Risk factors of low birth weight among neonates at A Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi.

Factors associated with low birth weight among neonates born at Olkalou District Hospital, Central Region, Kenya

INTRODUCTION Ninety-two percent of Low Birth Weight(LBW) infants are born in developing countries, 70% in Asia and 22% in Africa. WHO and UNICEF estimate LBW in Kenya as 11% and 6%by 2009 Kenya Demographic Health Survey. The same survey estimated LBW to be 5.5% in Central Province, Kenya. Data in Olkalou hospital indicated that prevalence of LBW was high. However, factors giving rise to the pro...

Preterm birth and its associated risk factors. A study at tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan.

OBJECTIVE To study the factors associated with the risk of preterm birth among local population of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS This case control study was carried out on all those patients who were admitted in the post-partum wards of Civil Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Karachi, during the period of January to May 2011. A total of 600 patients were part of this study. All those women wh...

Essential care of low birth weight neonates.

13 VOLUME 45__JANUARY 17, 2008 A newborn infant weighing less than 2500g at birth is termed as low birth weight (LBW) neonate. Low birth weight in a newborn infant results due to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or prematurity. According to UNICEF, the incidence of LBW neonates is 30% in India(1). Low birth weight neonates are further classified as very low birth weight (VLBW <1500 g) and...

Care of Low Birth Weight Neonates

Risk factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity among neonates in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity is a vascular retinal disease that can cause blindness in premature new born babies. Several risk factors are associated with the incidence of ROP. Information and data on risk factors associated with ROP in context to Nepalese population is scarcely documented in literature. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk factors of retinop...