Introduction:  Inadequate intake of breast milk in the first days of life leads to weight loss in neonates. Jaundice is also more prominent in these infants. In this cross-sectional study, we tried to evaluate the extent of weight loss in term breastfed infants who were hospitalized for idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia. Methods: This prospective study involved 1072 infants >48 hours old, who were ...

PURPOSE Care of the very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infant is associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased hospital costs. Specific complications of prematurity, including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), late-onset sepsis (LOS), and feeding intolerance, contribute to increased cost and length of hospitalization in this population. The provision of breast milk to VLBW infants has been a...

OBJECTIVE To describe hospitalization rates, burden of disease, and associated risk factors of acute respiratory infections (ARI), particularly those caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and non-RSV-ARI, in a cohort of patients under 2 years of age with congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS A prospective, observational cohort study was conducted with CHD patients discharged from the ...

BACKGROUND This study compared neonatal outcome and maternal complications in multiple pregnancies after assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to spontaneous pregnancies. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we reviewed medical records of 190 multiple pregnancies and births conceived by ART or spontaneous conceptions between 2004 and 2009 in Women Hospital. Obstetric histor...

Background Many neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) need mechanical ventilation for recovery. This study was designed to evaluate the short-term outcome of mechanically ventilated neonates admitted to NICU. <span style="fon...

AIM To evaluate the duration of hospitalization and factors that increase this in cases treated neonatal intensive care unit with diagnosis a spinal neural tube defect (NTD). MATERIAL AND METHODS The demographic characteristics, NTD type level, ventriculoperitoneal (V-P) shunt needs, accompanying deformity, antibiotherapy applied during treatment, stay periods 73 patients our clinic between Jul...

Case presentation: This is a newborn patient, male. Vaginal delivery with no complications, preterm birth. The initial physical examination of the (NB) identified hard and painful mass in left flank. patient was transferred to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for extended workup monitoring. In first neurological examination, opsoclonus, myoclonus ataxia limbs trunk were identified. During ho...

Background: Jaundice is a physiological phenomenon and common disorder in the neonatal period. Jaundice occurs in the first month of life in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates, leading to hospitalization. The present study aimed to determine the effect of oral zinc sulfate on serum bilirubin levels in the neonates undergoing phototherapy. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conduc...

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficiency of the use high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) combined with pulmonary surfactant (PS) for the treatment of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Clinical data of 53 MAS patients admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was collected and the patients were divided into 3 groups according to the different tre...