Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality encountered in children. In the
past decade, new advances have been made in understanding the pathogenesis of …

Majority of hearing-loss cases with extremely preterm infants have no known etiology. There
is a growing concern that the administration of aminoglycoside treatment in the noisy …

Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, edited by Christine A. Gleason and Sherin U. Devaskar, is
a practical, clinical reference for diagnosing and managing of all the important diseases …

Background: Premature birth affects millions of neonates each year, placing them at risk for
respiratory disease due to prematurity. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is the most common …

OBJECTIVE. We present population-based, childhood prevalence rates of and neonatal risk
factors for permanent hearing loss among extremely premature infants. METHODS. By using …

We are beginning to understand why humans ingest so much salt. Here we address three
issues: The first is whether our salt appetite is similar to that in animals, which we …

Objective To evaluate the impact of gentamicin exposure on sensorineural hearing loss
(SNHL) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Methods Exposure to gentamicin was …

OBJECTIVE: The goal was to analyze the relationship between changes in serum sodium
levels during the first month of life and impaired functional outcomes at 2 years of age for …

Supplemental oxygen is a safe and effective treatment for infants with established chronic
lung disease who are not at risk of further progression of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) …

Objective To investigate the incidence of late-onset sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and
study the association between neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and …