Abstract BACKGROUND The neurointensive care unit (NICU) has traditionally been the default recovery after elective craniotomies. OBJECTIVE To assess whether admitting adult patients without significant comorbidities to neuroscience ward (NW) instead of NICU for resulted in similar clinical outcome while reducing length stay (LOS) and hospitalization cost. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed cos...

AUGUST 29: HURRICANE KATRINA LANDFALL: I am a neonatologist in private practice and had been at the hospital for 24 hours along with 40 other physicians. I had volunteered to take care of the patients at Memorial Medical Center (MMC) during Hurricane Katrina. There were 16 infants in the NICU, 260 patients in total at the hospital, 500 essential employees, and 1200 family members of the patient...

BACKGROUND Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major etiological agent of infection in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Routes of entry of this organism can be different and the transmission pathway complex. Colonized neonates are the main endogenous reservoir. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a prospective three-year study on MRSA colonization recruiting 722 neonate...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the variation in the survival rate and the mortality rates for very preterm infants across Europe. DESIGN A prospective birth cohort of very preterm infants for 10 geographically defined European regions during 2003, followed to discharge home from hospital. PARTICIPANTS All deliveries from 22 + 0 to 31 + 6 weeks' gestation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE All outcomes of pr...

Bacterial pathogens and drug resistance are different in hospitals of each country. In this study we determined bacterial pathogens and drug sensitivity in the neonatal ward and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ekbatan hospital in Hamedan. This cross-sectional descriptive study was done on 1150 hospitalized neonates in neonatal and NICU wards of Ekbatan hospital of the Hamadan university ...

Corresponding Author: F. Eghbalian MD Besat Hospital Tel: +98 918 1190121 Email:[email protected] Abstract Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the etiology and frequency of neonatal seizure in hospitalized neonates. Materials and Methods In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, we evaluated 1295 neonates with seizures admitted to neonatal and NICU wards in our center....

Between May and June 2002, we recorded an outbreak of Septic Arthritis in neonates due to Extended Spectrum ß-Lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at our neonatal intensive care unit. The confirmed cases were then followed up to look for long term morbidities associated with the infection. We analyzed the microbiological and epidemiological features of the outbreak and the various measures...