background: improving the neonatal health and reducing the neonatal mortality rate is valuable for not only health reasons, but social, psychological and economic reasons. it has advantages not just for the neonatal period of life but for the whole life. unfortunately in iran, in spite of efforts, there has been little success in decreasing the neonatal mortality rate. since investigating the c...

Aim: To assess the frequency of thrombocytopenia and associated mortality in neonates with neonatal sepsis. Methodology: This descriptive study was designed to identify conducted at Nazir Hussain Medical Complex KKF Hospital Hyderabad from 1st September 2022 28th February 2023 after ethical clearance through institutional review committee. enrolled 190 which were admitted NICU diagnosis All tho...

the government of the united republic of tanzania has initiated the integrated management of childhood illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its millennium development goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. the main aim of the study is t...

introduction: trauma is the most common cause of mortality in the 1 to 44 years age group and third leading cause of mortality in the world. in general, determination of defects caused by trauma has an essential role in management of traumatic patients. use of scoring systems for evaluation of static and dynamic states of traumatic events can decrease the mortality and morbidity rates. differen...

In adults, psychological stress regulates immune responsiveness in part via the increased levels of corticosterone that are produced as a result of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to the role such regulation may play in the neonate. Neonates are severely compromised in their ability to generate an immune response to pathogens encoun...

Syphilis remains a serious cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this paper, we describe a case of congenital syphilis that was fully supported by abnormal fetal heart rate patterns and placental histopathological evidence. A 24-year-old para 4 woman, who did not attend antenatal care, was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of abdominal discomfort at an estimated 31-wee...

Pulmonary artery sling is an uncommon entity in the neonatal period. It defined as abnormally originated left pulmonary arising from posterior aspect of right artery. Because associated structures this region, mostly originating sixth aortic arch, tracheobronchial anomalies and congenital heart defects, it frequently accompanies sling. Etiology has not been determined to date. Surgical correcti...

Introduction: Association of sickle cell disease and pregnancy is a risky situation for both the mother neonate. Objective: To determine early morbidity mortality among neonates mothers with at Borgou/Alibori Center Departmental Teaching Hospital (CHUD B/A) in Benin. Patients Methods: This was descriptive analytical observational study conducted CHUD-B/A from January 1, 2015, to August 31, 2019...