OBJECTIVE To ascertain the role of low birth weight (LBW) in neonatal mortality in a periurban setting in Bangladesh. METHODS LBW neonates were recruited prospectively and followed up at one month of age. The cohort of neonates were recruited after delivery in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and 776 were successfully followed up either at home or, in the event of early death, in hospital. ...

materials and methods the level of plasma il-6 and blood culture were checked in all the term neonates suspicious to sepsis admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of shahid beheshti hospital of kashan during 2010-2011. positive blood culture was considered as definite sepsis and negative blood culture as suspicious sepsis. then, the level of il-6 was compared with the state of blood cultu...

OBJECTIVES To explore the use of local civil registration data to assess the perinatal mortality in a typical rural county in a less developed province in China, 1999-2000. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. Pregnancies in a cohort of women followed from registration of pregnancy to outcome of infant seven days after birth. SETTING Routine family planning records in 20 rural townships in ea...

BACKGROUND Perinatal mortality is reported to be five times higher in developing than in developed nations. Little is known about the commonly associated risk factors for perinatal mortality in Southern Nations National Regional State of Ethiopia. METHODS A case control study for perinatal mortality was conducted in University hospital between 2008 and 2010. Cases were stillbirths and early n...

The aim of this study was to analyze the profile of newborns, mothers, and early neonatal mortality according to the hospital’s complexity and affiliation (or lack thereof) with the Unified National Health System (SUS) in Greater Metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil. The study was based on data for live births, deaths, and hospital registries. Factor and cluster analysis were used to obtain the typol...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth (PTB) is responsible for 70% of neonatal mortalities. Various factors influence the risk of neonatal mortality in different populations. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to evaluate neonatal survival rate of preterm infants, and to define its predictors in Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study included all preterm (26-37 weeks) infants...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality, morbidity and early adverse effects. DESIGN Systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases and hand search of reviews; abstracts and proceedings of conferences. Review methods Randomised or quasi-randomised or cluster randomise...

BACKGROUND Child mortality is an important indicator of a country's developmental status. Neonatal mortality and stillbirth shared a higher proportion of child deaths. However, in developing countries where there is no civil registration and most deliveries occur at home, it is difficult to measure the magnitude of neonatal mortality. Data from continuous demographic surveillance systems could ...

Background and objective: Neonatal sepsis is defined as presence of clinical signs accompanied by positive blood culture in newborns less than one month of age. Sepsis is a common cause of hospital admission in neonates, and it is known as one of the main causes of mortality among them, not only in developed countries but in developing ones. Delay in diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy...

BACKGROUND Early onset sepsis remains a major cause for neonatal morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe and compare the clinical and laboratory characteristics of neonates in neonatal intensive care unit with culture positive and negative early onset sepsis and verify if there were any differences between the groups. METHODS A one year comparative prospect...