In one study, cleansing the birth canals with an antiseptic solution (chlorhexidine 0.25%) at every vaginal examination before delivery has been shown to reduce neonatal infection. [43] ...
Autopsy findings suggest that congenital pneumonia is a common cause of neonatal death, especially among preterm infants. Congenital pneumonia should be considered as a possible diagnosis in any ...
Objective: Increased pulmonary vascular resistance in preterm newborn infants with congenital pneumonia is suggested, and endothelin-1 plays an important role in pulmonary vascular reactivity in ...
A post-mortem examination found the cause of her death was congenital pneumonia, due to Group B Streptococcus (also known as GBS). On Tuesday, a coroner found errors in the system that treated ...
Ms Powell argued that two of the babies were diagnosed with congenital pneumonia, two had necrotising enterocolitis – a dangerous complication for preterm infants – one mother had a maternal ...