Background: The chief concern in neonatal polycythemia (NPC) is the development of complications due to hyper viscosity. We aimed study risk factors, clinical features, laboratory investigations, management and outcome neonates with at our set up. Methods: A prospective was conducted frame January 2021 2022 tertiary care institute Ahmedabad, all gestational age ≥34 weeks were evaluated those ve...

OBJECTIVE To study the maternal and neonatal risk factors for neonatal sepsis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is prospective case control study, conducted on the neonates up to 7 days of life with a diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. There were 100 cases of neonatal sepsis and 100 control cases. The neonates in the case and control groups were evaluated for various maternal and neonatal risk factors. ...

BACKGROUND The etiology of autism is unknown, although perinatal and neonatal exposures have been the focus of epidemiologic research for over 40 years. OBJECTIVE To provide the first review and meta-analysis of the association between perinatal and neonatal factors and autism risk. METHODS PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo databases were searched for studies that examined the association betwee...

OBJECTIVE Neonatal mortality is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the risk factors are not well established. The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for neonatal mortality at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective and analytic case-control study from the medical records of newborns admitted at the neonata...

PURPOSE This study was to evaluate the effect of neonatal, maternal, and delivery factors on neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) of healthy newborns. METHODS Medical records of 705 healthy infants born through normal vaginal delivery were reviewed. Neonatal TSH levels obtained by neonatal screening tests were analyzed in relation to perinatal factors and any associations with free thyr...