to the hospital today to find their babies dead & decomposed in their cots.

27-11-2023

The Israeli military forced families to evacuate Al Nasr Hospital, leaving behind their premature babies in the intensive care unit. Israel refused to release the babies. The decomposed bodies of those babies have been found during this truce.

"Shocking scenes in this hospital, seeing babies which the Israeli soldiers refused to evacuate from this unit. According to eyewitness accounts, parents were forced to say goodbye, and leave their children to die in their beds in the intensive care unit in al Nasr Children's Hospital. To reiterate: the Israeli army forbid these children to be evacuated, or for anyone to help evacuate them from the hospital."

Source: Almashhad TV

‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege : They have now all stopped functioning. The al-Nasr Children’s Hospital and al-Rantisi Specialised Hospital for Children can no longer function without access to medical aid. They are also under Israeli fire. It remains unclear what has happened to the 30 children who remain at al-Nasr Hospital. (10-11-2023)

www.aljazeera.com

This is an urgent message: northern Gaza’s hospitals are in danger of imminent, full-scale Israeli military attacks. Please help us take action to protect them. 

Early Friday morning, the grounds of Shifa Hospital were targeted by an Israeli airstrike.  The Nasser Hospital has also been targeted. Attacks on Rantisi children’s hospital have caused fires, while bombardment around the Indonesian Hospital has reportedly injured displaced people sheltering in the grounds. 

These vital facilities are filled with medical staff treating thousands of wounded civilians. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering in the grounds, forced from their homes, hiding from Israeli bombs. 

Any attack on these hospitals would be devastating and lead to the deaths of countless innocent civilians, including children and medical staff. (map.org.uk)

10-11-2023

Gaza's hospitals are now in danger... - Medical Aid for Palestinians | Facebook

More thread on Twitter

Muath Hamed 🔻 on X: "ثريد 🔴جريمة إسرائيلية 1/7 في 10 نوفمبر أُخلي مستشفى النصر للأطفال تحت تهديد السلاح من إسرائيل، وقال مدير المستشفى للصحافة أنه تم إخلاء المرضى منه. أمس 27 نوفمبر وصل محمد بعلوشة مراسل قناة @almashhadmedia إلى المستشفى ليوثق مشهدا صادما،لجثث أطفال خدّج يخرج الدود منهم على الأسرة: https://t.co/AaiZWWjhKU" / X (twitter.com)

#محمد_بعلوشة #أطفال_غزة #مستشفى_النصر #المشهد

Doctors were forced to leave the babies behind in the hospital after they were reportedly given 30 minutes to evacuate the hospital by Israeli forces and leave patients.

استشهـ.ـدوا جوعا وعطشا وبدون رعاية طبية.. العثور على جثث أطفال متحللة في #مستشفى_النصر بعد إجبار قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي طاقمه والمرضى على إخلائه تثير حالة من الصدمة والغضب على منصات التواصل

Update from #ICRC : They said they didn't show any commitment toward them! Situation was difficult. https://www.facebook.com/ICRCarabic/posts/pfbid0VRa5P6hXni2E3dgWWWq2G82Ma1AbYfARNpFipNS4877mczW2uLmdFwALjdMbuRM9l

[teachingrounds]

Let's talk about risk factors for neonatal jaundice, which is found in >80% of newborn babies and usually resolves in 1-2 weeks as the infant feeds and poops. However, a small percentage of babies develop hazardous hyperbilirubinemia (TSB≥30) --> brain damage from bilirubin crossing the blood-brain barrier (aka kernicterus). Visual assessment of significant jaundice does not reliably correlate with high total serum bilirubin levels! Therefore all newborns should be screened 24-48 hours after birth or before discharge, whichever is sooner. Both transcutaneous and serum bilirubin levels are reliable screening tools, although if a TcB is close to the treatment threshold, it should be checked with a TsB.

Source: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/3/e2022058859/188726/Clinical-Practice-Guideline-Revision-Management-of

Image: "Intensive phototherapy Our area has as a very high level of newborn jaundice, which is sometimes fatal. The treatment is phototherapy for less severe cases, exchange blood transfusion for the more serious ones. This special, intense blue phototherapy lamp (NeoBLUE) was donated by Natus Medical, Inc. with the assistance of Henk J. Vreman, Ph.D., at Stanford University Dept. of Pediatrics.  (ECWA Evangel Hospital, Jos, Nigeria)" ~California pediatrician Mike Blyth, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

[medtechenthusiast]

neonate intubation

[coquetelmotorola]

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[cbirt]

Enhancing the Comprehensive Diagnosis of Neonatal Infectious Diseases Through Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing

Scientists from Xi’an Children’s Hospital have shown that metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and RNA may help detect trace infections from various bodily fluids and blood samples extracted from newborns. Researchers also performed a local polynomial regression fitting analysis, which revealed that the best time for detecting mNGS was 1 to 3 days following the initiation of antimicrobial medication. The study’s findings emphasize the value of mNGS in detecting causative DNA and RNA infections in infected neonates.

Newborns are frequently susceptible to infections, such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia, which account for millions of infant deaths yearly. Apart from the mortality rates, adverse prognoses may arise in neurodevelopmental problems and long-term disability if timely treatment is not given. Pathogenic microorganisms causing such infections include a diverse group of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Therefore, timely and valid pathogen identification and appropriate therapeutics are required to enhance prognoses. 

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[heardatmedschool]

Intern 1: My favorite antibiotic is ampicillin.

Intern 2: That’s so NICU of you.

[julieschulerart]

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[matoshreehospital09]

Best Pediatrician and Neonatologist in Kamothe

Matoshree Hospital has expert doctors who are specialized in Pediatrician & Neonatology. Dr. Supriya Wakchaure efficiently take care of patients with dedication.

[dr-scarlette-witch]

Completed a month of NICU rotation. 2 more months for this year ahead. Learned a lot. Neonatology is still not my favourite field, but it is truly fascinating on knowing how different a neonate is physiologically. Neonatology is one field that reflects the humongous advancements that happened in the medical field wether be a premie weighing 600gms or. 3.6kg Meconium aspirated baby, modern medicine has truly come so far in terms of medical management.

[motherhoodchaitanyahospital]

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[teachingrounds]

Today's case is an intracranial ultrasound of a 2-week-old neonate born at 24 weeks. A single coronal image depicts the ventricles which should be hypoechoic but are instead nearly completely filled with echogenic material, compatible with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). There is likely extension into periventricular white matter on the right.

IVH is a common complication seen in preterm neonates and is often described in four grades, as outlined below. This case is a grade 4 IVH.

Grade 1. Bleeding occurs just in a small area of the ventricles.

Grade 2. Bleeding also occurs inside the ventricles.

Grade 3. Ventricles are enlarged by the blood.

Grade 4. Bleeding into the brain tissues around the ventricles.

(Credit Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, https://www.chop.edu/conditio.../intraventricular-hemorrhage)

Case courtesy of Ryan Thibodeau, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 166948