Letter to the Editor

It is important to know the data that Wiswell and associates have compiled and reported concerning circumcision in children after the neonatal period.1 Of interest would be whether or not a significant percentage of parents who sought late circumcision for their children might have chosen neonatal circumcision with more adequate counselling, or perhaps sought the procedure in early infancy if such an option existed? It appears that only 20% of infants received late circumcision during the first year of life.

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SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME IN CHILDREN OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: AGE AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS, IDENTIFICATION, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE

Medical Journal ◽

10.51922/1818-426x.2021.4.110 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 110-113

Author(s):

Strogiy V.V. ◽

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Zasim E.V. ◽

Drozdovsky K.V. ◽

Kadochkin V.O. ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neonatal Period ◽

Electrophysiological Study ◽

Conduction System ◽

Sex Characteristics ◽

First Year ◽

Depth Study ◽

The Republic ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Supraventricular Tachycardias ◽

Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome

The goal is to establish the frequency of supraventricular tachycardias in children of the Republic of Belarus, to determine the structure and characteristics of these rhythm disturbances. An in-depth study of the properties of the conduction system of the heart was carried out by performing in the course of the esophageal electrophysiological study 108 children. A more rare detection of SVT in children in the neonatal period, in the first year of life and maximum detection at the age of 17 years, a comparatively rare finding (11.8 %) of concomitant pathology in children with SVT.

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Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Presentation of a Case Affecting the Mandible

ACTA MEDICA IRANICA ◽

10.18502/acta.v57i2.1772 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Souhir Khemiri ◽

Jihene Feki ◽

Afef Khanfir ◽

Mohamed Abdelmoula ◽

Mounir Frikha

Keyword(s):

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy ◽

Surgical Excision ◽

Neuroectodermal Tumor ◽

Early Infancy ◽

High Rate ◽

Diagnosis And Treatment ◽

First Year ◽

Treatment Methods ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Anterior Mandible

Abstract- Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) is a rare and distinctive neoplasm of early infancy with rapid expansile growth and a high rate of recurrences. Most commonly the lesion affects the maxilla of infants during the first year of life, but it may also occur in the mandible, skull, brain, epididymis, and other rare locations. Common treatment methods’ include surgical excision and resection of the tumor. The aim of this article was to show the diagnosis and treatment of a 7-month-old patient with melanotic neuroectodermal tumor occurred in the anterior mandible and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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Adaptive capabilities of newborns depending on the conditions of intrauterine development

Kazan medical journal ◽

10.17816/kazmj62183 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 5-7

Author(s):

E. A. Efimova ◽

S. L. Nesterov ◽

N. L. Yashina ◽

T. K. Shakurova ◽

V. A. Novikova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Cells ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Preventive Therapy ◽

First Year ◽

Children At Risk ◽

Intrauterine Development ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Adaptive Reactions

Clinical, cytochemical, and rheological features of the neonatal period were studied in 460 children from mothers suffering from rheumatism or having suffered late toxicosis of pregnant women. On the basis of impaired adaptive reactions, changes in the enzymatic spectrum of blood cells and disorders of microcirculatory mechanisms, children at risk were identified. 50 of them underwent preventive therapy in the neonatal period. The follow-up indicates a lower infectious index during the first year of life in children who received preventive therapy.

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Neurodevelopmental Outcome during the First Year of Life in Preterm Infants after Supplementation of a Prebiotic Mixture in the Neonatal Period: A Follow-Up Study

Neuropediatrics ◽

10.1055/s-0033-1349227 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (01) ◽

pp. 022-029 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Natalie LeCouffe ◽

Elisabeth Westerbeek ◽

Petra van Schie ◽

Veronique Schaaf ◽

Harrie Lafeber ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Preterm Infants ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Neurodevelopmental Outcome ◽

First Year ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

First Year Of Life

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Perception of invisible masked objects in early infancy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.2103040118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 118 (27) ◽

pp. e2103040118

Author(s):

Yusuke Nakashima ◽

So Kanazawa ◽

Masami K. Yamaguchi

Keyword(s):

Visual Perception ◽

Visual Information ◽

Critical Role ◽

Early Infancy ◽

First Year ◽

Backward Masking ◽

Feed Forward ◽

Recurrent Processing ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Visual Backward Masking

Recurrent loops in the visual cortex play a critical role in visual perception, which is likely not mediated by purely feed-forward pathways. However, the development of recurrent loops is poorly understood. The role of recurrent processing has been studied using visual backward masking, a perceptual phenomenon in which a visual stimulus is rendered invisible by a following mask, possibly because of the disruption of recurrent processing. Anatomical studies have reported that recurrent pathways are immature in early infancy. This raises the possibility that younger infants process visual information mainly in a feed-forward manner, and thus, they might be able to perceive visual stimuli that adults cannot see because of backward masking. Here, we show that infants under 7 mo of age are immune to visual backward masking and that masked stimuli remain visible to younger infants while older infants cannot perceive them. These results suggest that recurrent processing is immature in infants under 7 mo and that they are able to perceive objects even without recurrent processing. Our findings indicate that the algorithm for visual perception drastically changes in the second half of the first year of life.

