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Meconium is the
earliest stool of a
mammalian infant resulting from defecation.
Unlike later ****,
meconium is
composed of
materials ingested during the...
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Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), also
known as
neonatal aspiration of
meconium, is a
medical condition affecting newborn infants. It
describes the...
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Meconium peritonitis refers to
rupture of the
bowel prior to birth,
resulting in
fetal stool (
meconium)
escaping into the
surrounding space (peritoneum)...
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asthma and
exercise intolerance.
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome occurs in full term or post-term
infants who
aspirate meconium. Risk
factors include a diabetic...
- delivery, the
meconium may be
released and may mix with the
amniotic fluid. If it gets into the child's
airways or lungs, it can
cause meconium aspiration...
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described a case of
fetal death with
meconium peritonitis, a
complication of
meconium ileus ****ociated with CF.
Meconium ileus was
first described in 1905...
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characterized by
changes in
fetal movement, growth,
heart rate, and
presence of
meconium stained fluid. Risk
factors for
fetal distress/non-re****uring
fetal status...
- petechia, and
bleeding in the
whites of the eye.
Complications can
include meconium,
respiratory distress, anemia, and stillbirth.
Multiple wraps are ****ociated...
- with gas and ****.
Meconium impactions are
often diagnosed by
clinical signs, but
digital examination to feel for
impacted meconium, radiographs, and ultrasound...
- from dead red
blood cells,
gives **** the
typical brown color.
After the
meconium, the
first stool expelled, a newborn's ****
contains only bile, which...
