background: although many efforts made for the advancement of medical science, it is distributed inequitably despite of all existing financial and human resources facilities. children as the most important and vulnerable groups of society are influenced by these inequities. the objective of this study is comparison of children health indices in rich and poor rural zones in mashhad/iran. methods...

background: low birth weight (lbw) is one of the major determinants of neonatal survival as well as postnatal morbidity. objective: the main objective of the present study was to determine neonatal mortality rate (nmr) in lbw infants in yazd, iran. materials and methods: in a prospective-cohort study, all births in the maternity hospitals of yazd, iran in 2004 were evaluated and mortality rate ...

abstract background: in 1958, silverman demonstrated that maintenance ofbody temperature reduces mortality in low birth weight infants. from the early 1990s it was already recognized that adequate environmental warmth was essential in the case of newborns. however, neonatal hypothermia continues to be a significant issue in developing countries. methods: in order to describe the incidence and s...

conclusions approximately one quarter of premature neonates had early mortality, which can be predicted by low gestational age, low birth weight, low apgar score, need to intensive supports, postpartum complications, multiple gestation and history of maternal illnesses. objectives we aimed to determine mortality rate and its main indicators among premature neonates in our region with the aim of...

in a case control study the effects of literacy, socio-economic status and the fertility behavior of mothers were fully investigated in two groups. out of 13123 babies born in 17 hospitals during almost 8 months in 1988-1989 in tehran 730 had a low birth weight (less than 2500 gr). as a control group, 1460 births were randomly selected from normal weight births. some basic findings are as follo...

the objective of this study is to determine risk factors causing increase in very low birth way (vlbw) neonatal mortality. the medical files of all neonates weighing ≤1500 g, born in vali-e-asr hospital (2001-2004) were studied. two groups of neonates (living and dead) were compared up to the time of hospital discharge or death. a total of 317 neonates were enrolled. a meaningful relationship e...

background: in this study, we examined the epidemiological aspects of neonatal mortality due to intrauterine infections with regard to regional characteristics. methods: consolidated report of the ministry of health and social development of the republic of kazakhstan on children deceased during their first 28 days of life due to intrauterine infections (p23 – congenital pneumonia, p35-39 – inf...