Infant mortality

Immunization of pregnant women and infants protects children from six vaccine preventable diseases, tetanus, tuberculosis and measles. These are major preventable that helps in preventing the child mortality, disability, morbidity and related malnutrition. Immunization of pregnant women against tetanus also reduces the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality. Health Check-Up: this component covers chidren who are aged less than six years of…

One of Jess’s worries was having a premature baby, because her mother had that issue with her. In the United States there’s about 2% of babies that are born before 32 weeks, however these babies are a 54 % of all infant deaths (Mathews & MacDorman, 2011 as cited in Cook & Cook, 2014) making Jess’s concern understandable. Breastfeeding is also a factor that causes questioning and concern to the mother because our society is aware of the benefits of breast feeding…

birth. Mothers who used certain medications during their pregnancy makes it a higher risk for early deficiency bleeding also making it more severe. Late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in 2-12 weeks after birth occurs in 1 in 14,000 infants. 30%-60% of these infants have bleeding within the brain and tend to occur in breastfed only babies who have not received the vitamin K shot. All pregnant women should be required to give their newborn the vitamin k shot if they plan to breast feed. What…

neonatal period is exceedingly rare1. Limb ischemia occurring in utero has three main causes: thrombosis, embolism, and in utero compression2. Neonatal arterial thrombosis and embolism are serious conditions that often result in high morbidity and mortality.3,4 Approximately 90% of neonatal arterial thromboembolic (TE) events are linked to iatragenic causes, including catheterization.4,5 TE events occurring in utero are especially rare, and can lead to congenital Volkmann ischemic contractures…

population of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) as the babies will hospitalized for long period and exposure numerous invasive procedure (Polin & Saiman, 2003). Preterm baby who hospitalized in NICU are babies more susceptible to infection and mortality because of immature immune system (Brady, 2005). Prevention and treatment in NICU is very important on nosocomial infection. World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers…

World Health Organization (WHO), along with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), identifies many benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and baby” (Smith & Anolak). Research suggests that breastfeeding is the best option for feeding an infant because it contains the perfect…

medicine developed the infant test that bears her name. She made medicine her life and dedicated all her time to becoming a woman who is eternally remembered. Apgar’s input to the medical field was extraordinary…

Colonial children played an important role in the lives of puritans and the colony. The mortality rate of children in the colonies was much higher than now due to sanitation and accidents. It was not unusual for one in ten children to die from disease, sickness, or accidents. Children had certain duties and roles that they played between the ages of birth to three, three to six, and seven to twelve. As infants the babies were kept in long and narrow beds or cradles because the puritans believed…

there are multiple factors that can affect the health of women during pregnancy. Although it may seem that the factors are in the woman’s control, the lack of resources, the beliefs and culture, and the society in Ladakh India impact both maternal and infant health. Widespread use of biomedical services is shown in both an ecological context, as well as a cultural context. In an ecological context, hypoxia associated with the high altitude of the region places stresses on maternal and fetal…

Preterm labor is defined as regular contractions of the uterus resulting in changes in the cervix that start before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Preterm births are classified according to gestational age at delivery. Though multiple interactive continuous variables are implicated in its etiology, the two strongest risk factors for idiopathic preterm labour are low socio-economic status and previous preterm delivery. Intrauterine infection plays a major role in the genesis of preterm labour. Diagnosis…