Arild Rønnestad

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Arild Rønnestad er dr.med., overlege, seksjonsleder ved Nyfødtintensiv avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet og førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo. Han er leder for Norsk nyfødtmedisinsk kvalitetsregister.

Articles by Arild Rønnestad

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection can be prevented

Regine Barlinn,
Anne Helbig,
Arild Rønnestad,
Katarina Hilde,
Claus Klingenberg,
Astri M. Lang

09.04.2025: Around 250 children are born with cytomegalovirus infection in Norway every year, and up to 20 % develop permanent sequelae. Preventive measures can help avoid many of these cases. Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can have potentially severe consequences for a child. Knowledge of this type...

An infant’s failure to thrive ended in death

Paal H. H. Lindenskov,
Arild Rønnestad,
Hans Skari

18.09.2012: A boy who had a minor lung puncture at birth died at the age of four weeks after slow weight gain, failure to thrive, vomiting and poor urinary flow. The boy was born after 37 weeks gestation with a birth weight of 4 030 g, corresponding to the 75th percentile for weight at birth. During an...