News tagged with neonatal deaths


Local community group activities may help reduce neonatal mortality in Vietnam

Community groups in rural Vietnam comprised of local health workers, politicians and laywomen (Maternal and Newborn Health Groups) set up to tackle challenges to maternal and neonatal health may reduce the neonatal death ...

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Pediatrician group issues home birth policy statement

(HealthDay)—With the number of home births rising, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement on the practice that includes a recommendation that there be a caregiver who's present ...

Pediatrics created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts seek ramped up action to save newborn lives

More and more newborn babies are dying annually despite greater knowledge about what kills them, and cheap and simple measures to save them, a global conference in Johannesburg heard Monday.

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study redefines the 'optimal time for delivery'

(HealthDay)—The number of fetal deaths that could be avoided by delivery is greater than the number of neonatal deaths that would be anticipated by delivery around 37 to 38 weeks' gestation, according to ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Errors are reducing the effectiveness of anti-D injections in pregnant women

Too many clinical errors are occurring with the requesting and administration of anti-D prophylaxis to prevent Rhesus Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (Rh HDFN) in pregnant women, according to a Manchester academic.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nurse understaffing increases infection risk in VLBW babies

Very low birth weight infants, those weighing less than 3.25 pounds, account for half of infant deaths in the United States each year, yet a new study released in today's issue of JAMA Pediatrics documents that these critic ...

Pediatrics created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds planned C-sections provide no advantage over planned vaginal birth of twins

In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest that planned birthing of twins ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of multiple births affected by congenital anomalies has doubled since the 1980s

The number of congenital anomalies, or birth defects arising from multiple births has almost doubled since the 1980s, suggests a new study published today (6 February) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gy ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Use of anti-depressants during pregnancy not linked with increased risk of stillbirth, infant death

In a study that included nearly 30,000 women from Nordic countries who had filled a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prescription during pregnancy, researchers found no significant association between use of ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Maternal obesity increases risk of newborn death in sub-Saharan Africa where obesity is rising at alarming rate

"Sub-Saharan Africa already has the highest rates of neonatal death in the world. Whilst overall levels of obesity are currently fairly low by global standards, obesity is actually a rapidly emerging problem, with 5% of women ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventable infectious diseases caused almost two-thirds of global child under-5 deaths in 2010

In 2010, preventable infectious diseases were responsible for almost two-thirds of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five worldwide, according to new estimates published Online First in The Lancet. Although child ...

Health created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Home birth poses danger for higher-risk pregnancies: study

(HealthDay) -- A five-year study of home births in Oregon found an elevated rate of deaths among babies that had to be transferred to the hospital because something went wrong during the delivery.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Family preferences strongly influence decision making in very premature deliveries

When making decisions and counseling about risk and management options for deliveries between 22 and 26 weeks (periviable deliveries), obstetricians are heavily influenced by family preferences, particularly by the impression ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clean delivery kits linked to substantial reduction in neonatal deaths in South Asia, study shows

Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Health created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies risk factors associated with death of extremely low birth weight infants after NICU

Preterm infants born with extremely low birth weights have an increased risk of death during the first year of life. Although researchers have extensively studied risk factors that could contribute to the death of preterm ...

Health created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0