Hospital-acquired neonatal infections in developing countries

AKM Zaidi, WC Huskins, D Thaver, ZA Bhutta, Z Abbas… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Hospital-born babies in developing countries are at increased risk of neonatal infections
because of poor intrapartum and postnatal infection-control practices. We reviewed data …

The current state of newborn health in low income countries and the way forward

VK Paul - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Of the 4 million neonatal deaths that occur worldwide each year 99% of these occur in
developing countries. South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa regions account for two thirds of …

A review of the Apgar score indicated that contextualization was required within the contemporary perinatal and neonatal care framework in different settings

B Bharti, S Bharti - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To triangulate the Apgar score by using a crossdisciplinary approach and
highlighting the differences that exist between actual everyday practice and accepted …

Alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance and fungal sepsis in outborn neonates in North India

M Jajoo, V Manchanda, S Chaurasia, MJ Sankar… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background There is a paucity of data on the epidemiology of sepsis in outborn neonates
being referred to level-3 units in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). The objective of …

Neonatal morbidity and mortality of sick newborns admitted in a teaching hospital of Uttarakhand

R Rakholia, V Rawat, M Bano… - CHRISMED Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Aims: To study the demographic profile and morbidity-mortality pattern of neonates admitted
in Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) and study the difference between inborn and outborn …

To study the incidence and risk factors of early onset neonatal sepsis in an out born neonatal intensive care unit of India

M Jajoo, K Kapoor, LK Garg… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The objective was to study the Incidence and risk factors of early-onset neonatal
sepsis in an out born neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of New Delhi, India. Study Design …

Pattern of neonatal morbidity and mortality: A prospective study in a District Hospital in Urban India

N Saini, S Chhabra, S Chhabra, L Garg… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the cause and disease pattern of neonatal morbidity and mortality in
the secondary care neonatal unit of a district hospital. Study Design: Descriptive prospective …

The study of etiological and demographic characteristics of neonatal mortality and morbidity-a consecutive case series study from Pakistan

N Manzar, B Manzar, A Yaqoob, M Ahmed, J Kumar - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
Background To determine the etiology, management, bacteriological spectrum and outcome
of neonatal patients admitted in Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) and to examine the factors …

Mortality in newborns referred to tertiary hospital: An introspection

KC Aggarwal, R Gupta, S Sharma… - Journal of family …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: India is one of the largest contributors in the pool of neonatal death in the
world. However, there are inadequate data on newborns referred to tertiary care centers …

Impact of simple interventions on neonatal mortality in a low-resource teaching hospital in India

R Agarwal, K Agarwal, U Acharya, P Christina… - Journal of …, 2007 - nature.com
Objective: To evaluate impact of simple interventions on neonatal mortality in a low-resource
teaching hospital in India. Study design: Before-and-after intervention trial setting: limited …