ethiopia's childhood mortality has continued to decline although at a swift pace. the drop in urban childhood mortality decline, duration of breastfeeding is the principle reason for the overall decline in mortality trends in ethiopia.  data from the ethiopian demographic and health surveys 2000 and 2005 were used. indirect estimation of brass and trussell's methods were adopted. selected demog...

Introduction: Insufficient information exists regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination safety in pregnant women. Objectives: The present study compared pregnancy and fetal outcomes among COVID-19-vaccinated unvaccinated Patients Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Tabriz, Iran) on 117 women (55 vaccinated as case group 62 co...

BACKGROUND Acute seizures are common among children admitted to hospitals in resource poor countries. However, there is little data on the burden, causes and outcome of neonatal seizures in sub-Saharan Africa. We determined the minimum incidence, aetiology and immediate outcome of seizures among neonates admitted to a rural district hospital in Kenya. METHODS From 1st January 2003 to 31st Dec...

hospitalization and medical experiences can be confusing and stressful for children, teens and their families. it is very common for young people and their families to have many questions when they are scheduled for surgery or hospitalization. when children are given opportunities to cope successfully with medical experiences, they may see themselves as more capable, more in control, and more r...

OBJECTIVE To compare obstetrical and neonatal outcomes of twin pregnancies conceived via assisted reproductive technology (ART) with those of naturally conceived ones and to investigate the influence of the ART procedure type on these parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS This observational study included 450 ART and 647 spontaneous twin pregnancies delivered over 15 years at a single university-b...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects most children in the first year of life and is a major single cause of hospitalization in infants and young children. There is no effective vaccine, and antibody generated by primary neonatal infection is poorly protective against reinfection even with antigenically homologous viral strains. Studying the immunological basis of these observations in neon...

BACKGROUND Current pharmacologic treatment of the neonatal abstinence syndrome with morphine is associated with a lengthy duration of therapy and hospitalization. Buprenorphine may be more effective than morphine for this indication. METHODS In this single-site, double-blind, double-dummy clinical trial, we randomly assigned 63 term infants (≥37 weeks of gestation) who had been exposed to opi...

INTRODUCTION Regarding to the recent advances in assisted reproductive techniques (ART), twin and multiple pregnancies have increased during past years. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to compare obstetrics and perinatal outcomes of dichorionic twin pregnancy following ART with spontaneous pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study which was performed in Ghaem Hospita...

BACKGROUND Obtaining information on children's health and health events is heavily dependent on maternal report. Experience as to what factors influence accuracy of reporting varies, and few studies have examined the influence of current child health status on recall. METHODS A prospective cohort study involving 1833 children who were assessed in infancy and at 8 to 10 years of age was conduc...

BACKGROUND PWS is a severe neurodevelopmental genetic disorder now usually diagnosed in the neonatal period from hypotonia and feeding difficulties. Our study analyzed the birth incidence and care of infants with early diagnosis. METHODS Data were collected on 61 infants with a molecular diagnosis of PWS born in 2012 and 2013 in France. RESULTS Thirty-eight infants with PWS were born in 201...