neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening condition, presents with non-specific clinical manifestations and needs immediate empirical antimicrobial therapy. choosing an appropriate antibiotic regimen covering the most probable pathogens is an important issue. in this study we compared the effectiveness of ceftizoxime and amikacin in the treatment of neonatal sepsis both in combination with ampicillin...

abstract background: clinical guidelines are important instruments for increasing the quality of clinical practice in the treatment team. compilation of clinical guidelines is important due to special condition of the neonates and the nurses facing critical conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). with 98% of neonatal deaths occurring in nicus in the hospitals, it is important to ...

background: to determine prospectively the prevalence of anaerobic and aerobic infection in early onset (during 72 hours of age) neonatal sepsis, in tehran vali-e-asr hospital. methods: among all the live birth, neonates suspecting of having septicemia were investigated for isolation of micro­organisms. culture bottle containing enriched tryptic soy broth was used for standard blood culture sys...

sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. the most common pathogens of bacterial sepsis and antibiotic sensitivity patterns vary in different parts of the world. the aim of this study was to determine the most common pathogens and outcome of neonatal sepsis and also antibiotic sensitivity patterns of klebsiella species. a retrospective descriptive study was carried o...

how to cite this article: khalessi n, afsharkhas l. neonatal meningitis: risk factors, causes and neurologic complications. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 46-50. abstract objective neonates are at greater risk for sepsis and meningitis than other ages and in spite of rapid diagnoses of pathogens and treatments, they still contribute to complications and mortality. this study determines ...

introduction: gynecologists and perinatologists are left with many unanswered questions and concerns regarding fasting during pregnancy and its effects on maternal and neonatal health. the current study was conducted to investigate the correlation between the number of ramadan fasting days and pregnancy outcomes. materials & methods: in this descriptive, analytical study, 641 newborns, whose mo...

introduction: neonatal tetanus is a highly fatal disease that can be prevented by immunization and improvement in obstetric practices. the aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of cases of neonatal tetanus in two large tertiary hospitals (ghaem and imam reza hospitals) of mashhad -north east of iran between 1984- 2001. methods: all cases whose epidemiological and clinical c...

background & aim: neonatal resuscitation training is mandatory for the staff providing maternity and neonatal services in order to ensure competence during the academic period. this study was conducted to assess the neonatal resuscitation skills of nursing and midwifery students. methods:in this study, the skills of 48 nursing and midwifery students  were assessed, using objective structured cl...

background: neonatal sepsis is a life-threatening disease with an incidence of 1 to 10 per 1000 live births and a mortality rate of 15% to 50%. the clinical signs are non-specific and indistinguishable from those caused by a variety of neonatal noninfectious disorders. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the importance of cd64 expression (fcgri), a neutrophil surface marker, in ea...

background: neonatal jaundice is a common problem that can result in serious neurological side effect such as kern icterus. several drugs are used to prevent neonatal jaundice. the effect of clofibrate in the prevention of hyperbilirubi-nemia in healthy term neonates has not been paid attention to. this study aimed to evaluate the preventive effect of clofibrate on neonatal jaundice in term neo...