Sarah Saleem, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Kay Hwang, Sangappa Dhaded, Gowder Guruprasad, Naveen G Nadig, Varun B Kusagur, Lingaraja Gowda C Patil, E S Siddartha, S Yogeshkumar, Manjunath S Somannavar, Sana Roujani, Mashal Khan, Mehmood Shaikh, Muhammad Hanif, Carla M Bann, Elizabeth M McClure, Robert L Goldenberg
OBJECTIVE: To explore potential reasons for differences in preterm neonatal mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in India and Pakistan. DESIGN: A prospective observational study, the Project to Understand and Research Stillbirth and Preterms in Southeast Asia (PURPOSe) was conducted July 2018 to February 2020. SETTING: Three hospitals in Davangere, India, and a large public hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. POPULATION: Of a total of 3,202 preterm infants enrolled, 1,512 were admitted to a study NICU...
July 20, 2023: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology