In order to further encourage people to submit cases to this forum, the board has decided to create a yearly award for the best case of the month. The winner will be invited by Nycomed to the Curosurf Family Meeting.
 

The winners of the Case of the Year Award 2009 are:  
Donas A, Steurer MA, Berger TM
for their August 2009 contribution entitled
When bleeding does not stop after capillary blood sampling for the newborn screening test  

Winners of the past years 

Case of the Year Award 2008
Hofmeister J, Bruder E, Aslanidis C, Hammer J, Schmitz G, Bührer C
for their January 2008 contribution entitled
Fatal surfactant deficiency in two siblings caused by a novel ABCA3 gene mutation 

Case of the Year Award 2007
Natalucci G, Wisser J, Weil R, Stallmach T, Bucher HU
Umbilical cord hemangioma

Case of the Year Award 2006
Aufdenblatten C, Winiker H, Berger TM, Caduff J
Intralesional injection therapy with OK-432 (Picibanil®) in a full term infant with multicystic lymphangioma colli

Case of the Year Award 2005
Antonelli E, Wildhaber BE, and Pfister RE
Giant umbilical cord  

Case of the Year Award 2004
Arlettaz R, Das-Kundu S
Unexpected severe anemia in an otherwise healthy newborn

Case of the Year Award 2003
Schulzke S, Büchner S, and Fahnenstich H
Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn  

Case of the Year Award 2002
Hagmann C, Kistler W, Berger TM
Spontaneous isolated intestinal perforation in preterm infants  

Case of the Year Award 2001
Micallef J
Early MRI and prognosis in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy