Birthweight and gestational age centiles in South Indian newborns

Abstract

Background: India has recently gone through a vast technological and economic revolution which has influenced all sections of society. The study was undertaken to determine any changes in the pattern of intrauterine growth in South Indian babies over three decades compared with national and international studies.

Lalana Newborn Resuscitation

“…Time of death among 248 first day deaths, nearly half 48% (n=119/248) took place within two hours of birth and 29% (n=72/248) >2-12 hours with less than a quarter 23% (n=57/248) within 12-24 hours [9]. Other studies have noted that more than half, 57 % of neonatal mortality occurred within 24 hours [102]. Seven out of every eight stillbirths is due to severe birth asphyxia, with stillbirth rate figuring one and a half times that of early neonatal mortality rate, reveals the magnitude of asphyxiated stillbirths [21,103].…”