ED FROM Hiscock H, Bayer JK, Hampton A, et al. Long-term mother and child mental health effects of a population-based infant sleep intervention: Cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics 2008;122:E621–7. Correspondence to: Dr Harriet Hiscock, Royal Children’s Hospital, Centre for Community Child Health, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia; [email protected] Sour...

A profound indicator of public health is the quality of life of the infants in a population as they are the primary beneficiaries of a health system. An assessment of infant morbidity in contrast to infant mortality is pivotal in policy formulation and evaluation especially in terms of socioeconomic differentials to accessing health facilities. Research has attributed morbidity to sanitation is...

based on rome iii criteria, functional disorders of gi are listed below:   infant regurgitation: -regurgitation two or more times per day for 3 or more weeks -no retching, hematemesis, aspiration, apnea, ftt, abnormal posturing infant rumination syndrome: -repetitive contraction of abdominal muscle -regurgitation of gastric content in to the mouth and reswallowed cyclic vomiting syndrome: -two ...

Introduction: Measuring the patient mortality rate is the most important indicator for the evaluation of healthcare capabilities in intensive care units in hospitals and health systems. This study aims to investigate the impact of the socio economic status of households on premature infant mortality in hospitals affiliated to the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. <st...

Maternal and infant mortality are basic health indicators that reflect a nation's health status. In the United States, infant mortality has declined steadily; however, this is not true for maternal mortality. This report presents data from death certificates compiled by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, which indicate that in the United States, the annual maternal mortality ratio rem...