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...

OBJECTIVES To determine the neonatal mortality rate in the Kassena-Nankana District (KND) of northern Ghana, and to identify the leading causes and timing of neonatal deaths. METHODS The KND falls within the Navrongo Health Research Centre's Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), which uses trained field workers to gather and update health and demographic information from communit...

Background: LBW is defined as weight at birth less than 2.5kg irrespective of gestational age. neonate remains much higher risk morbidity and mortality normal baby. Morbidity among babies are a major health problem in our country, so it’s important to identify factors. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted on 153 extramural neonates admitted Neonatal intensive care unit civil...

It has been suggested that the high rates of prematurity, low birth weight, perinatal morbidity and mortality in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) infants are due to the increased frequency of multiple gestations in this population. The aim of our study was to test this hypothesis by comparing the outcome of IVF twins with that of twins born after spontaneously conceived pregnancies. The perinatal o...

Objective: To identify neonatal pathologies or conditions that influence the prolongation of hospital stay in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Materials and methods: An observational, retrospective, case-control study was carried out; neonates hospitalized NICU, during period 2015-2019, considering their perinatal postnatal diagnoses as factors to be evaluated, well stay. Two groups were ...

Prematurity and preterm stressors severely affect the development of infants born before 37 weeks gestation, with increasing effects seen at earlier gestations. Although mortality rates have declined due to advances in neonatal care, disability rates, especially middle-income settings, continue grow. With MRI imaging technology, there has been a focus on safely brain better understand its disco...

BACKGROUND The mechanistic basis of the proposed relationship between maternal cardiac output and neonatal complications in pregnant women with heart disease has not been well elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS Pregnant women with cardiac disease and healthy pregnant women (controls) were prospectively followed with maternal echocardiography and obstetrical ultrasound scans at baseline, third tr...