OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and risk factors for neonatal nosocomial infections. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care Teaching Hospital. METHODS Hospital born neonates transferred to the neonatal unit after birth and available in the unit 48 hours later comprised the cohort for the surveillance. Detailed maternal, intrapartum and neonatal variables were recorded. Risk facto...

BACKGROUND: Neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among newborn infants, both term preterm. Even with effective treatment, the outcome is still uncertain, inflated health-care cost due to prolonged length stay in Intensive Care Unit. AIM: This study aimed evaluate risk factors their association clinical outcomes neonatal tertiary referral hospital Manado, Indonesia. M...

To the casual observer, successful neonatal care may appear to end at the door of the neonatal unit along with the appreciations and farewells. However this is merely the end of the beginning, as the reality of life outside the neonatal unit commences for infant and family. This article examines the role of neonatal follow-up and some of the factors that determine how such services are currentl...

A retrospective study of 12 461 single births confirmed an association between maternal oxytocin infusion and neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin on jaundice was independent of gestational age at birth, sex, race, epidural anaesthesia, method of delivery, and birth weight, each of which was significantly associated with neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin was, however, small, produc...

OBJECTIVE To assess risk factors for early neonatal mortality. METHODS A population-based case-control study was carried out with 146 early neonatal deaths and a sample of 313 controls obtained among survivals of the neonate period in the south region of the city of São Paulo, in the period of 8/1/2000 to 1/31/2001. Information was obtained through home interviews and hospital charts. Hierarc...

CONTEXT Facility based newborn care is gaining importance as an intervention aiming at reduction of neonatal mortality. OBJECTIVE To assess different factors that affect effectiveness of facility based newborn care on neonatal outcomes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Electronic search using key search engines along with search of grey literature manually. Observational and interventional studies publ...

how to cite this article: eghbalian f, rasuli b, monsef f. frequency, causes, and findings of brain ct scans of neonatal seizure at besat hospital, hamadan, iran. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):56-63. abstract objective neonatal seizures are the most common neurological symptoms and often signal an underlying serious neurologic condition. this study determines the frequency of neonatal s...

Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common neonatal problem with toxic effects on the nervous system that can cause hearing impairment. This study was conducted to assess the risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss and other coexisting problems in icteric infants.   Materials and Methods: In a case-control study, 200 term infants with bilirubin levels higher than 20 mg/dl admitted to the...

Indices of thyroid function were measured in 229 healthy term neonates at birth and at 5, 10, and 15 days of age. Results were analysed to assess whether maternal diabetes mellitus, toxaemia of pregnancy, intrapartum fetal distress, duration of labour, method of delivery, asphyxia at birth, race, sex, birthweight, birth length, head circumference, or method of feeding influenced any index. Thyr...

Neonatal environment can have important, life-long influences on stress-reactivity and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis regulation. In rodents, brief mother-infant separations have been shown to improve efficiency of the HPA axis, decrease stress-reactivity, and decrease age-related declines in cognitive function. Here, we provide evidence that there are potential costs associated with...