AIMS This study examines predictors of neonatal and postneonatal mortality among infants born to black, white, and Hispanic women. METHODS Linked birth/infant death records from North Carolina for the period 1999-2007 were the source of data. Logistic regression models were constructed to estimate the effect of maternal and infant characteristics on neonatal (<28 days) and postneonatal (28-36...

Background Neonatal sepsis is one of the most critical illness in neonates that is responsible for a great proportion of morbidity and mortality in neonates so early diagnosis and identification of high risk cases is a challenging aim of our study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of red cell distribution width (RDW), in neonatal sepsis at the time of admission ...

BACKGROUND It is important to understand the risk factors for fetal and neonatal mortality which is a major contributor to high under five deaths globally. Fetal and neonatal mortality is a sensitive indicator of maternal health in society. This study aimed to examine the risk factors for fetal and early neonatal mortality at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya. METHODS This was a...

STUDY QUESTION What is the mortality in offspring of mothers who had influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination during pregnancy? METHODS This was a prospective population based cohort study in seven healthcare regions in Sweden based on vaccinations taking place between 2 October 2009 and 26 November 2010. H1N1 vaccination data were linked with pregnancy and birth characteristics and offspring morta...

sareshtedari m 1 (md) , shahamat h 1 (md) , sadeghi t 2 * (msc)       1 department of pediatrics, school of medicine, qazvin university of medical sciences, qazvin, iran   2 department of pediatrics, school of nursing and midwifery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran     received: 22 jan 2011, accepted: 23 jun 2011       abstract     introduction: regarding the importance of me...

Neonatal sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among neonates worldwide. World Health Organization has estimated that 1.6 million deaths occur globally every year due to neonatal infections and 40% of all neonatal deaths occur in developing countries (WHO report 2006). In India, the incidence of blood culture proven sepsis was reported as 8.5 per 1,000 live births for the yea...

The study was conducted to determine the combined effect of birthweight and gestational age at birth on neonatal mortality using individually-identified livebirths. Logistic regression was used for studying the interactive effect of birthweight and gestational age on the individual probability of neonatal death. All livebirths from Chile in 2000 were included in a linked file. Odds ratio models...

Aim of Study : To identify rate, time and causes of neonatal deaths in two selected rural areas in Bangladesh. Material and methods: This was a cross sectional community based study, conducted in two sub-districts of rural Bangladesh. A total of 54 mothers who experienced neonatal death between March 2007 and February 2008 were interviewed using the WHO validated standard verbal autopsy questio...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the rate of neonatal mortality and to describe neonatal deaths in 2011 in hospitals of the Ministry of Health at Huanuco and Ucayali (Peru). MATERIALS AND METHODS Cross-sectional study from September to November 2012 in Huanuco and Ucayali. Records of neonatal deaths in 2011 were reviewed from provincial municipalities, regional health directorates and four referral hos...

BACKGROUND There are large differences in pregnancy outcome between high income countries and many middle and low income countries. In fact, maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality rates in many low-income countries approximate those that were seen in high-income countries nearly a century ago. FINDINGS This paper documents the very substantial reductions in maternal, fetal and neonatal mortal...