Total serum bilirubin level in umbilical cord blood and respiratory distress syndrome in very low birth weight infants

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajun Zhu ◽  
Yanping Xu ◽  
Guolian Zhang ◽  
Mingyuan Wu ◽  
Lizhong Du
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Serum Bilirubin ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Serum Bilirubin Level ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Total Serum Bilirubin Level

Passage of the First Stool in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 1005-1007
Author(s):  
Meenakshi K. Jhaveri ◽  
Savitri P. Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Gut Hormones ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Severe Respiratory Distress ◽  
Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Times of first stool passage were studied in 171 infants who weighed less than 1,500 g at birth. Delayed passage (greater than 48 hours) was noted in 20.4% of this group. Significant differences were noted between the delayed and nondelayed groups for gestational age, presence of severe respiratory distress syndrome, and the time of the first enteral feeding. In very low birth weight infants, delay in the passage of the first stool is a common occurrence. This delay is probably due to physiologic immaturity of the motor mechanisms of the gut, lack of triggering effect of enteral feeds on gut hormones, and the presence of severe respiratory distress syndrome, which may singly or in concert adversely affect gastrointestinal motility.

CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INTENSIVE CARE FOR VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 711-714
Author(s):  
W. H. Kitchen ◽  
D. G. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Arterial Oxygen ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

Two controlled clinical trials were carried out in infants with a birth weight between 1,000 and 1,500 gm. Careful control of arterial oxygen and the infusion of 10% glucose for the first 3 days of life failed to reduce the mortality rate in a group of 118 infants. In the second clinical trial involving 120 patients, the mortality rate was reduced, especially in infants with clinical evidence of respiratory distress syndrome, by the addition to the regime of early vigorous efforts to correct acidosis. The mortality in comparable infants before the introduction of intensive care in 1965 was 49%. In the era of intensive care, 35% of patients given only routine care died, whereas infants receiving vigorous intensive care had a mortality rate of only 18%. The patients with respiratory distress syndrome showed the most noticeable improvement in survival.

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