Background: Neonatal mortality had not changed significantly in the last decade in African countries particularly in Nigeria; however, under-five mortality had reduced significantly. Nigeria with a quarter of maternal and under-five mortality is among ten countries with the highest neonatal mortality. Previous studies had shown patterns of newborn morbidity and mortality; however, no study has ...

Background: The cost-effective strategies are of paramount importance in the improvement of neonatal health services. Regarding this, the present study aimed to evaluate the health sector reform of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its impact on hospital costs related to the admission of neonates in Amirkola Children's Hospital.Methods: This observational analytic study was conducted in 2015 to ...

Vasa previa (VP) is a rare and life-threatening condition for the fetus. It associated with increased perinatal mortality rates. The current study sought to retrospectively analyze outcomes of VP in singleton multiple pregnancies between January 1, 2013 December 31, 2019 at tertiary hospital west China. One hundred fifty-seven cases were identified, including 131 singletons, 23 twins 3 triplets...

background: untreated or poorly controlled gestational diabetes can cause serious complications for mother and newborn. glibenclamide is rarely used in treating mothers with this disease. this study aimed at comparing the effect of glibenclamide and insulin on neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. methods: in this randomized controlled clinical trial, 249 pregnant women...

OBJECTIVE To study the arrival pattern and length of stay (LoS) in a neonatal intensive care/high dependency unit (NICU/HDU) and special care baby unit (SCBU) and the impact of capacity shortage in a perinatal network centre, and to provide an analytical model for improving capacity planning. METHODS The data used in this study have been collected through the South England Neonatal Database (...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence, etiology, outcome, and predictors of mortality in neonates with Acute Renal Failure (ARF) in an out born Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of India. METHODS A retrospective analysis of case records of out born neonates, who had ARF at admission or developed ARF during NICU stay, from January to December 2011 (one year) was done. FINDINGS Out of the tot...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between prenatally diagnosed isolated single umbilical artery (iSUA) and perinatal outcomes. METHODS We searched Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and KoreaMed from inception to January 2016, with no language or regional restrictions, for cohort and case-control studies reporting on the relationship of iSUA and perinatal out...

background: clofibrate is an effective anti lipid agent that induces glucuronyltransferase could increase bilirubin conjugation. the aim of this study was to evaluate effect of clofibrate on neonatal physiologic jaundice. methods: randomized clinical trial sampling method used and 60 healthy term neonates which were admitted in imam reza hospital of kermanshah-iran because of indirect hyperbili...