Neonatal Diseases and Defects

Follow the links below to find information about neonatal diseases and defects, including birth defects, diseases of newborn infants, foetal diseases and genetic diseases and disorders.

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Title:	Fibreoptic phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Newborn infants often develop jaundice, which is concerning as unconjugated serum bilirubin can damage the developing brain. Since the 1960s, jaundice has been treated with phototherapy, for which the infants have to be naked in a crib with their eyes c...
Date:	Oct 2000

Title:	Jaundice in babies
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	About six out of 10 newborns have jaundice to varying degrees. Physiological jaundice resolves by itself once the baby's liver is functioning at full speed. Other causes of jaundice include haemolytic anaemia, hepatitis and galactosaemia.
Date:	Jul 2007

Title:	Premature babies
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Around 10,000 Australian babies are born prematurely every year. The reasons for premature labour are not fully understood and research is continuing into the causes and early detection. Most premature babies have no long term problems, however, this depends on how long the baby was in the womb.
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Baby's head shape
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Sometimes a baby will develop a flattened spot on the back or side of her head. This is called plagiocephaly .
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	Joint statement and recommendations on Vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy
Publisher:	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:	This report discusses prophylaxis of Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy.
Date:	Jun 2005

Title:	Jaundice in babies
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Jaundice (yellow colouring of the skin and eyes) can be seen during the first week of life in about 60% of full term babies . It is even more common in babies who are born early.
Date:	Jun 2008

Title:	G-CSF and GM-CSF for treating or preventing neonatal infections
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Objectives: To determine the efficacy and safety of the haemopoietic colony stimulating factors (G-CSF or GM-CSF) in newborn infants, when used for: a) treatment of suspected or proven systemic infection to reduce mortality, or b) prophylaxis, to prevent systemic infection in infants at high risk of nosocomial infection.

Title:	Immunoglobulin infusion for isoimmune haemolytic jaundice in neonates
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Exchange transfusion and phototherapy have traditionally been used to treat jaundice and avoid the associated neurological complications. Exchange transfusion is not without risk ...

Title:	Group B streptococcus and pregnancy
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Group B streptococcus (group B strep) is a common bacterium that is found in the body. It is usually harmless in adults. Sometimes, however, a woman who has group B strep can infect her baby during delivery.
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Interventions for treating genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnancy
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection which, if a mother has it during pregnancy and labour, can cause eye or lung infections in the newborn baby. The risk of transmission during birth varies, but is about 20% to 50% for eye infections and about...
Date:	Jun 1998

Title:	Antibiotics for gonorrhoea in pregnancy
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacteria transmitted (passed) during sex, causing an infection in the genital area. Pregnant women with gonorrhoea may pass the infection to babies during birth. This can affect the baby's eyesight, causing blindness. The revi...
Date:	Feb 2002

Title:	Neonatal screening test
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Newborns in South Australia have a blood test when they are about 48 hours old called the Newborn or Neonatal Screening Test or 'Guthrie' test, or 'heel prick' test.
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	Pregnancy - risks
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	During your pregnancy it is very important to avoid some things that can harm your developing baby.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Allopurinol for preventing mortality and morbidity in newborn infants with suspected hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	There is insufficient evidence to determine whether giving allopurinol to newborn infants with suspected hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and, therefore, is beneficial.Newborn infants who have been deprived of oxygen before, during, or after delivery (p...
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Some women continue to use opiates when they are pregnant. Yet heroin readily crosses the placenta. Opiate dependent women experience a six-fold increase in maternal obstetric complications and give birth to low-weight babies.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Early intravenous nutrition for the prevention of neonatal jaundice
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	The early institution of enteral feeding in the first few days of life is known to impact on the development of unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia. However, the effect of early intravenous nutrition on neonatal jaundice remains unknown.

Title:	Metalloporphyrins for treatment of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in neonates
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Jaundice is very common in newborn babies, and is caused by the liver producing too much bilirubin, a yellow-coloured bile substance. A very high level of bilirubin can damage the developing brain, and is treated with phototherapy (light therapy) or exc...
Date:	Nov 2002

Title:	Joint statement and recommendations on vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy
Publisher:	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:	The National Health and Medical Research Council has issued new guidelines following Roche Australia's decision to alter the vitamin K preparation Konakion to a new formulation called Konakion MM Paediatric. The new product is manufactured in a different concentration and is dissolved in more natural fluid that assists absorption.
Date:	Oct 2000

Title:	Early light reduction for preventing retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	One theory was that bright light after birth started off the injury that led to vision loss. Considerable research has been done on this and it now appears fairly certain that bright light is not the cause of this problem, and it does not add to the pro...
Date:	Nov 2000

Title:	Slow advancement of enteral feed volumes to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	There is insufficient evidence to determine whether slowly advancing the volume of milk feeds given to very low birth weight infants reduces the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis.Very low birth weight infants (birth weight less than 1500 grams) are...
Date:	Jan 2008

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