interesting babies

nicudaynurse · Mar 8, 2003

The 'Smith's book" is an excellent resource. Smith is one of the authors. It is a book that describes all the genetic diseases and syndromes. They show pictures and usually a one page description of the disease. There are some things in there that will shock you even if you have been in the medical field for a long time. Some of the pictures don't even look human.

I have worked in pediatric neurology as well and we saw some pretty rare things (ex. Cockayne syndrome, triploid-diploid, lissencephaly, holoprocencephaly, encephalocele, and many others that I can't think of at the moment).

AHRN · Mar 8, 2003

Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation

5th ed, by Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD, 856 pp, with illus, $59, ISBN 0-7216-6115-7, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1997.

This may not be latest edition, but Amazon has several editions listed.

It includes many chromosomal anomalies and other non-chromosomal syndromes. It also lists a certain abnormality such as micronathia and the common anomalies associated with it.

Jolie, BSN · Mar 9, 2003

Smith's is a book no pregnant nurse should EVER read!

magRN · Mar 10, 2003

Most recently I cared for a little baby who came in with a feaver a week old at home. Turned out she was positive for herpes 1 in the CSF. She started having siezures 10 hours after the diagnosis was made. That following night she started going into DIC....we intubated...they had placed lines that morning when I left. Extremely critical...I thought she'd die....but she went home yesterday with a fairly good prognosis if her liver holds out. A true miricle!

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Mar 10, 2003

The harlequin ichthyosis baby I saw had parents that were related.

kids · Mar 10, 2003

Originally posted by AHRN
Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation

5th ed, by Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD, 856 pp, with illus, $59, ISBN 0-7216-6115-7, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1997.

This may not be latest edition, but Amazon has several editions listed.
It includes many chromosomal anomalies and other non-chromosomal syndromes. It also lists a certain abnormality such as micronathia and the common anomalies associated with it.

5th is the latest Edition.

I also have/use Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Deformation. I don't know how to discribe it other than it covers defects that are more structural and less genetic (amniotic banding etc).

SHELLYBELLYRN · Mar 10, 2003

OMG............I definitely shouldn't have read this thread.................slightly less than 6 weeks to my due date! Oops!!

OBNURSEHEATHER · Mar 10, 2003

Originally posted by SHELLYBELLYRN
OMG............I definitely shouldn't have read this thread.................slightly less than 6 weeks to my due date! Oops!!

Shelly, it might be best to stay away from all ob/gyn/neonatal threads from here on out.

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Mar 10, 2003

Originally posted by OBNURSEHEATHER
Shelly, it might be best to stay away from all ob/gyn/neonatal threads from here on out.

Yeah! And that goes for TLC and Discovery Health channel too!

Jolie, BSN · Mar 10, 2003

I have to disagree, dawngloves! There's nothing wrong with her watching TLC or DHC. Afterall, every woman on those shows has her baby in 30 minutes or less, and even the home births with prolapsed cords turn out OK. Even better yet, maybe she would like to deliver on TV!

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2003

Oh, I don't mean that overly sweet and pretty, "A Baby's Story" I can't watch that it makes me so mad! I mean like the conjoined twins special I saw.:chuckle

NurseShell · Mar 11, 2003

I saw a couple color photos of babies that died shortly after birth with the defects mentioned above...I cried. Seriously, how frequently do these kinds of things happen??