You are treating an infant for sepsis and just received the…

You are treating an infant for sepsis and just received the blood culture and sensitivity results. A key factor in your selection of antibiotic is a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) which represents what concentration of the drug which prevents visible in-vitro growth of a pathogen?

The pediatrician has asked you to consult for a 3 kg term in…

The pediatrician has asked you to consult for a 3 kg term infant exclusively breastfeeding with no urine output reported at 48 hours of life. You order a 10 ml/kg bolus of normal saline. There is urine output of 1.5 ml/kg/hr over the next 6 hours. You suspect that the cause for the oliguria was

You have been asked to evaluate a newborn just born in labor…

You have been asked to evaluate a newborn just born in labor and delivery delivered to a mother with no prenatal care and unable to provide history.  Your physical exam reveals a microcephalic infant with redundant nuchal skin, unilateral cleft palate, malformed ears, and scalp cutis aplasia in this male infant. The most likely diagnosis is