This study investigates how secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure influences neonatal birth weight in Jordan, a country with high smoking prevalence. The findings revealed that as the average number of SHS exposure hours per week increased in the second trimester, the neonatal birth weight decreased while holding all covariates constant. Women who reported a higher average number of SHS exposure hour...

BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION: Birth Asphyxia (Perinatal Asphyxia) in newborn is a condition caused by the inadequate supply of oxygen before, during, or just after birth. Kidney most damaged organ asphyxiated full-term infants. Theophylline considered to be effective as adenosine antagonist reducing renal injury related birth asphyxia OBJECTIVE: To determine mean serum creatinine and glomerular filt...

Hypotension occurs in up to 20% of very low birthweight infants, usually in the first 48 hours after birth. Its importance lies in its possible causal link with brain injury. Its management is controversial.

Background: Because implantation failure is more frequent, many methods have been suggested to improve the implantation; however, their results have been inconsistent. One of the most hopeful methods is local endometrial injury. To explore the possibility that local injury of the endometrium increases the incidence of implantation and pregnancy rate in the subsequent IVF cycle in patients havin...

The birth injuries are avoidable and unavoidable mechanical or anoxic trauma incurred by the infant at birth and this study aims to know the birth injuries in neonates attended Neonatal OPD / admitted in NICU of Government General Hospital, Kurnool. This study is a hospital based prospective cohort study conducted from March 2013 to February 2014. The babies were examined for birth injuries, re...