OBJECTIVES To determine whether male gender has an effect on survival, early neonatal morbidity, and long-term outcome in neonates born extremely prematurely. METHODS Retrospective review of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Data Collection of all infants admitted to New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory neonatal intensive care units ...

Background: Neonatal morbidity and mortality in our country is high; In order to improve neonatal outcome, it crucial identify the areas where health care can be improved. Therefore, studying pattern of admission outcome among neonates a valuable tool auditing hospital performance. Materials Methods: Descriptive cross sectional based study. This study was covered all fulfills case definition; a...

objective: to compare the obstetric and neonatal outcome in women with and without a history of infertility. study design: a case-control study at four hospitals of tehran (selected randomly) between october 1st 1993 and february 20th 1994. subjects: 212 women with a history of infertility who reached 20 weeks gestation with a singleton live fetus and 212 control women matched for age and parit...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the long term neurodevelopmental outcome of premature infants exposed to either gram- negative sepsis (GNS) or neonatal Candida sepsis (NCS), and to compare their outcome with premature infants without sepsis. METHODS Historical cohort study in a population of infants born at <30 weeks gestation and admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Academic Med...