Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis

Mohammed S El Farargy

Publications

• Short Communication
  Early Predictors of Transient Tachypnea of Newborn
  Author(s): Mohammed S El Farargy and Neama A SolimanMohammed S El Farargy and Neama A Soliman
  
  Background: Early diagnosis of transient tachypnea of newborn (TTN) is important for early treatment and good prognosis, but it is misdiagnosed with some diseases t hat occur in neonates like neonatal sepsis. Aim: The study aims at investigating lactate, lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) and cystatin-C (Cys-C) as markers for early diagnosis of TTN. Patients and methods: Blood samples taken within 1 hour after birth from 40 neonates who later developed TTN and from 40 neonates who did not develop TTN as a control group. Eighty neonates who were admitted to the NICU at Tanta University Hospital with gestational age above 37 weeks during the period 12 months (from December 2011 to May 2012, were included in this study. Neonates with RD during the first 24 hours of life constituted the patient group (n=40; 28 male: 12 female).. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9929.1000317

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