Newly published research sheds light on how and where New York's youngest residents are exposed to environmental metals ...

Modern neonatal care offers significant hope for newborns with severe lung issues, debunking old myths of inevitable fatality. Experts emphasize that advanced treatments, including ventilation and ...

Abstract: A simple and robust automatic suction pressure control system is designed for a newly developed portable meconium aspirator system (PMAS). From the step response data of the system, the ...

What is meconium aspiration syndrome? Meconium is the first feces, or stool, of the newborn. Meconium aspiration syndrome occurs when a newborn breathes a mixture of meconium and amniotic fluid into ...

HYDROGEN peroxide has come into common usage in the treatment of neonatal intestinal obstruction due to inspissated meconium since Olim and Ciuti 1 described its use in 2 cases of meconium ileus in ...

When your baby is in the womb, they begin to practice drinking by taking in the surrounding amniotic fluid. The fluid builds up in their intestines, then their body gets rid of the waste, filtering ...

When a butterfly first emerges from its chrysalis, it releases a strange substance. It’s not blood—what you’re seeing is meconium, a thick, reddish liquid that might look unsettling but serves an ...

Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, scientists from Fudan University and the Putuo District Center for Disease Control and Prevention detected and quantified microplastics in ...

Historically, the causes of most cases of meconium ileus and meconium plug syndrome have been attributed to cystic fibrosis and Hirschsprung disease, respectively. However, there is limited data ...

Meconium-stained amniotic fuid (MSAF) is observed in 5% to 20% of laboring patients, with the incidence reaching approximately 27% in post-term pregnancies. The presence of meconium in the amniotic ...

Background: Most infants born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) are observed clinically for 24 h postnatally. Only 5% of infants born through MSAF develop the meconium aspiration syndrome ...