OBJECTIVE To examine breast-feeding and complementary feeding practices during the first 6 months of life among Norwegian infants of Somali and Iraqi family origin. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey was performed during March 2013-February 2014. Data were collected using a semi-quantitative FFQ adapted from the second Norwegian national dietary survey among infants in 2006-2007. SETTING Somal...

There is no evidence regarding the best mode of delivery of the intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) fetus. There are no studies comparing caesarean section (CS) with vaginal delivery (VD). It is not known how much additional hypoxaemia labour and VD might cause and effect outcome of the already compromised fetus. We performed a retrospective study with the aim to compare the immediate/short-t...

OBJECTIVE Long-term outcome, including school-age function, has been infrequently reported in infants born at ages as young as 23-26 weeks' gestation. The objective of this study is to report outcome on a large cohort of these infants to understand better the risks and factors that affect survival and long-term prognosis. METHODS Records from 1036 infants who were born between January 1, 1986...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of designation and volume of neonatal care at the hospital of birth on mortality and morbidity outcomes in very preterm infants in a managed clinical network setting. DESIGN A retrospective, population-based analysis of operational clinical data using adjusted logistic regression and instrumental variables (IV) analyses. SETTING 165 National Health Service n...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the direct healthcare cost of infants born to overweight or obese mothers to the National Health Service in the UK. DESIGN Retrospective prevalence-based study. SETTING Combined linked anonymised electronic data sets on a cohort of mother-child pairs enrolled on the Growing Up in Wales: Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) study. Infants were categorised according to ...

OBJECTIVES Biological modelling of routinely collected newborn screening data has emerged as a novel method for deriving postnatal gestational age estimates. Validation of published models has previously been limited to cohorts largely consisting of infants of white Caucasian ethnicity. In this study, we sought to determine the validity of a published gestational age estimation algorithm among ...

BACKGROUND Several studies indicate that HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children have a high infectious morbidity. We previously reported an increased incidence of group B streptococcus (GBS) infections in HEU infants born in Belgium. METHODS This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of all cause severe infections in HEU infants born in Belgium between 1985 and 2006, ...

rohrer's ponderal index in newborns (birth weight * 100/height3) has been used as an indicator of fetal growth status, especially to assess asymmetrical intrauterine growth retardation. low ponderal index or disproportionate intrauterine growth retardation has higher neonatal morbidity and there are some specific guidelines in intrauterine growth retarded infants to control some of their p...

Background: Sacral pit is a shallow or deep dimple in the lower sacral region, with a reported prevalence of 3-5% among newborns. The aim of the present study was to investigate spinal cord abnormalities in newborns with sacral pit via ultrasound examinations. Methods: In this descriptive study, 3071 infants born at 34-42 weeks of gestation were studied in hospitals affiliated to Islamic Azad U...

BACKGROUND Whether the risk of malaria is increased in infants born to mothers who experience malaria during pregnancy is uncertain. METHODS  We investigated malaria incidence among an infant cohort born to 355 primigravidae and 1500 multigravidae with or without placental malaria (PM) in a high malaria transmission area of Ghana. PM was assessed using placental histology. RESULTS The incid...