OBJECTIVE To identify the medical causes of death and contribution of non-biological factors towards infant mortality by a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data using verbal and social autopsy tools. SETTING The study site was Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), Ballabgarh, North India PARTICIPANTS: All infant deaths during the years 2008-2012 were included for ver...

INTRODUCTION European countries are characterized by low mortality during the infancy period compared to other areas of the world. However, there are significant disparities in the state of infant health which are related to socio-economic conditions and place of residence. OBJECTIVE Analysis of mortality in Poland from foetal and maternal causes (length of gestation, birth weight, maternal a...

: Exchange transfusion is emergency procedure for severe neonatal hyperbilirbinemia in the world. This need a medical continued expertise life-saving intervention and nursing care preparation pre, during post procedures

Neonatal surgery encompasses not only the surgical details and techniques of correction of the congenital malformations, but also understanding of the neonatal physiology, the patho-physiology, the spectrum of anomalies, genetics, the diagnostic modalities and advances in technology and neonatal intensive care. In no other components of pediatric surgery, the pre-operative preparation and post-...

Background: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is diagnosed by default when it is not possible to identify the cause of infant death after a complete study including forensic autopsy and death scene investigation. However, Colombia does not mandate a complete study of these deaths, and only some of these cases meet that standard. This research will show the results of those forensic autops...

This study explores the potential contribution of DHS data in improving knowledge of trends in neonatal mortality in developing countries. It outlines the causes and possible consequences of sampling and non-sampling error in survey data of this nature, before using DHS and World Fertility Survey estimates to describe apparent trends in neonatal mortality over the last few decades. It also exam...