Background: Maternal chorioamnionitis usually means an otherwise healthy appearing newborn gets cultured and treated for presumptive bacterial infection pending culture results. This is often done in a NICU setting. These babies are overwhelmingly well and are discharged after they ‘rule out’. However, the need for additional treatment and care in a NICU setting as well [...]

Case Presentation: This is the case of an ex-41 2/7 week baby girl, born to a 28 year old G4P0 now 1 mother via cesarean section for arrest of descent. Early in pregnancy, the mother endorsed occasional marijuana use and had one urine toxicology screen positive for marijuana. Subsequent urine drug screens were all negative, [...]

Case Presentation: This is the case of a 39-year old, G3P1001 woman with fetal aneuploidy identified on prenatal screening. Her pregnancy was conceived via anonymous sperm donor, whom had been used for two previous healthy and uncomplicated pregnancies. The mother underwent non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) at 10 weeks gestation, which was reported as positive for [...]

Case Presentation: Pt was a FT 2wk old boy. At his 1st clinic appointment, he was 9% below birthweight. Mom reported appropriate feeding volume but he was sleeping throughout the day and needed to be woken for feeds. He was stooling 1-2 times per day with 4-5 wet diapers and no vomiting or fevers. At [...]

Background: In utero opioid exposure can result in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS is a serious condition characterized by central nervous system hyperirritability and autonomic nervous system and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Newborns with NAS may require pharmacological management, have increased hospital costs, and have a prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS). NAS incidence has increased [...]

Case Presentation: Patient 1:39 week gestation newborn male with a birth weight of 3521 grams. Prenatal course was overall uncomplicated. Mother was a 27 year old G2P2 woman who had used medical cannabis several times a week during pregnancy for PTSD, anxiety and headaches. No other non-prescribed substances were used and umbilical cord toxicology testing [...]