One week after their son was born, Melissa and Cory Berlin of Mayfield, New York, arrived at the pediatrician's office for ...

Objectives: Nesiritide (synthetic B-type natriuretic peptide) has been shown to be effective in the management of acute decompensated heart failure in adults. The role of nesiritide in pediatric ...

[4–10] In the newborn, the clinical presentation depends on the etiology of neonatal liver failure. Presentation at birth implies an intrauterine insult such as a congenital infection ...

As a group, the infants developed normally but grew poorly, with wt (20th percentile-%-at 18 months) affected more than OFC and ht (30th % at 18 months) .11 of the 30 showed no growth failure ...

In infants with cardiomyopathy-associated chronic HF, baseline LVEF of less than 40% and β blocker use indicate a decreased chance of LVEF normalization.