What is Meconium Aspiration Syndrome? Meconium Aspiration Syndrome is a condition in which the new born baby develops respiratory distress due to inhalation of meconium and amniotic fluid. Meconium is ...

Infants with severe MAS were identified by review of discharge diagnoses and hospital records of all patients who weighed ⩾2000 g and were admitted to the NICU of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, ...

We hypothesized that fetal pancreatic digestive enzymes play a role in the lung damage after meconium aspiration. We studied the effect of meconium on the A549 alveolar epithelial cell line. The ...

May 7 -- TUESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report they have identified a marker that might predict which pregnant women will pass meconium during delivery. Meconium is essentially a ...

Baby's first poop is one of the first milestones your little one will hit — maybe even before coming out of the womb. The official name for this bowel movement is called meconium and fair warning: it ...

It's normal to be worried when you learn that your baby might have swallowed some amniotic fluid during birth. Most of the time, it's quite natural and not dangerous. But it can also cause breathing ...

A birth center in Fort Mill, SC, is facing a wave of criticism after a baby died shortly after birth there, and the death was just ruled a homicide. Megan Green gave birth to son Daxton at Carolina ...

Antenatal: It is the period before birth or during pregnancy. Apgar score: It is a test to evaluate the physical condition of the new born right after birth. It is done twice: At one minute after ...

Baby's first poop is one of the first milestones your little one will hit — maybe even before coming out of the womb. The official name for this bowel movement is called meconium and fair warning: it ...