Objective: This study aims to assess the utility of a scoring system as predictor of neonatal mortality rate among the neonates admitted within one year to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Children’s Medical Center in Tehran, Iran. Material & Methods: Data were gathered from 213 newborns admitted to the NICU from September 2003 to August 2004. In addition to demographic data, Apga...

BACKGROUND High altitude is associated with both low pulse oxygen saturation at birth and more pre-term deliveries. The present study was performed to determine pulse oxygen saturation in newborns at term in Cerro de Pasco (4340 m) and Lima (150 m) to test the hypothesis that low pulse oxygen saturation at birth at high altitudes was not observed at term deliveries. METHODS The present study ...

Apgar scores of 0-4 at 1 minute and 0-6 at 5 minutes have been investigated as risk criteria in the Utah High Risk Hearing Screening Program. The 1990 Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) statement recommended only an Apgar score of 0-3 at 5 minutes be included in a risk registry for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). An analysis of live births indicates the more lenient Utah cut-off criter...