In a neonatal unit which, at that time, had no facilities for artificial ventilation, 14 newborn infants with birth weight ≥ 1,500 g fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for severe hyaline membrane disease (HMD) were treated by tracheal instillation of bovine surfactant (200 mg/kg). Twelve of these babies showed increased transcutaneous PO2/FiO2 ratio within 2 min, the average therapeutic response being sustained for at least 72 h. One of the two babies who did not respond to treatment was later diagnosed as a case of group B streptococcal pneumonia. One baby with favorable initial response died from sepsis at the age of 7 days; the other patients survived without sequelae. We conclude that treatment with exogenous surfactant might be considered as an alternative to ventilator treatment in babies with severe HMD.
Objective and Importance: To report an unknown association between nonimmune hydrops and a case of urogenital sinus. Clinical Presentation: A newborn girl presented with gross fetal and neonatal hydrops and was managed successfully. She was then extensively investigated for the cause of hydrops, and was only found to have a urogenital anomaly that was managed by temporary external drainage. Conclusion: Urogenital sinus anomalies may be added to the list of causes and associations of nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
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