background: low birth weight (lbw) is one of the major determinants of neonatal survival as well as postnatal morbidity. objective: the main objective of the present study was to determine neonatal mortality rate (nmr) in lbw infants in yazd, iran. materials and methods: in a prospective-cohort study, all births in the maternity hospitals of yazd, iran in 2004 were evaluated and mortality rate ...

a prospective study of 550 consecutive mothers delivered in amin ob. gyn center of isfahan university was performed to determine the relationships between maternal anemia, placental weight and neonatal birth weight. the important findings were marked placental hypertrophy in anemic mothers. (r= -/9.95) .it is probable that in anemic mothers placental hypertrophy is a compensatory mechanism resp...

objective: to evaluate the effect of meperidine, commonly administered for labor analgesia, on newborn weight and peripartum breastfeeding during two months after delivery. materials and methods: this pilot cohort study was conducted between october 2010 and october 2011 at the women hospital of the tehran university of medical sciences. in this study, we examined the effects of meperidine on b...

in this research a comparative study has been made between case and control groups. the cases were low birth weight newborns (under 2500 gr) and the controls were normal berth weighing 2500 gr or more at birth. four groups of birth weight were considered as follows: very low birth weight, low birth weight, moderately low birth weight and normal. the data were collected over a period of 8 months...

objective: evaluating the effect of vegetable oil, as a supplement to breast milk in increase the weight gaining of vlbw neonates. materials and methods: in this single blind; randomized clinical trials , in nicu of vali-asr hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, 2005-2006;a total of 48 vlbw neonates referred & admitted to nicu, who did not have any major gi (especially nec), respirat...

Introduction:  Inadequate intake of breast milk in the first days of life leads to weight loss in neonates. Jaundice is also more prominent in these infants. In this cross-sectional study, we tried to evaluate the extent of weight loss in term breastfed infants who were hospitalized for idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia. Methods: This prospective study involved 1072 infants >48 hours old, who were ...

background: inadequate milk intake during the first year of neonate’s life can result in weight loss, severe hyperbilirubinemia, and sometimes hypernatremia. in this study, we aimed to determine the relationship between neonatal weight loss and hypernatremia in term breastfed infants with idiopathic jaundice, as well as the necessity of sodium concentration measurement in newborns with idiopath...

introduction:  inadequate intake of breast milk in the first days of life leads to weight loss in neonates. jaundice is also more prominent in these infants. in this cross-sectional study, we tried to evaluate the extent of weight loss in term breastfed infants who were hospitalized for idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia. methods: this prospective study involved 1072 infants >48 hours old, who were ...

Background Neonatal mortality comprises a large part of infant mortality, and it depends largely on neonatal birth weight. Besides maternal diseases, it seems that other important factors such as maternal demographic characteristics, mental health and marital satisfaction, affects their infants birth weight. This study conducted aiming to evaluate these affecting factors on neonatal birth weig...

730 low birth weight (LBW) neonates and 1460 controls were selected from 13,123 neonates born from October 1988 to June 1989 in 17 hospitals and maternity units in Tehran, and were compared for mortality in the first seven and up to 28 days of life (early neonatal period). In this study all low birth weight newborns are divided according to four sub-groups of birth weight, and the mortalit...