Background: Respiratory distress is one of the most common causes of admission in neonatal intensive care unit . Objective: To determine the causes and to study the various risk factors associated with development of respiratory distress and outcomes of respiratory distress in neonates admitted to neonatal care unit of Mukalla Maternity and Child Hospital in Al-Mukalla city, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective study covering the 12-month period between April 2018 to March 2019 to neonates admitted to neonatal care unit of Mukalla MaternityandChild hospital. Results: A total of 430 patients were admitted to the neonatal care unit. Number of cases presented with respiratory distress was 250, representing 58.1% of all cases admitted. The most frequent underlying cause for respiratory distress in children was respiratory distress syndrome (44%), followed by transient tachypnea of the newborn (18.8%), birth asphyxia (14%), meconium aspiration syndrome (12%), and other causes (11.2) (CHD 10(4%), sepsis (3.2%), congenital pneumonia (2.4%), and congenital anomalies (1. 6%). The majority of cases of respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnea of newborn were males with statistical significant difference. The outcome of neonatal respiratory disorders was: cure in 40.4% of cases, patients discharged with complications in 10.4 % of cases, and death in 49.2% of cases. The highest case fatality rate of neonatal respiratory distress diseases were respiratory distress syndrome (81.8%) followed by meconium aspiration syndrome (56.7% ) and birth asphyxia (34.3% ). Conclusion: Respiratory distress syndrome was the main cause of respiratory distress followed by transient tachypnea of newborn.

Background: Significant neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a common cause of readmission following initial sending home from hospitals in healthy mature neonates. Objective: To determine the predictive ability of first 24th hr entire serum bilirubin (TSB) levels for later development of important hyperbilirubinemia in well mature neonates at Mukalla Maternity and Child Hospital (MMCH) in Mukalla city, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study of 150 well mature newborns was tracked with everyday serum total bilirubin detections for five days of life at Mukalla Maternity & Child Hospital between March 2019 and February 2020. Results: It was observed that 10%, 10%, 13.3% and 66.7%% of newborns were corresponding to high, high intermediate, low intermediate, and low risk zones respectively, while7.3% of newborns had developed significant hyperbilirubinemia and needed phototherapy. The day one bilirubin value of 5mg/dl had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 72%, the positive predictive value of 22%, and a negative predictive value of 100% in forecasting the risk of developing significant jaundice. Conclusion: A total serum bilirubin measurement may be applied as a useful screening test for each neonate at the first week of life, to foresee those at risk for later development of significant neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and permit for a harmless discharge from the hospital.