Purpose: Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants exhibit immature thermoregulation and are easily exposed to hypothermia. We investigated the association between hypothermia on admission with short- long-term outcomes.Methods: Medical records of ELBW admitted neonatal intensive care unit a tertiary medical center June 2012 February 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Upon admission, axillary ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact on mortality and duration of stay of weekend admission of paediatric patients to the Paediatric/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PNICU). METHODS Retrospective, nine-year cohort study. The study was performed in a tertiary level PNICU between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2007. Data about the day of admission, diagnosis, outcome, and duration of stay was collec...

OBJECTIVES One barrier to economic evaluation alongside neonatal randomized controlled trials is the expense of collecting detailed patient resource information. To reduce this data collection burden, we identified the key resource items that predict daily ancillary costs for extremely low birth weight infants. METHODS Participants were 385 infants enrolled in the Trial of Indomethacin Prophy...

Background: Prematurity is still a major cause of neonatal and infant mortality morbidity. Aim: This study aimed to describe the incidence preterm infants, indications admission, risk factors, discharge outcome. Materials Methods: A retrospective, descriptive design was used. sample 692 infants admitted Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) included. structured sheet used gather necessary data. I...

Introduction: Neonatal resuscitation is a means to restore life baby from the state of asphyxia. It can end in either survival or death. Survivors may develop short-term complications immediate postnatal period. Objective: Determine outcomes following neonatal resuscitation. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted for seven months running November 2021 June 20...

Background: Birth of a premature neonate is associated with hospital admission and separation from the family. Admission of the neonates intervenes on infant-mother attachment and so adversely affects on the quality of care given by the mother, and subsequently increases the risk of delayed behavioral problems in the children. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of mother empowerment program on th...

Introduction: Preterm birth is a public health problem and late preterm birth (deliveries between 34-36 weeks of gestation) accounts for 75% of all preterm births. Antenatal Betamethasone can reduce the severity of respiratory distress in preterm infants and its effect is accepted in 24-34 weeks of gestation. Our goal was to determine the neonatal outcomes of Betamethasone prescription in late ...