OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of mortality and morbidity in extremely low birth weight neonates (ELBW) from a developing country. STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Level III neonatal unit in Northern India. SUBJECTS Neonates <1000 g born and admitted to intensive care during study period were enrolled. They were analyzed based on survival and development of major m...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine the occurrence of hypoxic hepatitis in full-term neonates after perinatal asphyxia and to correlate between the rise in enzymes and severity of asphyxia with Apgar score and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) grading of the neonates. METHOD AND MATERIAL This prospective case-controlled study was conducted in a tertiary-level hospital in India...

Asphyxia is an insult to the fetus or newborn due lack of oxygen perfusion various organs.1 National Neonatology Forum India has defined asphyxia as gasping ineffective breathing at 1 min life.2Birth one most important causes neonatal brain injury whose incidence ranges from 3.7 9/1000 deliveries in west.3 With advent therapeutic hypothermia (TH), improved outcomes are being reported moderate H...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborns (PPHN) and their influence on mortality. METHODS This was an observational study conducted at The Children's Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan, Pakistan, from July 2011 to June 2012.All admitted babies who had respiratory distress, cyanosis and evidence of hypoxia on ABG,s were diagnosed p...

Birth asphyxia can induce a cascade of reactions that result in altered brain function known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Possible outcomes for survivors of birth asphyxia vary widely, from a normal outcome to death, with a wide range of disabilities in between, including long-term neurodevelopmental disability, cerebral palsy, neuromotor delay, and developmental delay. Treatment of hypo...

Full-term infants with early-stage brain injuries from asphyxia were examined with two-dimensional ultrasound and color Doppler to assess the use of ultrasound in evaluating early brain injuries after neonatal asphyxia. The sonographic features of ultrasound and color Doppler were compared to those of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ultrasound was used to monitor the brain parenchyma, lateral...