BACKGROUND: Neonatal abstinence syndrome is increasingly prevalent, and may be related to opioid use disorders caused by postoperative prescriptions for pain control. We assessed the association of ...

Every year, more than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide, and up to one-third of them require surgical repair of inguinal hernias—a procedure that, under general anesthesia, carries ...

Objectives: To determine the cardiovascular tolerance of clonidine used as a first-line sedative after cardiac surgery in small infants. Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: A tertiary and ...

Christian Pizarro, MD, has joined New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System as chief of congenital heart surgery and director of pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Pizarro is an internationally ...

For some families, the joy of a new baby comes with unexpected challenges: About 3% of US newborns — roughly 1 in 33 — have a birth defect each year. While it might seem scary, the good news is that ...

If you’ve been told your baby will have complications when it’s born, you and your family might have a lot of questions and worry about what’s going to happen. Neonatologist Dr. Mariana Baserga and Dr ...

At just five days old, baby Samuel Orlando Milanés García began exhibiting worrying symptoms: persistent vomiting, refusal to ...