Neonatal morbidity and mortality still poses a serious challenge in developing countries.
Low level of obstetric care, unsupervised home deliveries and late referrals lead to poor …

Background Since exchange blood transfusion (EBT) is associated with serious
complications, phototherapy has been made more powerful to reduce the need for EBT in …

Objective. The objective of this study was to determine whether transcutaneous bilirubin
(TcB) measurements correlate with serum total bilirubin (STB) levels in indigenous, darkly …

Since developmental hemostasis was introduced by Andrew et al. in the early 90s, age-
related variations in coagulation components have been a well-established knowledge. In …

An Analysis Of Neonatal Morbidity And Mortality In Azare, North-Eastern Nigeria.
Background: Mortality occurring among babies less than 28 days of life comprises about …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the fetal outcome of antepartum and intrapartum
eclampsia. All cases of antepartum and intrapartum eclampsia managed at the Abia State …

Background: Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is one of the most common causes of hospital visit in
the first 30 days of life. It is one of nine danger signs of neonatal illness recognized by the …

Introduction: Neonatal bleeding disorders are common in clinical practice but the laboratory
tests required for making the diagnoses are often sophisticated, expensive and so, largely …

Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty consecutive neonates who presented at the
neonatal unit of the hospital were recruited for the study after checking them with set …

Background: Serum bilirubin can be estimated using a technique that is real-time,
noninvasive, painless, fast, and relatively inexpensive technique which is transcutaneous …