Mean Birth Weight and Mean placental Weight among Deliveries in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Increasing Low Birth Weight Rates: Deliveries in a Tertiary Hospital in Istanbul

OBJECTIVE Prevalence of low birth weight deliveries may vary across different environments. The necessity of determination of regional data prompted this study. METHODS Information of all deliveries from January 2004 to December 2008 was obtained from delivery registry records retrospectively. Initial data including birth weight, vital status, sex, maternal age and mode of delivery were recor...

Low-birth-weight babies among hospital deliveries in Nepal: a hospital-based study

BACKGROUND Birth weight is an important indicator of a population's health and is associated with numerous interrelated factors in the infant, mother, and physical environment. The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of low birth weight and identify the associated factors for low birth weight in a liveborn infant among the women in Morang, Nepal. METHODS A cross-sectional sur...

Trends in birth weight and the prevalence of low birth weight in a tertiary care hospital,Chennai

Maternal Dental Health and Low Birth Weight among Term Deliveries

s: Background: Giving birth to infants of low birth weight (LBW) (less than 2,500 grams) is a major public health problem worldwide. In an attempt to identify modifiable risk factors for LBW in Saudi Arabia, the present research was undertaken to investigate a potential association between maternal dental health and dental care during pregnancy with LBW due to fetal growth retardation. Material...

The Duration of Hospitalization and Readmission Rate of Low Birth Weight Infants in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Isfahan, Iran

Background: Currently, the number of premature deliveries has been increasing, resulting in early postnatal discharge due to shortage of beds in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted through investigating the premature infants’ files for gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW) and duration of the first hospitalization. Furthermore, th...