OBJECTIVE Despite its worldwide use, reviews of oxytocin for labor augmentation include
mainly studies from high-income countries. Meanwhile, oxytocin is a potentially harmful …

Background Despite simple and proven cost-effective measures were available to prevent
birth asphyxia; studies suggested that there has been limited progress in preventing birth …

Objective The aim of study was to identify risk factors of birth asphyxia among newborns in
public hospitals of Central Zone Tigray, Ethiopia 2018. Results A total of 88 cases and 176 …

Introduction Birth asphyxia is a prominent and avoidable cause of infant illness and death
worldwide, particularly in underdeveloped countries such as Ethiopia. Early identification …

Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of newborns managed for perinatal asphyxia
over a 1-year period. All inborn babies with Apgar scores< 6 at 5 min and out born babies …

Background: Asphyxia is considered an important cause of morbidity and mortality in
neonates. This condition can affect many vital organs including the central nervous system …

Background Perinatal asphyxia is one of the main causes of death in term newborns. During
the past two decades, no significant progress has been made in reducing neonatal deaths in …

Materials and Methods The special care baby unit (SCBU) consists of the inborn and the
outborn sections. All babies delivered in our hospital from both booked and unbooked …

Asphyxia is a serious problem in the neonate worldwide. Incidence of birth asphyxia are 4
million baby a year. There are many reasons as baby may be not able to take enough …

Introduction Birth asphyxia is defined by the World Health Organization as not initiating and
maintaining default breathing at birth. Approximately 24% of neonatal deaths occurred …