Background Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) is cooperation between the Governments of Norway and India, and has a particular focus on improving newborn health by training health personnel. A former exchange program in Kolkata (2011-2013) reports reduction in neonatal mortality rate and improved newborn care. Aim This project aims to improve the care of sick and premature newborns, in line with international standards, in Rajasthan, India. The exchange of health personnel in north-south collaboration can reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality by improving basic neonatal nursing. Focus areas are KMC, nutrition and breastfeeding, developmental care, hygiene and pain management. The project intends to increase multicultural understanding within newborn health care. Method Exchange of 4 indian and 2 norwegian nurses/year for a 3 year period. Norwegian nurses will stay in JK Lone Hospital, Jaipur for 12 months and indian nurses in Oslo university hospital for 6 months. Focus for Norwegian nurses in Jaipur will be teaching doctors and nurses in evidence based newborn care through bedside training in the NICU. Interact with the indian team of doctors, nurses,and family of the sick newborn, in order to develop an understanding of the culture and society they are working in. Focus for Indian nurses in Oslo will be hands on bedside training in the NICU under surveillance of experienced personell. In depth knowledge of the focus areas. All participants are to convey their experience to their home partners after homecoming through teaching, demonstrations and reports. The goal is sustainable practice change according to evidence based care.
Introduction.Neonatal autopsy is a valuable, critical diagnostic method to provide genetic counseling for future pregnancies. Population and methods. Retrospective study including all neonatal autopsies performed on deceased neonates at Clínica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina between January 1998 and December 2006. The rate of autopsies was established; the diagnosis indicated in the medical record was compared to autopsy findings. Results. Out of 227 deceased infants, 135 autopsies were performed (rate: 59.5%). Concordance was complete in 25% of autopsies. New information was found in 26%, which had significant implications for genetic counseling. INTRODUCTIONAutopsy has been used as a diagnostic method since the 15 th century and has played a critical role in medical advances. It is particularly valuable in the neonatal period because in addition to providing objective information on the cause of death, it allows -in the face of many unexpected findings-to provide adequate counseling with direct implications for future family planning.In spite of their undeniable relevance, the use of autopsies started to decline considerably worldwide as of the 1970s, 1,2 either on newborn infants, children, or adults. In Argentina, publications on the number of autopsies performed on newborn infants confirm such marked decline. 3,4 OBJECTIVESTo establish the prevalence of autopsies and analyze the correlation between clinical diagnosis and anatomopathological findings. POPULATION AND METHODSThis was a retrospective and observational study including all autopsies performed on deceased newborn infants at the Division of Neonatology of Clínica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina over a 9-year period (January 1998 to December 2006). The study was approved by the hospital's Research Ethics Committee.Parents were asked to authorize the autopsy by staff physicians, coordinators or heads of the Division of Neonatology. They explained the study relevance, what the procedure included, and how long it would take so that parents could make burial arrangements. In addition, parents were asked to sign an informed consent.All autopsies were performed by the same perinatal pathologist and her team. A karyotype test was done, and whole body X-ray images and external photos were taken in all cases.External examination, anthropometric profile, and evisceration were done within 48 hours of death, and macro-and microscopic examinations were done on all organs. Grand rounds were conducted to discuss pathological and clinical findings of 101/135 (75%) cases.Autopsy results were reported to the parents during meetings with the treating neonatologists in the two months following their child's death.The diagnosis obtained from the medical record was compared to that made during the autopsy using Goldman's classification as modified by Kumar 5,6 ( (27 cases). When doubts were raised in relation to the interpretation of anatomopathological reports, these were discussed with the pathologist (RF). The rate of autopsies was estimated based on the total nu...
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