Clinical characteristics and neonatal outcomes of liveborn newborns with hydrops fetalis treated in a tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 515-522
Author(s):  
Nuriye Emiroğlu ◽  
Fatma Hilal Yılmaz ◽  
Ramazan Keçeci ◽  
Mehmet Yücel ◽  
Nazlı Dilay Gültekin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Hydrops Fetalis ◽  
Neonatal Outcomes ◽  
Tertiary Level

scholarly journals Surviellance of Bacteraemic Pattern in a Tertiary Level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 606-606
Author(s):  
P Arora ◽  
A E Abdelhamid ◽  
M Ramaswamy ◽  
S Fang
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Tertiary Level

scholarly journals Non-immune hydrops fetalis: Clinical experience in newborn infants

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 507-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Pejic ◽  
Borisav Jankovic ◽  
Zeljko Mikovic ◽  
Zorica Rakonjac ◽  
Jelena Martic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Hydrops Fetalis ◽  
Peritoneal Effusion ◽  
Mother And Child

Introduction. Non-immune hydrops fetalis is a condition of excessive accumulation of extravascular fluid without identifiable circulating antibody to erythrocytes membrane antigens. In newborn infants it is characterized by skin oedema and pleural, pericardial or peritoneal effusion. In the era of routine Rh immunization for the prevention of foetal erythroblastosis, non-immune pathophysiologic mechanisms are presented in 76-87% of all hydropic newborns. Non-immune hydrops fetalis can be associated with numerous and various disorders. The mortality rate may exceed 50%. This study was aimed at presenting our clinical experience in treating newborn infants with non-immune hydrops fetalis. Material and methods. A retrospective-prospective study included newborn infants with non-immune hydrops fetalis, who were treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mother and Child Health Institute of Serbia between January 1, 2001 and October 31, 2010. All valid data about aetiology, diagnosis, clinical course and outcome were recorded. Results. The diagnosis of non-immune hydrops fetalis was made in 11 newborns. The etiologic diagnosis was established in 8 patients: anaemia due to fetomaternal transfusion in 4 patients and conatal cytomegalovirus infection, intracranial haemorrhage, isolated pulmonary lymphangiectasia and diffuse skin and mediastinal lymphangiomatosis in the remaining 4 patients. Conclusion. Non-immune hydrops of newborn infant is associated with a high mortality rate and requires complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. An optimal management of neonates with non-immune hydrops fetalis demands a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment in a neonatal intensive care unit.

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