ABSTRACT
The morbidity of 506 healthy full-term newborns was studied in the first month of life in relation to the time they stayed in the hospital. The average time for the newborns who were born by vaginal delivery was 73.3+/-11.7 hours, while for those who were born by cesarean section it was 135+31.5 hours. Thirty-seven newborns presented health problems during the neonatal period (7.3%) and only 2% needed hospital readmission. The commonest problem in the newborns we studied was jaundice which appeared from the fourth to sixth day of life. During the second fortnight the commonest problems were infections of the respiratory tract. From the results of our study it is obvious that only a small percentage of readmissions could have been avoided if the original stay in hospital had been prolonged.
Subject(s)
Infant, Newborn, Diseases/epidemiology , Length of Stay , Greece/epidemiology , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/prevention & control , Jaundice, Neonatal/epidemiology , Jaundice, Neonatal/prevention & control , Morbidity , Postnatal CareABSTRACT
Due to the implementation of assisted reproduction techniques, the incidence of multiple pregnancies associated with fetal and neonatal complications has significantly increased. A woman in the 24th week of a triplet pregnancy came to the hospital because of premature rupture of membranes of one amniotic sack and she had a miscarriage of one of the fetuses the same day. After confirmation of the viability of the two fetuses, she was kept under observation with antibiotic therapy only. The woman gave live birth to these remaining fetuses in her 32nd week of pregnancy. The outcome of this case demonstrates that watchful expectancy may be a feasible alternative to invasive intervention. The aim of this report is to add to the currently very limited literature of an expectant (conservative) policy with regard to pregnancy outcome after the early loss of a fetus from a multiple pregnancy.
