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    Meconium is the earliest stool of a mammalian infant resulting from defecation. Unlike later feces, 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 spectrum...
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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...
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    described a case of fetal death with meconium peritonitis, a complication of meconium ileus associated with CF. Meconium ileus was first described in 1905...
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    Srinivasjois R, Sharma A, Shah P, Kava M (July 2011). "Effect of induction of meconium evacuation using per rectal laxatives on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in...
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  • certain prescription medication (e.g. valproate) during pregnancy, and meconium in the amniotic fluid. Research is not conclusive on the relation of these...
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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-reassuring fetal status...
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    atresia. Other features include abdominal distension and failure to pass meconium. The distension is more generalised the further down the bowel the atresia...
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    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...
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    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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    Postmature births carry risks for both the mother and the baby, including meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal malnutrition, and stillbirths. The placenta...
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    petechia, and bleeding in the whites of the eye. Complications can include meconium, respiratory distress, anemia, and stillbirth. Multiple wraps are associated...
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    diphtheria human coronavirus infection respiratory distress syndrome measles meconium aspiration syndrome metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection necrotizing enterocolitis...
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  • retardation Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome Limb body wall complex Macrosomia Meconium cyst Meconium ileus Microcephaly Multicystic dysplastic kidney Multiple pterygium...
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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...
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    problems with the placenta, birth defects, low birth weight, breathing meconium into the lungs, a delivery requiring either the use of instruments or an...
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    film 2009 The Reward Charlotte 2011 Beautiful Enough Composer (voice) Meconium Lorna Albert Nobbs Viscountess Yarrell The Iron Lady Susie 2015 Man Up...
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    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...
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    vanishingly rare. Small intestine obstruction or obstructive disorders Meconium ileus Paralytic ileus Volvulus Hernia Intussusception Adhesions Obstruction...
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    Arbor Ann Hamilton Never Let Me Go Nurse 2011 Pride Marion Cooper 2011 Meconium Kel Short film 2012 Sightseers Janice 2013 Bed Trick Beatrice Short film...
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    their fecal matter known as meconium, preventing adequate breathing. The presence of meconium within the lungs, known as meconium aspiration syndrome, can...
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    drinking orally despite the risk of developing chest infections. Dysphagia Meconium aspiration syndrome Nosocomial pneumonia Chemical pneumonitis DiBardino...
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    intestinal infarction, intestinal strangulation, colorectal carcinoma, meconium peritonitis), or of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). Other possible reasons...
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    stages of development) creates urine and contributes to the formation of meconium. Amniotic fluid protects the developing fetus by cushioning against blows...
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    functioning properly. It also creates a mild laxative effect, expelling meconium and helping to prevent the build-up of bilirubin (a contributory factor...
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    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...
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    used to spin the silk for the cocoon and the rest is eventually voided as meconium at the end of its pupal stage. There are about 2,000 species of antlion...
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    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...
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  • include oligohydramnios (a deficiency of amniotic fluid); meconium aspiration (breathing meconium in the amniotic fluid); and macrosomia (being overly large)...
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