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BackgroundBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common and serious complication in very preterm infants, with potential long-term adverse effects. This study aimed to analyze the perinatal and postnatal risk factors for ...

ObjectiveNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants; however, early diagnosis is limited by the lack of reliable circulating biomarkers. This study aimed to eval...

BackgroundComplex congenital heart disease (CHD) has long been a significant cause of infant mortality and severe morbidity. However, pediatric cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is gaining recognition, and evidence regarding p...

BackgroundCaffeine is one of the most frequently administered medicines in neonatology—prescribed for the management of apnoea of prematurity, to aid extubation and increasingly for conditions such as bronchopulmonary ...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in preterm infants and is characterized by aberrant late-stage lung development driven by multiple factors. Although previous studies have demonstr...

BackgroundRSV infection affects mostly infants and induces a substantial economic and medical burden for our health care systems. To implement effective preventive strategies against RSV the knowledge about its distinct ...

BackgroundHydrops fetalis encompasses diverse fetal disorders with high perinatal mortality, and contemporary regional data are limited.MethodsWe conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study at a Saudi tertiary r...

Background and purposeWe observed that some late-term fetal prenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed normal brain structures but exhibited diffuse hyperintense signals on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) in the...

BackgroundNewborn screening (NBS) based on tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is essential for the early identification of inherited metabolic disorders. However, physiological immaturity in preterm and low-birth-weight (L...

Advances in perinatal and neonatal medicine have dramatically improved the survival rates of infants with perinatal vulnerabilities of preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) or small for gestational age (SGA), by re...

BackgroundGastroschisis is a right−sided, full−thickness defect with extra-amnionic herniation of abdominal contents directly into the amniotic cavity. The causes of gastroschisis remain obscure. We hypothesized that...