Introduction The premature infant assumes the challenge of postnatal life, despite the immaturity of essential functions. Skin functions are primarily protective, and immaturity of the skin contributes to the vulnerability…
Introduction The skin of the neonate has a defective skin barrier relative to an older child. The neonate is extremely vulnerable to damage by environmental agents such as harsh detergents,…
Introduction The skin of the newborn serves a pivotal role in the transition from the aqueous intrauterine environment to extrauterine terrestrial life and is integral to the vital functions of…
Cervical cerclage AA Calder Among the catalogue of procedures designed to improve pregnancy outcome cervical cerclage is one of the most controversial. Its purpose is clear, namely to prevent or reduce…
‘Yet sometimes the navel string falls down and comes before it; for which cause the child is in much danger of death … As soon as ’tis perceived, you must…
‘I find it both amongst the ancients and moderns there have been different opinions and directions about delivering the placenta; some alleging that it should be delivered slowly, or left…
‘No greater boon has ever come to mankind than the power thus granted to induce a temporary but complete insensibility to pain’. Howard Wilcox Haggard Devils, drugs, and doctors. the…
‘Pulmonary embolism by the particulate matter contained in amniotic fluid which gained entrance to the maternal circulation has been demonstrated by us at autopsy in 8 cases in which it…
Perineal trauma after childbirth affects millions of women worldwide. Approximately 85% of women sustain some form of perineal trauma following vaginal delivery. Short and long-term morbidity associated with perineal repair…
‘Is there such a disease as acquired haemophilia? … I believe there is such an affection as a temporary haemophilia, but the demonstration of the same, I admit, presents no…
