Objective. To analyze 25 years of mortality of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) neonates (≤1000 g) in a private hospital in Mexico City and to establish the current viability limit for ELBW neonates. Methods. We designed a prospective observational study of all ELBW neonates born between 1985 and 2009. Neonatal mortality, early neonatal mortality, and the 120-day mortality rate were analyzed i...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic has become major burden especially in the health care system and economy. COVID-19 clinical presentations ranging from remain asymptomatic to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) death. All age groups are susceptible this virus, but it seems that children with have milder symptoms than adults. Neonates, however, been reported...

gentamicin is a bactericidal aminoglycoside antibiotic, it inhibits the protein synthesis. gentamicin is active against the majority of aerobic gram-negative bacilli such as pseudomonas, klebsiella and escherichia coli. the gentamicin doses are 3 mg/kg once-daily for preterm newborns < 35 weeks of gestation and 4 mg/kg once-daily for newborns > 35 weeks of gestation. the monitoring of gentamici...

background and aims: primary infections of rubella and human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) can lead to severe complications in pregnancy. the screening of rubella and hcmv in pregnant women is not routinely carried out in iran. this cross sectional study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of hcmv and rubella infections in neonates with and without congenital defects. materials and methods: this s...

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background: this study aimed to assess the incidence and survival rates of neonates weighing less than 2500g for duration of the first 28 days in an iranian community. methods: in this prospective longitudinal study, all neonates with birth weight less than 2500g were selected from the list of all neonates born in the only public-sector referral hospital, for a six months period. the weight of ...

background: the administration of opioids before induction of general anesthesia can be considered as a problem in cesarean section. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of intravenous fentanyl as a premedication before induction of general anesthesia versus placebo on maternal hemodynamic parameters and on the first and fifth minutes apgar score in the neonates in elective cesarean...

background: the objective of this study is to assess the safety and preventative effects of aminophylline on the incidence of chronic lung disease (cld) in very premature infants. methods: this was a long follow‑up randomized clinical trial. the prophylactic effect of aminophylline on the incidence of cld was investigated in very premature infants. the study group received aminophylline for the...

hypertension in newborn infants, particularly those requiring intensive care, is becoming increasingly recognized, with prevalence of 0.2-3%. recent studies have established normative tables for blood pressure (bp) in both term and pre-term infants based on the gestational age, postnatal age, gender, weight and height, identifying the neonates at increased risk for early-onset cardiovascular di...

The first passage of stool after birth (meconium), is delayed in preterm neonates compared to term neonates. Ninety-nine percent of term infants and 76% of premature infants pass a stool in the first 24 hours of life. Ninety-nine percent of premature infants pass a stool by 48 hours. To explain the effect of some factors on the time of first passage of meconium(POM) in neonates. Between January...