conclusions approximately one quarter of premature neonates had early mortality, which can be predicted by low gestational age, low birth weight, low apgar score, need to intensive supports, postpartum complications, multiple gestation and history of maternal illnesses. objectives we aimed to determine mortality rate and its main indicators among premature neonates in our region with the aim of...

Background: Infant mortality is important as a standard indicator for the development of health, educational and social health systems in each country. Considering the fact that in different studies of the country there are different statistics on the prevalence of infant mortality in the intensive care unit and the general statistics on the prevalence of mortality in neonates in the country ar...

conclusions the results of this study indicate that there is no meaningful difference between swaddling and kmc on physiological indexes and pain in neonates. therefore, the swaddling method may be a good substitute for kmc. results the findings revealed that pain was reduced to a great extent in the swaddling and kmc methods compared to the control group. however, there was no significant diff...

introduction: according to the ethology theory mother infant separation immediately after birth can interfere with the infants innate behaviors for the initiation of breastfeeding. the aim of this study was to the effect of an interventional program based on the theory of ethology on infant breast feeding competence materials and methods: 114 primiparous, iranian, healthy, full term mothers bet...

background : due to the higher risk of  pain in preterm infants, pain management is important for such infants. the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of kangaroo care on the severity of pain and physiological parameters after heel-stick in preterm infants. materials and methods: this was a prospective and randomized controlled cross-over study. twenty preterm infants allocated ...

background and aim:  the stress resulting from premature delivery and the related neonatal care induces psychological and physical pressure on the mothers, and adversely affects their feeling of comfort. it seems that spiritual care as a sort of communication with a higher power (god) can bring peace to the stressed mothers, and prevent anxiety. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate th...

nasogastric tube (ng) insertion is a usual technique in any neonatal intensive care unit. this procedure is undertaken for the children who are in need of invasive care. sometimes, the insertion of nasogastric tube in infants with esophagus friable anatomy tissues may have some dangerous side effect, but such problems are not very common. esophageal perforation is a rare but known complication ...

Background: Pressures arising from premature infant care specially hospitalized infant can affect infant's quality of life and health by causing long term destructive effects on family's psychological and physical health. Aim:To investigate the effect of family participation on mother's general health and length of hospitalization of premature neonate. Methods: In this clinical trial 60 primipa...

the effect of postpartum home care on maternal practices in infant care     mirmolaei st [1] , amelvalizadeh m [2] , mahmoodi m [3] , tavakol z * [4]     received: 10 apr, 2012 accepted: 30may, 2012     abstract   background & aims: mothers are the firstattentive for infants, any factor may have impact on mother health, will affect wellbeing of infantandconsequently community health. the aim of...