The present study was carried out in the department of otorhinolaryngology at a Secondary health care institute, with aim screening new born (especially high risk) for hearing OAE (Oto Acoustic Emission test). Loss impairment auditory sense is most prevalent deficit all sensory organs. Hearing causes huge impact on one’s social, educational, and economic wellbeing. There are about 5 - 6 infants...

OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether differences in the hospitals at which black and white infants are born contribute to black/white disparities in very low birth weight neonatal mortality rates in New York City. METHODS We performed a population-based cohort study using New York City vital statistics records on all live births and deaths of infants weighing 500 to 1499 g who were born i...

background preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the laboratory disorders in neonates born to preeclamptic mothers. patients and methods this descriptive-retrospective study was conducted in the neonatal units of shahid beheshti and shabihkhani hospitals on neonates born to preeclamptic mothers du...

vitamin e (alpha-tocopherol) is a potent and natural antioxidant. vitamin e is concentrated from soybean oil. the committee on fetus and newborn of the academy of the american of pediatrics endorsed 1 to 2 mg/dl as the normal range of serum tocopherol level. human infants are born with low stores of vitamin e, thus they require an adequate intake of vitamin e soon after birth. the optimum intra...

Background: Literature presented numerous methods to promote nutrition in premature newborns. The aim of the review is to promote nutrition in premature newborns using numerous methods which have been suggested by systematic review. Materials and Methods: </...

Hitherto interest in intracranial haemorrhage in the new-born has been centred mainly upon etiology and pathology. More recently symptomotology has received increasing attention. While the pathology of the subject in its relation to etiological factors has received considerable attention, few attempts have been made to correlate pathological with clinical findings. The present paper is based up...

BACKGROUND Infants born preterm are at risk for developmental impairments related to postural control. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether infants born preterm and infants born at full term differed in postural control at 1 to 3 weeks after term age. DESIGN This study included 17 infants born preterm (mean gestational age=31.9 weeks, range=25.0-34.6) and 15 infants ...