Palliative Care for Newborns in India: Patterns of Care in a Neonatal Palliative Care Program at a Tertiary Government Children's Hospital.

Neonatal palliative care is a specialized area within children's palliative care, which focusses on the needs of infants with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Nearly one quarter of global neonatal deaths occur in India, where neonatal palliative care evidence is limited. This study describes the development and implementation of a neonatal palliative care program within a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a government hospital, describing the implementing an 8-month pilot palliative care program for neonates, including the patterns of care, and barriers and enablers of success.

An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report.

Pneumoperitoneum is typically caused by breached hollow viscera and necessitates surgical intervention. This may have various etiologies, including spontaneous, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and obstruction. In these cases, spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is a unique clinical entity with a better outcome than newborns with NEC-related intestinal perforation.

Supporting Immunization Uptake during a Pandemic, Using Remote Phone Call Intervention among Babies Discharged from a Special Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) in South India.

COVID-19 has impacted children's immunization rates, putting the lives of children at risk. The present study assesses the impact of phone-call counseling, on immunization uptake during the pandemic. Families of babies discharged from the SNCUs in six government centers in three South Indian states were recruited.

Predictors of Mortality in Neonatal Pneumonia: An INCLEN Childhood Pneumonia Study.

Background: Neonatal pneumonia contributes significantly to mortality due to pneumonia in the under-five age group, but the predictors of mortality are largely unknown.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical and microbiological characteristics and other risk factors that predict mortality in neonates admitted with pneumonia in tertiary care centres.

Study Design: Prospective observational cohort study.

Quality improvement initiative approach to decrease the unindicated usage of antibiotics in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Hyderabad, India.

Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging global problem concerned with patient safety. It is even more challenging in developing countries like India. Antibiotic stewardship initiative is the best arrow in the quiver to prevent and control this antimicrobial resistance.