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Follow the links below to find information about neonatal diseases and defects, including birth defects, diseases of newborn infants, foetal diseases and genetic diseases and disorders.
Created January 2008
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Birth Defects
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Links to information about birth defects, including congenital heart defects, spina bifida, cleft lip and palate and various syndromes.
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Foetal Diseases
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Links to information about foetal diseases, including foetal alcohol syndrome.
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Genetic Diseases and Disorders
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Links to information about genetic diseases and disorders, including genetic screening, Cystic Fibrosis, Huntington´s Disease and Tourette Syndrome and colour blindness.
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Jaundice
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Group B streptococcus and pregnancy - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Group B streptococcus (group B strep) is a common bacterium that is found in the body. It is usually harmless in adults. Sometimes, however, a woman who has group B strep can infect her baby during delivery.
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Jul 2009
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Vitamin K for Babies
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information on the use of Vitamin K to prevent serious bleeding in newborn babies, including Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (HDN).
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Jun 2009
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Iodine and your thyroid gland - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Find out about how important iodine is for your thyroid gland, and how iodine deficiency can cause problems, especially in unborn and newborn babies.
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Nov 2008
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Baby's head shape
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Sometimes a baby will develop a flattened spot on the back or side of her head. This is called plagiocephaly .
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Oct 2008
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Neonatal screening test
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Newborns in South Australia have a blood test when they are about 48 hours old called the Newborn or Neonatal Screening Test or 'Guthrie' test, or 'heel prick' test.
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Oct 2008
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Shunting for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a rare but potentially treatable cause of dementia. Since the condition was first described in 1965, it has conventionally been treated by placement of a shunt to remove cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricles of t...
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Sep 2008
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Hydrocephalus
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Hydrocephalus (hydro means water, cephalus means head) occurs when there is a blockage in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from spaces within the brain (ventricles) out over the surface of the brain and down the spinal cord
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Aug 2008
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Jaundice in babies
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Better Health Channel
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Jaundice can affect newborn babies. Symptoms of jaundice in babies may include a yellow tinge to the skin and whites of eyes, drowsiness, feeding difficulties and dark urine. Light therapy (phototherapy) may be used for some cases of jaundice. Other causes of jaundice include haemolytic anaemia, hepatitis and galactosaemia.
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Jul 2008
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Pregnancy - risks
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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During your pregnancy it is very important to avoid some things that can harm your developing baby.
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Jul 2008
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Hydrocephalus
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Better Health Channel
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Hydrocephalus is the abnormal enlargement of the brain cavities (ventricles) caused by a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid. Untreated, hydrocephalus can result in brain damage or death. Hydrocephalus can be present at birth or triggered by tumours, infection, bleeding in the brain or ageing. There is no cure, but hydrocephalus can be managed with surgery.
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Jun 2008
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Jaundice in babies
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Jaundice (yellow colouring of the skin and eyes) can be seen during the first week of life in about 60% of full term babies . It is even more common in babies who are born early.
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Jun 2008
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Vitamin K
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Vitamin K is needed by humans to cause blood to clot. Without vitamin K small cuts can go on bleeding for a long time, small injuries can cause a lot of bruising, and bleeding can occur in many parts of the body.
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Jun 2008
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Premature babies
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Better Health Channel
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Premature babies are born before 37 weeks gestation. Most premature babies have no long-term health problems, but some babies die as a result of being born too early. Premature labour can sometimes be delayed. The lungs are the last organ to mature and respiratory disease is the most frequent complication for a premature baby. Lung maturity can be improved by giving steroid injections to the mother prior to delivery.
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Mar 2008
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Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The number of participants in the trials was very small and may not be sufficient to detect differences. Only one study reported on the number of cigarettes the women smoked, a mean of 29 cigarettes per day at enrolment and 14 cigarettes per day at deli...
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Jan 2008
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Intraventricular streptokinase after intraventricular hemorrhage in newborn infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Bleeding (hemorrhage) into the ventricles of the brain is a serious complication of premature birth and large hemorrhages often lead to hydrocephalus, the process by which fluid accumulates under pressure inside the brain, expanding the head excessively...
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May 2007
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Arginine supplementation for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Arginine supplements for preventing severe, damaging inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (necrotising enterocolitis) in infants born before 37 weeks gestation (preterm). Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) may be caused by an infant's immaturity...
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May 2007
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Diuretic therapy for newborn infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Bleeding (hemorrhage) into the fluid-producing cavities (ventricles) of the brain is a serious complication of premature birth. Large hemorrhages may result in fluid building up under pressure, progressively enlarging the brain and head. Current treatme...
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Apr 2007
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