Trends in perinatal mortality were studied in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, using three population-based cohort studies carried out in 1982, 1993 and 2004. The objective of the present study was to analyze trends and differences in perinatal mortality during the 1982-2004 period. All hospital deliveries and perinatal deaths were monitored through daily visits to maternity wards. Cause o...

OBJECTIVE To study the trends in perinatal mortality rate and causes of perinatal deaths at Ramathibodi Hospital from 1995 to 2005. DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. MATERIAL AND METHOD Review of medical records and reports during academic activities. RESULTS The perinatal mortality rate was 5.10 per 1,000 births. Stillbirth and early neonatal death rate were 3.45 and 1.65 per 1,000...

Objective: To compare the nucleated red blood cell (NRBC) counts of healthy and asphyxiated newborns as a key clinical indicator severity birth asphyxia short-term outcome. Methodology: This case control study was conducted at department neonatology Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital Muzaffargarh from June 2020 to November 2020. Study A total 112 term newborns, including 56 cases (with asphyxia) con...

Objective: To analyze maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by pre-gestational gestational diabetes.
 Methods: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design. We examined 57 women, 39 of diabetes mellitus (PGDM) 19 had (GDM). The data were analyzed using the chi-square Fisher’s exact test.
 Results: There no deaths either group. Pre-eclamp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of high dose phenobarbital on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in perinatal asphyxia. DESIGN Open label, Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 72 full term inborn neonates with severe birth asphyxia. METHODS Neonates were randomized to Study (phenobarbital) group and...

AIM To measure changes in cerebral haemodynamics during the first 24 hours of life following perinatal asphyxia, and relate them to outcome. METHODS Cerebral blood volume (CBV), its response (CBVR) to changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO(2)), and cerebral blood flow (CBF) were measured using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in 27 term newborn infants with clinical and/or biochemi...

Acute perinatal asphyxia is a major cause of death and neurological injury in newborn infants. Severe asphyxia can occur in infants around the time of birth for several reasons. The aim of our study was to find the most sensitive, easily obtainable and fast assessable parameter of the presence and quantification of asphyxia.In our study 39 term newborns (15 healthy term newborns and 24 asphyxia...