Background: Approximately 8 to 15% of perinatal deaths and 13 16% neonatal in India are a result congenital anomalies. The objective the research was study incidence clinically detectable malformations newborns delivered at secondary tertiary hospitals their association with maternal fetal factors. Material methods: This include all new-borns care Mehsana districts Gujarat, from January 1st, 20...

OBJECTIVE To compare the morbidity and outcome of low birthweight babies (birthweight < 2000 gm) of adolescent (age < 20 years) and older mothers. DESIGN Cross sectional descriptive study. SETTING The newborn Unit of the Kenyatta National Hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All babies weighing less than 2000 gm at birth whose mothers consented to the study had their gestational age verified u...

Intussusception is a rare entity in neonates. It may present with non-specific signs including abdominal distension, feeding intolerance, vomiting and bloody stools. Symptomatology is similar to Necrotizing Entero-Colitis (NEC). Ultrasound can help to establish early diagnosis in neonate. A 27-week preterm newborn was initially suspected as NEC based on abdominal distention, bilious vomiting, w...

BACKGROUND Babies born before 28 weeks' gestation have lower plasma thyroid hormone concentrations than more mature infants. This may contribute to their risk of poor developmental outcome. Previous studies have suggested that thyroxine supplementation for extremely preterm neonates may be beneficial. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of administration of supplemental thyroxin...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is the single most common abnormal physical finding in the first week of life and is commonly managed by phototherapy with its inherent complications.  a lesser known complication of the phototherapy is hypocalcemia.   objective: to study the prevalence of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia and to compare it between premature and full-term babies.   methods: this s...

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is the single most common abnormal physical finding in the first week of life and is commonly managed by phototherapy with its inherent complications.  A lesser known complication of the phototherapy is hypocalcemia. Objective: To study the prevalence of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia and to compare it between premature and full-term babies. Methods: This study...

Great interest has been centred during recent years on the renal physiology and the milieu interieur of newborn infants. However, so far no studies have been carried out on newborn Bantus. Although it is well established that neonatal renal function is immature (McCance and Young, 1941; McCance, 1959), full-term healthy babies delivered spontaneously and without undue difficulty are known to be...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence and spectrum of central nervous system (CNS) malformations confirmed by computerized tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a Saudi newborn population of Riyadh over a 10-year period, and to compare our findings with those in the published literature. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on all inborn babies...

Maternal milk is the first source of exogenous polyamines for the newborn. Polyamines modulate gut maturation in neonates, but no studies are available on polyamine concentration in human milk of preterm babies, even though they could be important for their immature gut. The present study aimed to determine polyamine concentration in human breast milk of mothers with preterm or term infants dur...

In order to establish the incidence of neonatal infection following prolonged (greater than 24 hours) rupture of the fetal membranes (PROM) and assess outcome of two year retrospective study was undertaken. The names of all babies born following PROM were obtained from the computerised obstetric record and the bacteriological results and outcome reviewed. Of 208 babies born following PROM only ...