introduction there are one million deaths from asphyxia in newborn annually. management of this newborn is only supportive. autologuse stem cell therapy may reduce mortality and long term morbidity. outcome of asphyxiated newborn is related to damage cns cells. stem cells prevent apoptosis and induce repairmen of injured neurons. methods in a review study all article related to three keywords o...

background one of the most important cause of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is hemolysis including rh incompatibility.  the aim of this study was to assess the rate of hyperbilirubinemia due to hemolysis in rh positive neonates  born to rh negative mothers. methods in this retrospective study from march 1998 to february 2003, 60 icteric rh positive newborns that were born to rh negative mo...

background: the frequency of pyruvate kinase (pk) deficiency, an autosomal recessive defect, is approximately 3 per 10,000 individuals in shiraz and surrounding areas, and is increased due to high consanguinity marriage frequency. the purpose of this study is to obtain data on the frequency and spectrum of gene mutation of pk in newborns, from shiraz and surrounding areas. materials and methods...

background: leptin is a protein product of obesity gene and is synthesized mainly by adipose tissue. objective: the aim of this study was to determine maternal and neonatal serum leptin levels in term preeclamptic and normal pregnancies. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was performed on 37 preeclamptic and 40 normotensive term pregnant women without other disease. serum level o...

conclusions despite the progress made in medicine, meconium aspiration syndrome is still one of the causes of newborn infants’ mortality. the mortality and morbidity rates can be reduced by improvement in perinatal care, prevention of post term delivery, timely caesarean and effective neonatal resuscitation at birth. results sixty-three newborn infants, diagnosed with meconium aspiration syndro...

conclusions the lower incidence of uti in pregnant women compared to other areas of iran represents the role of climate and weather in the prevalence of uti. in addition, the increased number of low-birth-weight infants had a remarkable correlation with uti, which can influence the health of the next generation. patients and methods in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 1132 women admitt...

conclusions due to the increasing resistance of pathogens to usual empirical antibiotics, it is reasonable to stress upon preventive measures, so that a minimum number of neonates develop sepsis. results coagulase-negative staphylococci (cons) were the most prevalent pathogens isolated from blood specimens in early and late-onset disease. escherichia coli and klebsiella were the most causative ...

conclusions since most of the symptoms of metabolic diseases in newborns are same as the signs of sepsis or other common diseases of this period, and also early diagnosis and treatment of these illnesses, especially in diseases such as hyperglycemia, can be influential in neural function of babies, it calls for serious attention and clinical vision of the doctors to stop mortality caused by suc...