Risk Factors Associated with Neonatal Mortality and Their Status: A Matched Case-Control Study in Kurdistan.

Background: Neonatal mortality is a significant public health issue that can often be prevented. The present study was designed and conducted to determine the causes of neonatal mortality and the status of their mothers in Kurdistan Province in 2019.

Methods: In this matched case-control study, the case group comprised 171 deceased neonates, while the control group consisted of 171 healthy neonates, along with their mothers' status in Kurdistan Province in 2019.

The effect of oral zinc sulfate supplementation on hospitalized infants with hyperbilirubinemia: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

Previous investigations on the impact of oral zinc sulfate treatment on newborns' serum bilirubin levels have produced conflicting results. As a result, the goal of this clinical study was to evaluate how oral zinc sulfate affected the levels of serum bilirubin in term infants who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The study was conducted at the Neonatal Care Unit of Besat Hospital in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, as a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Effect of vitamin E supplementation on bilirubin levels in infants with hyperbilirubinemia: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

Background: The effect of vitamin E supplementation on bilirubin levels in infants was previously explored, but the results were inconclusive.

Purpose: To examine the effect of vitamin E supplementation on bilirubin levels in term infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Methods: This interventional double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted in the Sanandaj Besat Hospital NICU.