Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

摘要: [Extract] Our female baby S was born at 39 + 1 weeks by spontaneous vaginal birth (SVB) to a 21 year old Papua New Guinean mother, in her first pregnancy. Baby developed cardio- respiratory compromise and required intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) via bag mask for two (2) minutes before heart rate increased >100 beats per minute. Her color, which initially dusky, pinked up perfusion improved prior transfer our special care nursery ongoing observation an antenatally diagnosed cardiac anomaly. weight (BW) 2.97 kg, head circumference (HC), 34 cm length 47.5 cm; all being appropriate gestational age. Maternal serology unremarkable, with O blood group. However, Group B Streptococcus (GBS) status unknown. mother had pyrexia during labor, could have been attributed prolonged second stage of labor or that septic nature (Chen et al., 2012). A screen performed penicillin gentamicin antifungals were given until cultures available 48 h incubation. These remained negative the antibiotics ceased.