Neonatal mortality is one of the very important indicators, which reflect country’s development. A better understanding of events determining the mortality of neonates could contribute to a more effective approach to saving their lives. The aim is to assess the mortality pattern in the neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care centre from western Uttar Pradesh. Retrospective cohort of ped...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation recommends that each country adopts its own cut-off value of low birth weight (LBW) for clinical use. The aims of this study were to establish a clinical cut-off point for LBW and to determine its incidence, predictors and complications in a sub-urban area's hospital of Cameroon. METHODS We conducted a study in two phases: a 6-year retrospective phase ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Car seat tolerance screening (CSTS) is a common predischarge assessment of neonates. Almost half of nurseries and NICUs have low birth weight (LBW, <2.5 kg) as an inclusion criterion, regardless of birth gestational age (GA). Little is known about the epidemiology of CSTS in this cohort. The objective of this study was to identify incidence and risk factors for CSTS fai...

introduction: the risk of morbidity and mortality increases in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (nicus). various factors contribute to the prognosis of these newborns. in the current study, we aimed to investigate the role of mode of delivery on short-term neonatal outcomes. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on 215 neonates admitted to the nicu of shohada-e-t...

the effect of tactile-kinesthetic stimulation on reflex state of low birth weight neonates hospitalized in nicu askary kachoosangy r[1]*, aliabai f[2],taghizadeh gh[3] received: 18 jun, 2012 accepted: 18aug, 2012 abstractbackground & aims: low birth weight (lbw) infants need complementary interventions like massage because they are very fragile. tactile kinesthetic stimulation is a kind of mass...

There are minimal data to define normal oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels for infants within the first 24 hours of life and even fewer data generalisable to the 7% of the global population that resides at an altitude of >1500 m. The aim of this study was to establish the reference range for SpO2 in healthy term and preterm neonates within 24 hours in Nairobi, Kenya, located at 1800 m. A random sa...

Under nutrition in mothers is a major factor which results abnormal or reduced growth of fetus, low birth weight (LBW), neonatal illness and infant death Objective: To determine the association dietary factors with neonates Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 mothers, divided into 2 groups, one having normal (NW) infants other LBW infants. Data regarding their habits anthro...

Background. World health organization estimates that 25 million LBW babies are born annually worldwide and 95% occur in developing countries. Objective. To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among term neonates delivered in Adwa Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among neonates delivered in Adwa Hospital. All live births del...

Glutamine may be a conditionally essential amino acid in low-birth-weight (LBW) preterm neonates. Exogenously administered amino acids, by providing anaplerotic carbon into the tricarboxylic acid cycle, could result in greater cataplerotic efflux and glutamine de novo synthesis. The effect of dose and duration of amino acid infusion on glutamine and nitrogen (N) kinetics was examined in LBW inf...