SUMMARY This study comprises 732 newborns in the period from Dec. 15 1992 to June. 15 1993 in the neonatal ward, Bou Ali Medical Center. Of the newborns, 367 were cared for with rooming-in facilities and 365 in the nursery. Physical examinations performed at the first week, second week and the end of the 4th week showed that incidence of skin and ophthalmic infections were high in these newbor...

BACKGROUND Separate care for a new mother and infant may affect the duration of breastfeeding, breastfeeding behaviour and may have an adverse effect on neonatal and maternal outcomes. OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of mother-infant separation versus rooming-in on the duration of breastfeeding (exclusive and total duration of breastfeeding). SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Pregnanc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of rooming-in (rather than standard nursery care) on the incidence and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome among opioid-exposed newborns and on the proportion of mothers who retain custody of their babies at hospital discharge. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Lower mainland in southwestern British Columbia. PARTICIPANTS We selected 32 women...

breast-milk is the best food for infants and protects them from many diseases.in order to investigate the quality of breast-feeding promotion programms a survey was performed with the help of a questionnaire prepared by UNICEF ,titled as self assessment of maternity hospitals and other hospitals.the findings are as follow:none of the hospitals had a specific procedure to evaluate the efforts fo...

This bulletin is based on research conducted by Prof Tony Dalton at the AHURI Research Centre—RMIT University, Prof Hal Pawson at the AHURI Research Centre—The University of New South Wales, and Prof Kath Hulse at the AHURI Research Centre—Swinburne University of Technology. This project examined the policy and practical challenges being encountered in the development of a legitimate and viable...

For more than half a century neonatologists and ethicists alike have struggled with ethical dilemmas surrounding infants born at the limits of viability. Both doctors and parents face difficult decisions. Do we try to save these babies, knowing that such efforts are likely to be unsuccessful? Or do we provide only comfort care, knowing that, in doing so, you will inevitably allow some babies to...

The term "rooming-in" refers to "a hospital arrangement for maternity patients wherein a mother and her newborn are cared for together in the same unit of space. However, its meaning reaches beyond physical facilities and signifies an attitude in maternal and infant care and a general plan of supportive parental education which are based on the recognition and understanding of the needs of each...