The most common underling medical condition in studied patients were respiratory distress syndrome Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) was determined in 5 cases (%3.04) of 164 infants received umbilical ...

What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's ...

A study conducted at the Center for Research on Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) helps understand how high blood ...

There are normally three vessels within the cord. The one carrying oxygen and nutrients to the foetus is the umbilical vein.

The use of umbilical arterial catheters (UACs) has been a standard of practice for 30 years in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). [1] They have proven useful for continuous blood pressure ...

Prolonged hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can increase your risk of developing thrombosis ...

USA: Recent research has revealed that vitamin C supplementation can significantly improve placental function and alter gene ...

What Is an Umbilical Hernia? An umbilical hernia is a lump that appears when part of your intestines or other tissue sticks out through your abdominal muscles near your navel. It looks like a ...

See Table 2 for signs and symptoms of complications. The first cause is alteration of the vein wall by injury, irritation, or disease process. Vein irritation can occur during PICC insertion or ...

Consider the poignant story of your baby's umbilical cord. For nine months it faithfully served as your baby's lifeline. It provided him with oxygen, with nutrients, with life itself. Now ...

Researchers have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, which are commonly mutated in cancer, may drive tumor growth beyond their well-known role in signaling at the cell surface. Mutant RAS, they ...