Fluid and electrolyte management is an important and challenging part of the initial care of any very premature or critically ill newborn. The transition from fetal to neonatal life is associated with major changes in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis and…
Key points Invasive mechanical ventilation of neonates increases their risk of developing bacterial infection of the lower airways and lung parenchyma, which is termed “ventilator-associated pneumonia” (VAP). VAP is diagnosed on the basis of defined clinical, radiographic, and laboratory criteria.…
These infants are remarkable not only because like foetal versions of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, they emerge at least alive from within the fiery metabolic furnace of diabetes mellitus, but because they resemble one another so closely that they might…