Infants, especially extremely low birth weight infants (ELBWIs, birth weight <1,000 g) continue to have a high mortality after gastrointestinal (GI) perforation. In Japan, the overall mortality rate for neonates under 30 days having GI perforation was 31.6% in 2003. From 1974 to 2003, 34 cases of GI perforation in neonates were treated surgically in Fukuoka University Hospital. The overall mort...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the risk factors, profiles and neonatal outcomes of Cesarean sections among selected women in Oman. METHODS In this hospital-based case-control study, a total of 500 participants (250 cases who had cesarean section and 250 controls who had spontaneous vaginal delivery), were randomly selected from four hospitals. Cases and controls were matched according t...

The objective of this paper was to present anthropometric measurements of term Sudanese neonates which will reflect intrauterine growth. Secondly, to compare such parameters with that of a previous study done about three decades ago to show if there is any secular changes. Normal term neonates born to healthy mothers between the period of October 2010 to January 2011 at Khartoum Teaching Hospit...

introduction the main aim of this study was to compare serum level of 25- hydroxyl vitamin d [25(oh) d] between women with preeclampsia and normal individuals and birth outcomes. material and methods this cross sectional study was conducted on 650 normal primigravida women in their first 24–28 weeks of pregnancy. after 3 months of follow-up, serum levels of 25(oh) d and calcium were measured in...

the birth weight is one of the important factors affecting the perinatal morbidity and mortality. fetal macrosomia is associated with increased risks of cesarean section and trauma. to determine prevalence and outcome of the macrosomic infants, this case-control, prospective study is performed in the two university hospitals in tehran during a 36- month period between 2002 through 2004. 1000 ne...

BACKGROUND Small for gestational age neonates have a higher risk of growth delay. The purpose of the study is to determine if there are differences in their early weight gain patterns that persist after adjusting for confounding variables. METHODS Two-hundred sixteen neonates born between 1999 and 2003 were included. The group for analysis was derived by matching all the SGA infants with AGA ...

OBJECTIVE To assess inpatient mortality rate of very-low-birth-weight neonates, their clinical progression and factors associated with mortality. METHODS Longitudinal study including 360 neonates weighing 500-1500 g who were born in Londrina, Southern Brazil, from January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2004. Data were collected through interviews with the mothers and from medical records and follow-up o...

BACKGROUND Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. The authors conducted the first prospective, randomised controlled trial of nystatin compared with fluconazole for the prevention of fungal colonisation and invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. METHODS During a 12-month period, all VLBW neonates were assigned r...