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First-Year Mortality among Infants with Facial Clefts

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ◽

10.1597/1545-1569_1992_029_0451_fymaiw_2.3.co_2 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 451-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Philippe P. Hujoel ◽

Anne-Marie Bollen ◽

Beth A. Mueller

Keyword(s):

Death Certificate ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Birth Certificate ◽

Fold Increase ◽

Elevated Risk ◽

First Year ◽

Facial Cleft ◽

Facial Clefts ◽

Different Types ◽

First Year Of Life

Children born with a facial cleft are not thought to be at a greater risk for infant mortality than are those without congenital anomalies. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the presence of a facial cleft alone or its coexistence with other anomalies increases a child's risk for dying. Birth and death certificate data from Washington State for the years 1984 to 1988 were linked for infants who died before 1 year of age. Mortality rates for different types of facial clefts and for births without noted abnormalities were compared. Relative to infants with no diagnosed abnormalities noted in the birth certificate, infants with facial clefts without other abnormalities have a 3.7 fold increased odds for dying during their first year of life. This elevated risk for dying was fairly consistent during the first year of life. When facial clefts are associated with other abnormalities there is an 82.3 fold increase in odds for mortality during the first year of life. This elevated risk is highest during the neonatal period; 77% of all deaths occurred during the first 27 days. It is concluded that infants with facial clefts with or without associated anomalies have a significantly increased mortality risk when compared to infants without any diagnosed abnormalities at birth.

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Indagine sulla mortalità dei gemelli nel primo anno di vita: Ricerca anagrafica su 848 gemelli nati a Catania

Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae ◽

10.1017/s1120962300016280 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 298-307

Author(s):

Antonino Fiumara

Keyword(s):

Neonatal Mortality ◽

Critical Period ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

First Year ◽

Still Birth ◽

Low Degree ◽

Birth Records ◽

First Year Of Life

SUMMARYA survey has been made of the birth records of 846 twins (415 pairs and 6 sets of triplets) born in Catania between January 1st, 1959 and May 31st, 1962, with the purpose of establishing the degree of mortality in twins in the first year of life. The results indicate a low degree of still-birth (5%). Identifying the neonatal period with the first week of life, the neonatal mortality is of 8.9%. This percentage undergoes a little reduction (1.9%) when we consider as neonatal period just the first day of life, the twin mortality being lower in the subsequent days of the first week. Except that of the 1st day, the higher frequency of mortality (19%) occurs between the 12th and the 16th day, which is considered a critical period in the first month of life in twins. In the remaining 11 months of the year the mortality degre is low (51 deaths in 680 twins survived to the first month). At the end of the year in 63.1% of the considered pairs both twins were still alive. In six of the 43 pairs with both components dead, both twins died between the 13th and the 25th day, with an interval of 24 hours. The spontaneous death of twin pairs, occurring sometimes simultaneously or with a brief interval in the first month of life, may give rise to judiciary mistakes.

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Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.93.6.1021a ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 93 (6) ◽

pp. 1021-1021

Author(s):

Madeline Harrington

Keyword(s):

Complication Rate ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Parental Choice ◽

Letter To The Editor ◽

Neonatal Circumcision

Wiswell et al, in their article "Circumcision in Children Beyond the Neonatal Period," (December 1993, Pediatrics), found a substantial (7%) complication rate. For this reason, they recommend that physicians "be more proactive in recommending neonatal circumcision." By this, they presumably mean that more neonates should be circumcized despite a complicated neonatal course (the reason that 32% of patients in their study were not circumcized as neonates) or that parents should be more strongly encouraged to choose neonatal circumcision (55% were not circumcized of parental choice).

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Case-control study on infant mortality in Southern Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0034-89102006000200009 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 240-248 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Karina Giane Mendes ◽

Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ◽

Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa

Keyword(s):

Multivariate Analysis ◽

Infant Mortality ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Case Control ◽

Infant Mortality Rate ◽

First Year ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Control Study

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors associated with infant mortality and, more specifically, with neonatal mortality. METHODS: A case-control study was carried out in the municipality of Caxias do Sul, Southern Brazil. Characteristics of prenatal care and causes of mortality were assessed for all live births in the 2001-2002 period with a completed live-birth certificate and whose mothers lived in the municipality. Cases were defined as all deaths within the first year of life. As controls, there were selected the two children born immediately after each case in the same hospital, who were of the same sex, and did not die within their first year of life. Multivariate analysis was performed using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: There was a reduction in infant mortality, the greatest reduction was observed in the post-neonatal period. The variables gestational age (<36 weeks), birth weight (<2,500 g), and 5-minute Apgar (<6) remained in the final model of the multivariate analysis, after adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Perinatal conditions comprise almost the totality of neonatal deaths, and the majority of deaths occur at delivery. The challenge for reducing infant mortality rate in the city is to reduce the mortality by perinatal conditions in the neonatal period.

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