Meconium is the earliest stool of a mammalian infant resulting from defecation. Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the...

Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) also known as neonatal aspiration of meconium is a medical condition affecting newborn infants. It describes the spectrum...

Meconium peritonitis refers to rupture of the bowel prior to birth, resulting in fetal stool (meconium) escaping into the surrounding space (peritoneum)...

asthma and exercise intolerance. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome occurs in full term or post-term infants who aspirate meconium. Risk factors include a diabetic...

described a case of fetal death with meconium peritonitis, a complication of meconium ileus associated with CF. Meconium ileus was first described in 1905...

Srinivasjois R, Sharma A, Shah P, Kava M (July 2011). "Effect of induction of meconium evacuation using per rectal laxatives on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in...

Postmature births carry risks for both the mother and the baby, including meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal malnutrition, and stillbirths. The placenta...

characterized by changes in fetal movement, growth, heart rate, and presence of meconium stained fluid. Risk factors for fetal distress/non-reassuring fetal status...

may also be efficient. Suctioning the mouth and throat of infants with meconium-stained amniotic fluid has not been found to reduce the rate of aspiration...

certain prescription medication (e.g. valproate) during pregnancy, and meconium in the amniotic fluid. Research is not conclusive on the relation of these...

petechia, and bleeding in the whites of the eye. Complications can include meconium, respiratory distress, anemia, and stillbirth. Multiple wraps are associated...

ὄπιον (ópion), a diminutive of ὀπός (opós, "juice of a plant"). The word meconium (derived from the Greek for "opium-like", but now used to refer to newborn...

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from dead red blood cells, gives feces the typical brown color. After the meconium, the first stool expelled, a newborn's feces contains only bile, which...

their fecal matter known as meconium, preventing adequate breathing. The presence of meconium within the lungs, known as meconium aspiration syndrome, can...

functioning properly. It also creates a mild laxative effect, expelling meconium and helping to prevent the build-up of bilirubin (a contributory factor...

problems with the placenta, birth defects, low birth weight, breathing meconium into the lungs, a delivery requiring either the use of instruments or an...

effect, encouraging the passing of a baby's first stool, which is called meconium. This clears excess bilirubin, a waste-product of dead red blood cells...

intestinal infarction, intestinal strangulation, colorectal carcinoma, meconium peritonitis), or of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). Other possible reasons...

Types 5–7 are associated with increasing tendency to diarrhea or urgency. Meconium is a newborn baby's first feces. Human fecal matter varies significantly...

atresia. Other features include abdominal distension and failure to pass meconium. The distension is more generalised the further down the bowel the atresia...

vanishingly rare. Small intestine obstruction or obstructive disorders Meconium ileus Paralytic ileus Volvulus Hernia Intussusception Adhesions Obstruction...

foals pass meconium, the first stool, soon after birth. Some healthy foals may require an enema to assist this process, but the meconium of LWS foals...

Infant respiratory distress syndrome Transient tachypnea of the newborn Meconium aspiration syndrome Pleural disease Pneumothorax Pneumomediastinum Wilson–Mikity...

Biomarkers being studied include fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) detected in the meconium (first feces of an infant) and hair. FAEE may be present if chronic alcohol...

time of specimen collection, or contamination from leukorrhea, blood or meconium. Additionally, the accuracy of ferning is markedly less in women who are...

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...

"Quantification of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in meconium for detection of alcohol abuse during pregnancy: Correlation study between...

accompany childbirth and death. Babies defecate a unique substance called meconium prior to eating external foods. There are a number of medical conditions...