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Avaliação nutricional de recém-nascidos pré-termo de muito baixo peso
Rocha, Gustavo; Guerra, António; Hermida, Lucía; Dias, Carla; Guerra, Paula; Faria, Maria Margarida; Patrício, Emília; Lopes, CarlaIntrodução: O objectivo da nutrição do recém-nascido de muito baixo peso (RNMBP) é permitir a aquisição de um crescimento e composição corporal idênticos aos do feto saudável da mesma idade gestacional. Objectivos: Conhecer o estado nutricional de RNMBP durante a sua permanência na unidade de cuidados intensivos neonatais (UCIN) e pesquisar a relação entre o estado nutricional e a morbilidade observada. Métodos...
Anemia no Recém-Nascido de Termo
Santos, Marília; Cruz, Eduarda; Guerra, Paula; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Guimarães, HercíliaAs anemias no recém-nascido (R.N.) de termo constituem uma causa relativamente frequente de morbilidade nas Unidades deCui-dados Intensivos Neonatais. A transfusão no recém-nascido é controversa, variável e baseada em informação científica limitada.Não existem indicações precisas para transfusão, pelo que, para o mesmo valor de hematócrito e para a mesma situação clínica aatitude é diferente. Com o objectivo de...
Neonatal Seizures in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lopes, Andreia; Vilan, Ana; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Guimarães, HercíliaIntroduction: Seizures are frequent in the neonatal period. They can be idiopathic, be caused by organic brain anomalies or by metabolicdisturbances.Objective: Evaluation of the etiologic diagnosis and clinical evolution of the newborns with neonatal seizures admitted at one tertiaryneonatal intensive care unit.Material and Methods: Retrospective review of the clinical files of the newborns with neonatal seizur...
Respiratory outcomes and atopy in school-age children who were preterm at birth...
Guimarães, Hercília; Rocha, Gustavo; Pissarra, Susana; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Nunes, Teresa; Vitor, BonitoOBJECTIVE: To assess pulmonary function and the prevalence of atopy in school-age children who were very low birth weight as infants and to compare those who had bronchopulmonary dysplasia to those who did not. METHOD: We studied 85 (39 male and 46 female) at a mean age of 84 (range, 62 to 107) months who were very low birth weight infants. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia was defined as oxygen dependency at 36 weeks...
Successful caspofungin treatment of invasive refractory candidiasis in the extr...
Lopes, Andreia; Rocha, Gustavo; Vilan, Ana; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Guimarães, HercíliaMultiresistant Candida septicaemia is an increasing problem in Neonatal Intensive Care Units worldwide. Caspofungin is a new antifungal drug licensed in Portugal for use in children since September 2008, with limited experience in newborns.Preterm female, 26 weeks gestational age, born by vaginal delivery, with 780g birthweight and Apgar score 8/9. The newborn developed a mucocutaneous candidiasis at day 8 of l...
Newborn with nonimmune hydrops fetalis - the experience of a tertiary center.
Teixeira, Ana; Rocha, Gustavo; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Guimarães, HercíliaNonimmune hydrops fetalis is a rare affection that can result from several disorders. Notwithstanding with the advances in the diagnosis and treatment, its morbidity and mortality are still very high. The purpose of this study was to characterize the newborn population with nonimmune hydrops fetalis admitted to our unit during the last ten years.A descriptive review of the newborns with nonimmune fetalis hydrop...
Octreotide for conservative management of postoperative chylothorax in the neon...
Rocha, Gustavo; Henriques Coelho, Tiago; Correia Pinto, Jorge; Guedes, Maria Beatriz; Guimarães, HercíliaChylothorax is a possible complication after thoracotomy. Treatment is initially conservative and includes drainage and correction of nutritional losses. Surgical treatment is reserved for cases not responsive to medical measures. The authors report on the clinical case of a premature neonate with a traumatic chylothorax secondary to esophageal atresia surgical correction. The use of octreotide allowed the reso...