ABSTRACT
A prospective study is underway to assess various conservative methods in the treatment of neonatal tetanus. So far a hundred and fifty cases have been included over a period of two years from 15[th] December 1979 to 15[th] December 1981. A significant reduction in the mortality has been observed by incorporating pyridoxine to other measures. In this group the mortality was 44% as compared to 55% in the group treated without it. The main complications encountered in the course of therapy were aspiration pneumonia jaundice and septicaemia. The survivors examined in the follow-up clinic were found to be developmentally normal but 80% of them had umbilical herniae
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Infant, Newborn, Diseases , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
The study was carried out in the special baby care unit of Khyber Hospital Peshawar from July 1[st] to December 31[st] 1981. The overall incidence of hypoglycemia was 25.33% in 300 cases. Out of the hypoglycemic babies 30.26% were asymptomatic the only finding being the low blood glucose level. The mean pretreatment blood glucose level was 18 mg/dl in asymptomatic and 23 mg/d1 in the symptomatic group. 78.94% of the hypoglycemia group were not fed anything till 6 hours after birth while another 10.53% were not fed till 24 hours of age