Abstract  Background: Low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.The aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  Method: This cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in lo...

In the course of time a variety of names have been given to Sterne's 'dwarf apple-trees': primordial dwarfism (von Hansemann, 1902), ateliosis (Gilford, 1904, 1911), microsomie essentielle (Levi, 1910), nannosomia (or nanosomia) vera, constitutional, proportionate, genetic, and intra-uterine (Russell, 1954) dwarfism. Recently Seckel (1960) has shown that a distinct variety of low birth weight d...

Topçu et al are the authors of a good reference article entitled “Birth weight for gestational age: a reference study in a tertiary referral hospital in the middle region of Turkey”. This retrospective study enrolled 68,255 live singleton pregnancies delivered at 22e42 gestational weeks in Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, between 2007 and 2013...

There is substantial literature showing that birth weight is associated with differences in blood pressure within the reference range. These differences are found in children and adults, but they tend to be small. A 1-kg increase in birth weight is associated with 3 mm Hg lowering in systolic pressure. This association is one of the associations with low birth weight that led to the “fetal orig...

The increasing prevalence of hypertension in adolescents is a growing public health problem. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for adolescents. A literature review was conducted and 20 relevant articles were found by searching Pubmed (n = 7), Proquest 6), Science Direct 3), Google Scholar 4). data search keywords “risk factor AND OR teenager juvenile”. According results, include hi...

AIm: The aim of this study was to identify the most appropriate method of surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in preterm infants that is caused by spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and to identify predictive factors of poor perioperative outcomes. mAteRIAl and methods: We present a series of 60 patients with IVH and hydrocephalus, to whom a VP shunt or subcutaneous (Omaya) reservoir...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of children born to immigrant mothers on the total proportions of low birth weight and preterm deliveries in Oslo and to explain the increases in the proportions of children with low birth weight and low gestational age since 1980-1982. DESIGN This was a cross sectional study based on Norwegian Medical Birth Registry data and information on mothers' ...