OBJECTIVE To calculate perinatal mortality (stillbirth and early neonatal death: END) rates in the Upper East region of Ghana and characterize community-based stillbirths and END in terms of timing, cause of death, and maternal and infant risk factors. METHODS Birth outcomes were obtained from the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System over a 7-year period. RESULTS Twenty thous...

Neonatal sepsis is considered a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by suspected or confirmed infection, being one of the main causes neonatal death worldwide and increased mortality. In Brazil, on average, 3,000 children die each year from sepsis, with prematurity na additional risk factor. Objective: to understand through literature about in newborns. Methodology: this review study...

BACKGROUND Although the magnitude of perinatal mortality in Ethiopia was among the highest in Sub Saharan Africa, there was no systematic review done to assess the trend and causes of perinatal death. The objective of this review was to assess the trend of perinatal mortality rate (PMR) and the causes attributed to perinatal deaths. METHODS Studies included in this systematic review were sixt...

BACKGROUND Ethnic disparities in perinatal mortality are well known. This study aimed to explore the contribution of demographic, socioeconomic, health behavioural and pre-existent medical risk factors among different ethnic groups on fetal and early neonatal mortality. METHODS We assessed perinatal mortality from 24.0 weeks' gestation onwards in 554 234 singleton pregnancies of nullip...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the levels of primary health care services for children and their changes in Zhejiang Province, China from 1998 to 2011. METHODS The data were drawn from Zhejiang maternal and child health statistics collected under the supervision of the Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province. Primary health care coverage, hospital deliveries, low birth weight, postnatal visits, breastfe...

OBJECTIVE To assess the correlation between plasma lactate concentrations in the first 6 hours of life and early neonatal mortality. METHODS The patients were divided in 2 groups based on the cutoff point, obtained from a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, of the plasma lactate concentration that best predicted neonatal mortality during the first 3 days of life. The differences be...

OBJECTIVE In order to improve our newborn care, we instituted several changes along with training of medical and nursing staff and compared survival rates in babies < 2000g before and after these changes. We also measured Perinatal Mortality Rate (PMR) and Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) in general, percentage of Low Birth Weight (LBW) babies and causes of early neonatal deaths at Lady Dufferin H...

Background Neonatal sepsis is one of the major causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality globally. Its incidence varies from 1 to 4 cases per 1,000 live births in developed countries. The burden of the problem occurs in the developing world while most confirmation is derived from developed countries. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of neonatal sepsi...

OBJECTIVE To estimate birth population-based perinatal-neonatal mortality and preterm rate in China from a regional survey in 2010. STUDY DESIGN Data of total births in 2010 obtained from 151 level I-III hospitals in Huai'an, Jiangsu, were prospectively collected and analyzed. RESULTS From 61,227 birth registries (including 60,986 live births and 241 stillbirths), we derive a birth rate of ...

Background: Sepsis is a major cause of mortality in neonatal. Diagnosing neonatal sepsis challenge, as its clinical symptoms are not specific. Various studies have been conducted to identify infection markers for early identification sepsis, but none shown satisfactory results. Therefore, we aimed determine the validity eosinophil count and monocyte lymphocyte ratio (MLR) detection sepsis. Obje...