Bladder exstrophy is a rare defect in the closure of the abdominal wall, within the exstrophy-epispadias complex responsible for the congenital malformation of the genitourinary system. It requires the assistance of ...

The advent of intensive neonatal care and the ad- vancement in technology applied to the recovery of the newborn, have allowed the infants to survive more and more with a lower gestational age and weight. This ...

Meconium aspiration syndrome is one of the most se- vere neonatal respiratory complications. It is a com- plex and multifactorial entity. It involves factors such as mechanical obstruction due to the presence of meconium ...

Measles is a severe and highly transmissible viral disease, since it develops in more than 90 % of sus- ceptible contacts. It can cause complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis, and death, especially in the most ...

In recent decades, neonatology as a sub-specialty of pediatrics has had substantial growth, given not only by the increased knowledge about the main adaptive mechanisms to extrauterine life and the pathophysiology of ...

Oxygen is a drug used very frequently during the neo- natal period, but it has adverse effects related to its inadequate administration. These are greater when their administration is not controlled, even when ...

Cuando un recién nacido nace con alteraciones en su salud y requiere ser monitoreado continuamente en una unidad de cuidados intensivos, los padres se en- frentan a una situación de ambivalencia, por temor, desconfianza, ...

La hipoglucemia es el trastorno metabólico más fre- cuente en el recién nacido. Es probablemente una de las pocas causas prevenibles de lesión cerebral. A pe- sar de esto, el manejo de la hipoglucemia se basó y ...