... suctioning in non-vigorous neonates born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) was based on very low certainty of evidence (CoE) necessitating ongoing monitoring. The aim of this systematic review was to perform a meta-analysis of observational studies comparing the effect of implementing immediate...

...Se In Sung; So Yoon Ahn; Suk-Joo Choi; Soo-young Oh; Cheong-Rae Roh; Misun Yang; Yun Sil Chang; Won Soon Park Introduction: We experienced an increased incidence of meconium-related ileus (MRI) in extremely premature infants (EPIs) while adopting the antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO 4 ) protocol...

...Mangesh Deshmukh; Hari Balasubramanian; Sanjay Patole Background: A delayed passage of meconium is considered as a risk factor for feed intolerance in preterm neonates. Objectives: The aim of this study was to review the effects of different therapeutic agents for meconium evacuation on feed...

...Hyun Jin Choi; Seokyung Hahn; Joongyub Lee; Byung-Joo Park; Soon Min Lee; Han-Suk Kim; Chong-Woo Bae Background: Lung lavage with diluted surfactant has emerged as an innovative treatment for meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). However, the treatment effect has not yet been fully established...

...Yoon-Joo Kim; Ee-Kyung Kim; Eun Sun Kim; Han-Suk Kim; Jung-Hwan Choi; Jung-Eun Cheon; Woo Sun Kim; In-One Kim; Kwi Won Park Background: Meconium obstruction (MO) of prematurity can result in increased morbidity or mortality and prolonged hospitalization if not diagnosed and treated appropriately...

...Pekka Kääpä; Jaakko Kytölä; Hanna Soukka; Markku Ahotupa In vitro the antioxidative capacity of pooled and lyophilized human meconium, measured by chemiluminescence, was compared to that of three potent antioxidants: vitamin C, a vitamin E analogue and a synthetic antioxidant, butylated...

...Maria Asuncion Silvestre; Jose Edgar Lucena; Renato Roxas, Jr.; Edmund S. Evangelista; Enrique M. Ostrea, Jr. Meconium drug analysis is a new and sensitive test for detecting the intrauterine exposure of infants to drugs of abuse. To explore other potential, diagnostic use of the test, we studied...

...James Pickens; Paul L. Toubas; Scott Hyde; Geoffrey Altshuler Because meconium diffuses into placental and umbilical cord tissue, its bioactive components are potentially capable of entering the fetal circulation. Meconium diluted in Krebs solution produces vasocontraction in human umbilical vein...

...James K. Friel; Derek Matthew; Wayne L. Andrews; Craig T. Skinner Meconium samples from 23 preterm infants (birth weight = 1,097 ± 359 g; gestational age 29 ± 3 weeks, mean ± SD) and 27 full-term infants (3,453 ± 476 g; 39.5 ± 1 weeks) were analyzed for zinc, copper, manganese, chromium and iron...

...E. Borderon; J.C. Thieffry; O. Jamet; D. Poisson; C. Boisseau; I.A. Farid We studied the intestinal flora of 23 newborns, whose meconium had yielded a pure culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on blood agar medium. Twelve infants had a single serotype of P. aeruginosa in their meconium, 10 had...

...David Terasaka; David A. Clark; Bibhuti N. Singh; John Rokahr Meconium samples of 20 healthy full-term babies were analyzed for free fatty acid content. The total fatty acid content per net weight varied by as much as 9-fold between samples. Considerable variability was also observed...

...Michel Potier; Pierre-R. Morin; Serge B. Melançon; Louis Dallaire Comparison of relative disaccharidase activities in jejunal mucosa, amniotic fluid, and meconium samples taken from the ileum, proximal and distal colon of 5 human fetuses, indicates that trehalase and lactase are more sensitive...

... permeability Fecal alpha-1-antitrypsin Intestinal protein loss Meconium Biol. Neonate 47: 32-35 (1985) © 1985 S. Karger AG, Basel 0006-3126/85/0471-0032S2.75/0 Protein Conservation by the Immature Intestine Yakov Sivan, Gabriel Dinari, Eliahu Wielunski, Hedva Marcus, Yoram Rosertbach, Han Zahavi...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Amniotic fluid Fetal intestinal mucosa Meconium Disaccharidases α-Glucosidase β- D -Fucosidase Biol. Neonate 32...

...Joseph M. Brandes; Jack Atad; Henryk Zuckerman High level of maternal serum alkaline phosphatase (AP) (above 4 Bessey-Lowry units) was found to be indicative of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (AF). Simultaneous maternal serum AP and AF AP were measured in two groups: group A, the study group (78...

...I. Antonowicz; S. Ishida; H. Shwachman The specific activities of α- D -mannosidase, β-glucuronidase, β- D -fucosidase, acid and alkaline phosphatases were studied in meconium from infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) and control subjects. The study revealed significant variations in the specific...

...So-Yeon Shim; Han-Suk Kim; Do-Hyun Kim; Ee-Kyung Kim; Dong Woo Son; Beyong Il Kim; Jung-Hwan Choi Background: A delay in reaching full enteral feeding is linked to poorer outcome in preterm neonates. Meconium retention has been viewed as a cause of bowel dysfunction in very low birth weight infants...

... meconium mineral contents and parental occupation and location of residence were also tested. Method: The meconium mineral contents of 117 healthy newborn infants were measured by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results: The median concentrations (interquartile range) of toxic metals and trace...

... mixed with Curosurf, and polyethylene glycol (PEG) is more effective when mixed with Survanta. We therefore wanted to find out whether these results held true in an animal model of acute lung injury. Objective: To compare the response to therapy of PEG vs. dextran when added to Curosurf after meconium...