Aim: A clinical study with retrospective analysis of 10 eyes of 5 babies with APROP of birth weight 970 to 1420 grams, Gestational age 26 to 32weeks, from a Level 3 NICU with multiple risk factors. Result: Flat neovascularisation was seen in 8 eyes in zone 1,one eye in zone 2. One eye showed a large vascular loop in zone 2. 3 babies with APROP had very low gestation age <28wks.2 babies were of ...

BACKGROUND Facilities which manage high-risk babies should frequently assess the burden of hypothermia and strive to reduce the incidence. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and outcome of point-of-admission hypothermia among hospitalized babies. METHODS The axillary temperatures of consecutive admissions into a Nigerian Newborn Unit were recorded. Temperature <36.5 degrees C defined hypo...

Mothers and babies have a physiologic need to be together at the moment of birth and during the hours and days that follow. Keeping mothers and babies together is a safe and healthy birth practice. Evidence supports immediate, uninterrupted skin-to-skin care after vaginal birth and during and after cesarean surgery for all stable mothers and babies, regardless of feeding preference. Unlimited o...

Pregnant mothers with yusho in Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kochi Prefectures delivered babies with a peculiar clinical manifestation which will be called fetal PCB syndrome (FPS). The birth rate incidences were 3.6% (Fukuoka Prefecture), 4% (Nagasaki Prefecture), 2.9% (Kochi Prefecture) and 3.9% (total). The manifestations consisted of dark brown pigmentation of the skin and the mucous membrane, ging...

The overall mortality for babies referred to our unit with fused eyelids was 68.7%; but when severe skin bruising was present only one of 18 babies survived (5.6%). This compares with a survival rate of 75% for those not bruised at or soon after birth. Skin bruising invariably indicates a very poor prognosis in babies born with fused eyelids.

background: stillbirth is a sensitive indicator for health care quality, living conditions and equity in a society. the aim of this study was to determine the rate and contributing factors of stillbirth at babol hospitals. methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study was designed as an applied research, using census sampling in 2012-2013. a questionnaire was applied for data col...

Objectives: Aim of this study is to find out the clinical relevance estimating paraoxonase activity PON1 enzyme, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol, HDL, and LDL levels in maternal serum umbilical cord blood according birth weight. Methods: Venous samples were taken from mothers just before birth. Babies divided into four groups: normal-weight babies, premature low weight postmature babies. T...