BACKGROUND Regionalization of perinatal health services has been actively discussed, although important determinants such as effect of duration of neonatal transport on neonatal outcomes have not been investigated well as yet. Therefore the purpose of the present paper was to investigate the association between duration of inter-facility transport and perinatal mortality. METHODS For the syst...

the objectives of this study were to determine the age, growth, mortality and exploitation of a commercially important fish of northeastern mediterranean sea, mullus barbatus from the karatas coast of iskenderun bay during september 2002 and april 2003. a total of 212 specimens of red mullet were collected by monthly sampling using traditional bottom trawl net by commercial vessel (coskun reis,...

in a case control study the effects of literacy, socio-economic status and the fertility behavior of mothers were fully investigated in two groups. out of 13123 babies born in 17 hospitals during almost 8 months in 1988-1989 in tehran 730 had a low birth weight (less than 2500 gr). as a control group, 1460 births were randomly selected from normal weight births. some basic findings are as follo...

the objective of this study is to determine risk factors causing increase in very low birth way (vlbw) neonatal mortality. the medical files of all neonates weighing ≤1500 g, born in vali-e-asr hospital (2001-2004) were studied. two groups of neonates (living and dead) were compared up to the time of hospital discharge or death. a total of 317 neonates were enrolled. a meaningful relationship e...

This Clinical Guideline has been developed to guide clinical practice based on the authors’ assessment of current published evidence on glycemic control in the neonate (within the first month of life) receiving parenteral nutrition (PN). The neonate receiving PN is worthy of special consideration with respect to glucose control, as this population carries an elevated risk of hyperand hypoglycem...

Background: Serratia marcescenshas emerged as opportunist in increasing number of hospital-associated infections neonatal intensive care unit (NICUs), particularly bloodstream infections. It is known to cause outbreaks the NICUs, with high mortality rate vulnerable preterm population. Case presentation: We present a case one and half month-old neonate who had complaints intolerance feeding fail...

Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare fulminant genetic disease with uncontrolled immune activation and multiorgan involvement. It quite in neonates but high index of suspicion needed as the condition will present like sepsis associated mortality. Persistent fever prominent clinical feature. Genetic diagnosis essential autosomal recessive familial types. Here, we report fou...

The performance of an infra-red analyser (Beckman LB-2) in sampling alveolar gas at ventilatory frequencies and volumes occuring in the human neonate has been examined. The optimum sampling flow rate was found to be 300 ml/min; at this flow the 90% response time of the analyser-catheter system was 140 ms. Correlation of estimated alveolar PCO2 and arterial PCO2 was performed in the rabbit which...