Published in European journal of nutrition
Intelligence has a strong influence on life capability, and thus, identifying early modifiable risk factors related to cognitive ability is of major public health interest. During pregnancy, vitamin D is transported from the mother to the fetus through the placenta in the form of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). Levels of 25(OH)D have in some studies...
Published in Malaria Journal
BackgroundThe aim of the study was to determine the coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) and its relationship with delivery outcomes among obstetric referral cases at the district level of healthcare.MethodsAn implementation research within three districts of the Greater Accra region was conducted from May 20...
Objective: To determine key demographic and intrapartum antecedents predisposing to severe adverse neonatal outcome at term.Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of severe adverse neonatal outcomes of nonanomalous singleton term births at an Australian tertiary maternity unit between January 2007 and April 2017. Serious neonatal outcome (S...
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundNeonatal mortality rate in Kenya continues to be unacceptably high. In reducing newborn deaths, inequality in access to care and quality care have been identified as current barriers. Contributing to these barriers are the bypassing behaviour and geographical access which leads to delay in seeking newborn care. This study (i) measured geo...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundInfection is a leading cause of maternal and newborn mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Clean birthing practices are fundamental to infection prevention efforts, but these are inadequate in LMIC. This scoping study reviews the literature on studies that describe determinants of clean birthing practices of healthcare wor...
Published in Pregnancy hypertension
We evaluated the association between maternal preeclampsia and long-term infectious morbidity of the offspring. A retrospective cohort analysis was performed, evaluating risk of long-term infectious morbidity in children born to women with and without preeclampsia between the years 1991-2014. Infectious morbidity included hospitalizations of offspr...
BACKGROUND:Continuing education is essential for healthcare workers. Education interventions can help to maintain and improve competency and confidence in the technical skills necessary to address adverse events. However, characteristics of the health provider such as age (related to more critical and reflexive attitude); sex (relationship with gen...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundContinuing education is essential for healthcare workers. Education interventions can help to maintain and improve competency and confidence in the technical skills necessary to address adverse events. However, characteristics of the health provider such as age (related to more critical and reflexive attitude); sex (relationship with gend...
Published in Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
• PNPO (pyridoxal N phosphate oxidase) deficiency is a treatable cause of infantile and neonatal onset epileptic encephalopathy • PNPO deficiency is classically responsive to pyridoxal phosphate but other agents like high dose pyridoxine and riboflavin are also useful depending upon the genetic mutation involved. • The present report describes a pa...
Published in BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundDespite different preventive strategies that have been implemented in different health institutions in the country, neonatal mortality and morbidity are still significantly increasing in Ethiopia. Perinatal asphyxia is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As a result, this systematic review and meta-analysis ai...
