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Q. What to do in urine retention in a pt of birth asphyxia with HIE. Alt hot and cold compresses are not effective. As far as I know, manual compression is harmful. The baby passes urine only when compressed.

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

A male baby was born at 37 weeks 5 days of gestation via normal vaginal delivery, with the birth weight of 2.45 kg. Amniotic fluid was clear and the APGAR at 1, 5 and 10 minutes were 8, 10 respectively. The mother 27 years old 2^nd gravida, ...

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A one and a half months old boy presented with noisy breathing since birth and an episode of pneumonia 20 days ago for which he was hospitalized for 10 days. There was no suck-rest-suck cycle, excessive sweating over the forehead, or breathlessness. He was the only child of his parents and his birth ...

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