introduction: according to millennium development goal (mdg) number 4, child mortality should be reduced by two thirds by 2015.  the focus has been on decreasing neonatal deaths in high-mortality countries. in this study, we assessed the recorded causes of neonatal hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) and infant care wards. methods: the present cross-sectional study was ca...

background: cutaneous manifestations are commonly observed in the neonatal period. it is important to differentiate physiologic skin lesions from pathologic ones to avoid parents’ concerns. regarding this, the current study aimed to investigate the frequency and localization of salmon patch (sp) and mongolian spot (ms) in iranian newborns to assess the potential relationship between the neonata...

BACKGROUND Poor neonatal health is a major contributor to under-five mortality in developing countries. A major constraint to effective neonatal survival programme has been the lack of population level data in developing countries. This study investigated the consultation patterns of caregivers during neonatal fatal illness episodes in the rural Matlab sub-district of eastern Bangladesh. METH...

device-associated nosocomial infection is a significant part of nosocomial infection and can cause the majority of its mortality, morbidity, extra lengths of hospital stay and cost. in a 13-year review, the online database was searched for full articles to find research on epidemiology of device-associated nosocomial infection in pediatric and neonatal wards. twenty two papers were included fiv...

Health care systems today are complex, technically proficient, competitive, and market-driven. One outcome of this environment is the recent phenomenon in the health care field of “consumerism.” Strong emphasis is placed on customer service, with organized efforts to understand, measure, and meet the needs of customers served. The purpose of this article is to describe the current understanding...

CONTEXT Facility based newborn care is gaining importance as an intervention aiming at reduction of neonatal mortality. OBJECTIVE To assess different factors that affect effectiveness of facility based newborn care on neonatal outcomes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Electronic search using key search engines along with search of grey literature manually. Observational and interventional studies publ...

BACKGROUND There is marked regional variation in the availability of neonatal intensive care in the United States. We conducted a study to determine whether a greater supply of neonatologists or neonatal intensive care beds is associated with lower neonatal mortality. METHODS We used the 1996 master files of the American Medical Association and the American Osteopathic Association and 1998 an...

Background Preterm birth is the most important factor in neonatal morbidity and mortality. In the case of pregnancy with assisted reproductive technology (ART) we have more percentage of multiple pregnancies which is a strong reason for preterm birth and low birth weight so suggested that ART can affect neonatal outcomes. In this article we searched about neonatal outcomes in ART pregnancies. M...