We evaluated all fatal neonatal sepsis and pneumonia cases occurring in Alaska during 1992-2000. Risk factors were evaluated using a database of all births occurring during the study period. Of 32 cases, group B streptococcus (GBS) was isolated from 21% (all 7 days of age), non-GBS Gram-positive bacteria from 50% (53% <7 days of age), and Gram-negative infections from 38% (58% <7 days of age). ...

INTRODUCTION In low income and middle income countries, neonatal mortality remains high despite the gradual reduction in under five mortality. Newborn death contributes for about 38% of all under five deaths. This study has identified the magnitude and independent predictors of neonatal mortality in rural Ethiopia. METHODS This population based nested case control study was conducted in rural...

Despite declines in globalmortality rates in infants and children under five years of age in recent decades, neonatalmortality has remained relatively static. Consequently, approximately twothirds of deaths in infants and over one-third of deaths in under-five-year-olds now occur in the first 28 days of life (i.e., the neonatal period). There are an estimated four million neonatal deaths per ye...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the process of care provided to premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit and the factors associated with their mortality. METHODS Cross-sectional retrospective study of premature infants in an intensive care unit between 2008 and 2010. The characteristics of the mothers and premature infants were described, and a bivariate analysis was performed on the followin...

BACKGROUND Despite the significant reduction in childhood mortality, neonatal mortality has shown little or no concomitant decline worldwide. The dilemma arises in that the lack of documentation of cause of death in developing countries, where registration of vital events is virtually nonexistent. Understanding of the causes of death in neonates is important to guide public health interventions...

Introduction The diagnosis of hypochondroplasia (HCH) is hampered by absence of radiological criteria relevant to the agedependent manifestations, particularly those in the neonatal period. This work deals with the radiological features in hypochondroplastic neonates with a FGFR3 mutation, including quantitative measurement that facilitates the definitive diagnosis. We propose the radiological ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the determinants of neonatal mortality. STUDY DESIGN Nested case-control study. STUDY SETTING 28 villages under the intensive field practice area of Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project, Ballabgarh, Haryana serving a population of 87,016, as on 31st December 2009. The study period was from 2005 to 2009. METHODS The data were obtained from Health Management Inf...

OBJECTIVE Offspring of diabetic mothers (ODM) are at increased risk of developing overweight and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Recently, we observed that early neonatal ingestion of breast milk from diabetic mothers (DBM) may dose-dependently increase the risk of overweight in childhood. Here, we investigate whether DBM intake during the late neonatal period and early infancy also influence...