introduction e-learning is there to enhance knowledge of patients and  can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction and provide patient-specific education. so the aim of this study was to compare the effect of two educational methods, e-learning (multimedia) and painted booklet on primipar women’s knowledge about neonatal care.methods this was a quasi-experimental study...

holistic care is the evaluation of the physical and mental states of individuals. considering the importance of spirituality in healthcare and its pivotal role as the first step toward providing spiritual care, this study was conducted to determine the perception of iranian nurses towards spirituality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). methods: this study was conducted on nine participan...

background: perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. this study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in mobini hospital of sabzevar, iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at mobini hospital of sabzevar. our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and live...

background: nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in nicus of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

background objective: to evaluate the utility of specific cut-off values for c- reactive protein (crp) and immature-to-total neutrophil ratio (i/t) as screening tests for meningitis in culture negative early onset sepsis (eos). materials and methods retrospective chart review of 97 newborns with culture negative sepsis who had lumbar puncture performed as part of the sepsis evaluation in a leve...

forty neonate calves were used in this study. the animals were divided into two treatment (n = 20) andcontrol (n = 20) groups. in the treatment group, oral iron as ferrous sulphate was supplemented to each calf atthe dose of 150 mg/day for 28 days, from the birthday. blood sampling was taken from jugular veinimmediately after birth and on days 7, 14, 21 and 28 after birth. significant differenc...

hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem in neonates and causes serious complications. thus, serial measurements of bilirubin should be done. this assessment is done through two methods of laboratory measurement in serum sample and transcutaneous bilirubinometer. this descriptive study compared transcutaneous bilirubin assessment and laboratory serum bilirubin. bilirubin level was assessed among ...

current study determined the overall incidence, common causes as well as main predictors of this final diagnosis among neonates admitted to a rural district hospital in iran. this study was conducted on 699 neonates who were candidate for admission to the nicu. study population was categorized in the case group, including patients exposed to final diagnosis of neonatal seizures and the control ...

neonatal diabetes mellitus (ndm) is a rare kind of diabetes characterized by hyperglycemia and low levels of insulin. clinically, it is categorized into two main types: transient ndm (tndm) and permanent ndm (pndm). these types are diagnosed based on duration of insulin dependence early in the disease. in tndm, diabetes begins in the first few weeks of life with remission in a few months. howev...