OBJECTIVE Timely identification and prompt resuscitation of newborns in the delivery room may cause a decline in neonatal morbidity and mortality. We try to identify risk factors in mother and fetus that result in birth of newborns needing resuscitation at birth. METHODS Case notes of all deliveries and neonates born from April 2010 to March 2011 in Mahdieh Medical Center (Tehran, Iran), a Le...

Recognition of the high-risk mother and fetus is an essential component of resuscitation if it is to be organized, accurate, and successful. Although many high-risk factors put the neonate in jeopardy, the first responder or ED physician can plan the initial approach to resuscitation by knowing the answer to three questions: (1) Is there particulate meconium in the amniotic fluid? (2) Is the fe...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the compliance rate with a maternal risk-factor-based guideline for the prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis. METHODS In August 1994, a risk-factor-based guideline for selective intrapartum prophylaxis against neonatal GBS was adopted by a group model health maintenance organization. This guideline identified the follow...

Objective: To analyze the fetal and perinatal determinants of neonatal mortality. Methodology: This was a pilot National Prospective cohort-study done from the data source of Qatar Perinatal Registry (Q-Peri-Reg). National data on total deliveries, live births and neonatal mortality was ascertained from Qatar’s national perinatal registry for the study period (1st January to 30th June 2011). Da...