Sangappa Dhaded

Abstract To identify risk factors for bag and mask ventilation (BMV) and compare mortality outcomes between infants who did and did not receive BMV. Secondary analysis of data from the seven sites of the Global Network Maternal Newborn Health registry, including fresh stillbirths and live births ≥ 1500 grams from 2017 to 2023. A total of 171 279 births (98.9% live births, 1.1% fresh stillbirths) were included. BMV was administered in 3.9% of cases.

PLOS ONE, Aug 2023 Background Pentavalent vaccines (DTP-HepB-Hib) have been introduced in many countries in their routine public immunization programmes to protect against diphtheria (D), tetanus (T), pertussis (P), hepatitis B (Hep B) and Hemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) diseases. This study compared the safety and immunogenicity of a new formulation of a whole-cell Bordetella pertussis (wP) based pentavalent vaccine (DTwP-HepB-Hib).

Cause of death (COD) determination Preterm neonatal deaths with a birthweight ≥1000 g and stillbirths with a birthweight ≥1000 g were evaluated by independent panels to determine the cause(s) of death. The panellists determined the primary maternal, placental and neonatal COD as well as the contributing causes using standard procedures described in detail elsewhere.16, 17 For each case, a pair of panellists, who were not directly involved with the conduct of the study, reviewed the cases.