Objectives To update the WHO estimate of preterm birth rate in China in 1990–2016 and to
further explore variations by geographic regions and years of occurrence. Design …

Background Globally, complications of preterm birth are among the most common cause of
neonatal mortality. In Ethiopia, the neonatal mortality reduction is not worthy of attention …

Background Prematurity contributes greatly to the neonatal mortality burden in sub-Saharan
Africa. This study evaluated the proportion of preterm neonatal death, medical conditions at …

The purpose of this study was to assess the predictors of preterm neonatal survival in a
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). A cohort study was conducted retrospectively on 1017 …

Objectives To analyse trends in mortality and causes of death among children aged under 5
years in Beijing, China between 1992 and 2015 and to forecast under-5 mortality rates …

Background: Annually, an estimated 20 million (13%) low-birthweight (LBW) and 15 million
(11.1%) preterm infants are born worldwide. A paucity of data and reliance on hospital …

Introduction Several kinds of researches are available on preterm mortality in the East Africa
continent; however, it is inconsistent and inconclusive, which requires the pooled evidence …

Abstract Background In October 2015, China's one-child policy was universally replaced by
a so-called two-child policy. This study investigated the association between the enactment …

Background Exposure to landscape fire smoke (LFS) is linked to child mortality and
birthweight. It is unknown whether gestational exposure to LFS affects child survival rate. We …

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of dopamine (DA) versus
norepinephrine (NE) as first-line therapy for sepsis-related hypotension in preterm infants …