OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the mortality pattern in children seen at Federal Medical Centre Umuahia (FMCU) Abia state, South Eastern Nigeria. METHODS A retrospective cross sectional descriptive study over a 5-year period from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2008 using data retrieved from the hospital's medical records department. RESULTS A total of 3,814 children were admitted ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the incidence of maternal and early neonatal mortality in women who gave birth at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya and describe clinical and other characteristics and circumstances associated with maternal and neonatal deaths following deliveries at MTRH. METHODS A retrospective audit of maternal and neonatal records was conducted with detailed analysis ...

OBJECTIVE To examine gender differences in infant survival on the first day of life, in the first week of life, and in the neonatal and post-neonatal periods by socio-demographic and economic variables. DESIGN Secondary data analysis was performed on data from a cluster randomised trial on the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme, I...

Neonatal sepsis is a life-threatening emergency, and any delay in treatment may cause death. Because of the importance of the problem in Iran, the aim of this retrospective study was to determine the etiological agents of neonatal septicemia, and the prevalence and epidemiology of Klebsiella bacteremia in the neonatal wards. Two hundred and ten cases of neonatal sepsis occurred during the study...

In Japan, the fetal death rate (FDR; defined as death after GA of ≥22 weeks) decreased significantly between 1980/81 and 1998 [3]. During this period, FDRs for monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins decreased from 73 to 32 per 1000 twin deliveries and from 33 to 10 per 1000 twin deliveries, respectively [3]. However, there is no information on early neonatal deaths (ENDs) and PMRs for zygoti...

Septic shock, occurring in about 1% of neonates hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), is a major cause of death in the neonatal period. In the 1980s and 90s, exchange transfusion (ET) was reported by some authors to be effective in the treatment of neonatal sepsis and septic shock. The main aim of this retrospective study was to compare the mortality rate of neonates with septic ...

despite reduction in infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate particularly during the first 24 hours of life is still high in developing countries. a cross-sectional study was performed to determine neonatal mortality prevalence during the first 24 hours of life (f24nm) and its probable risk factors. data collection were performed by a structured form containing maternal and neonatal char...

BACKGROUND Better data on cause of, and factors contributing to, neonatal deaths are needed to improve interventions aimed at reducing neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS Community surveillance to identify all neonatal deaths across four districts in Bangladesh. Verbal autopsy for every fifth case and InterVA-4 used to assign likely cause of death. FINDINGS 6748 ...