Hannah B. Woody

Direct digital intratracheal intubation for neonatal resuscitation

Summary The technique of digital introduction of endotracheal tubes for neonatal resuscitation is easy to learn, requires simple and dependable equipment, and has few dangers and limitations. Proficiency in the method allows the unaided physician quickly and easily to establish and use a patent airway for neonatal resuscitation

Balantidiasis in Infancy. Review of the Literature and Report of a Case.

Summary Balantidium coli infection in a malnourished 5-month-old infant was treated with carbarsone, resulting in eradication of the parasite. She is believed to be the youngest patient with this condition on record. The disease may be encountered in all parts of the world. Air travel may increase opportunities for exposure. Unless considered, it can be overlooked as a cause of diarrhea. Immediate, proper examination of fresh stools should easily reveal the trophozoites in acute cases. At present, treatment with tetracyclines appears to be the preferred method. The epidemiology of balantidiasis is still obscure.

Virilizing luteoma of pregnancy: Specific sterol and steroid hormone content

Abstract The specific sterol and steroid hormone content of a virilizing luteoma of pregnancy has been studied. The androgens, 4-androstene-3,17-dione, DHA, and testosterone, were the major free steroid hormones present in the tumor. Lanosterol, 4,4-dimethyl-8-cholesten-3β-ol, 4α-methyl-7-cholesten-3β-ol, and 7-cholesten-3β-ol were tentatively identified in the luteoma and represent the first identification of these sterols in human gonadal tissue. Three plant sterols, campesterol, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol were also tentatively identified in trace amounts.

Thyroid uptake of 1311 following hippuran renal scintillation camera studies in children blackwell

The thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine after scintillation camera studies using 131I-labeled hippuran was studied and the radiation dose calculated in 30 euthyroid children with normal renal function. Fifteen children received Lugols solution which reduced the thyroid uptake and radiation dose significantly.

Management of breast feeding: How to be a grandmother

The young mother will succeed at breast feeding when she has the confidence whichcomes from understanding what is taking place between herself and her baby. The problems which arise for the initiate, mother or pediatrician, are outlined. These problems are solved when the instinctual responses and the normal patterns of behavior of mothers and babies are recognized by the physician and are made the basis for advising the mother. Such knowledge, once passed from mother to daughter, is being forgotten. The present-day pediatrician, in order to instruct his patient in the art of breast feeding, must be able to provide information once supplied by grandmothers.