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Neonatal Medicine

Pediatric aerodigestive foreign bodies in the Qassim region: a retrospective study of epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes

Ann Saudi Med. 2025 May-Jun;45(3):177-181. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2025.177. Epub 2025 Jun 5. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Aerodigestive foreign bodies (ADFBs) are a common pediatric emergency, often caused by …

Neonatal Medicine

Islet-2 Is Required for the Survival of Islet-Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cells but Not for Their Pathfinding to the Contralateral Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

Dev Neurobiol. 2025 Jul;85(3):e22978. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22978. ABSTRACT Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) exhibit remarkable diversity owing to their expression of developmentally expressed transcription factors. Many transcription …

Neonatal Medicine

Successful Treatment of a Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant With GATA6 Neonatal Diabetes Using Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion

Cureus. 2025 May 6;17(5):e83555. doi: 10.7759/cureus.83555. eCollection 2025 May. ABSTRACT GATA6 variants are associated with pancreatic hypoplasia/aplasia, congenital heart disease, and biliary tract disorders. We …

Neonatal Medicine

A Rare Case of Pregnancy-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management

Cureus. 2025 May 6;17(5):e83587. doi: 10.7759/cureus.83587. eCollection 2025 May. ABSTRACT Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in pregnancy is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that presents …

Neonatal Medicine

Early Intervention Referral Rates of Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome Are Not Significantly Affected by Race, Payor, Maternal Medication for Opioid Use Disorder, or NICU Hospitalization

Cureus. 2025 May 6;17(5):e83559. doi: 10.7759/cureus.83559. eCollection 2025 May. ABSTRACT In this study, we examined the factors influencing enrollment in early intervention (EI) programs for …

Neonatal Medicine

Diagnostic accuracy of PfHRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests and antigenemia persistence in Kenyan children from a holoendemic region: implications for case management and surveillance

Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025 May 22;250:10585. doi: 10.3389/ebm.2025.10585. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT Malaria remains a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, with Plasmodium falciparum …

Neonatal Medicine

The role of radiological imaging in the diagnosis of bilateral renal cortical necrosis: Case report and literature review

Radiol Case Rep. 2025 May 7;20(7):3570-3573. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.04.104. eCollection 2025 Jul. ABSTRACT Renal cortical necrosis is the destruction of the cortical tissue resulting from renal …