Perinatal asphyxia is a lack of blood flow or gas exchange to or from the fetus in the period immediately before, during ...

Umbilical vein catheterization utilizes the exposed umbilical stump in a neonate as a site for emergency central venous ...

Until relatively modern times, cystic fibrosis was poorly understood. In 1949, Lowe et al. postulated that cystic fibro ...

Williams syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with congenital heart disease, distinctive facial features (elfin-like face ...

Tricuspid atresia is a cyanotic congenital heart defect characterized by the complete agenesis of the tricuspid valve. T ...

In 1952, Dr. Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist at Columbia University, developed the Apgar score. Serendipitously, APG ...