Some investigators consider prematurity to be responsible for the lung function abnormalities found in prematurely born children and adolescents who had neonatal respiratory diseases. This study attempts to measure the effect of neonatal respiratory disease on lung function during school age and adolescence, by controlling the confounding effect due to prematurity. Lung volumes, airway resistan...

BACKGROUND Estimated 17,000 neonates (≤ 28 days of age) die in Vietnam annually, corresponding to more than half of the child mortality burden. However, current knowledge about these neonates is limited. Prematurity, asphyxia and congenital malformations are major causes of death in neonates worldwide. To improve survival and long term development, these vulnerable neonates need access to the s...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of maternal, fetal and obstetric parameters in twin pregnancies due to chorionicity, perinatal morbidity and early neonatal mortality. Methods: Early neonatal outcome parameters were retrospectively analysed in 240 twin pregnancies (51 monochorionic [MC], 189 dichorionic [DC] twins) over a 7.5 years period. Beside chorionicity, we...

BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia in premature infants is usually thought to reflect inadequate pancreatic development rather than monogenic neonatal diabetes. No studies, to our knowledge, have investigated the prevalence of monogenic forms of diabetes in preterm infants. METHODS We studied 750 patients with diabetes diagnosed before 6 months of age. We compared the genetic etiology and clinical char...

Newborns from multiple pregnancies demonstrate a higher perinatal morbidity and mortality compared to singletons. Prematurity is more frequent in twins and therefore birth weight is significantly lower compared to singletons [1]. Thus, twins are more exposed to prematurity related diseases (respiratory, cardiovascular, infectious, etc.) and to long-term complications [2]. It is very difficult t...

Syphilis in pregnancy can cause considerable fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. It is endemic in the developing world but it is now resurgent in the developed world. Maternal syphilis can result in fetal infection leading to fetal and neonatal harm. Mid-trimester miscarriages, stillbirths, low birth weight, prematurity, congenital syphilis and neonatal deaths are all the results of syp...

Touch therapy, first described by keieger in 1975 as an act of healing or helping that is akin to the ancient practice laying on hands, providing be a useful adjunt nursing practices. Prematurity continue leading cause neonatal death and developmental disability. Neonate admission NICU accounts for largest number. necessary good health food, water rest preterm babies. therapy were found have se...

BackgroundEach year about 32.4 million of children are born with low birth weight, which is below the 10th percentile for their gestational ages; moreover, about fifteen million of them are premature. Actually, about 60% of neonatal deaths occur in low birth weight neonates related to their prematurity. This study aimed to determine the neonatal death rate and the most common causes of the hosp...

backgroundeach year about 32.4 million of children are born with low birth weight, which is below the 10th percentile for their gestational ages; moreover, about fifteen million of them are premature. actually, about 60% of neonatal deaths occur in low birth weight neonates related to their prematurity. this study aimed to determine the neonatal death rate and the most common causes of the hosp...