Objective: To investigate the incidence of perinatal features and neonatal morbidities in migrant mothers in comparison with native Turkish mothers. Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted using the medical records of 89 infants born to Syrian immigrants and 89 infants born to native Turkish mothers who were consecutively admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital between 2015 and 2019. Statistical analyses were used to compare demographic data and perinatal and neonatal outcomes between the two groups. Results: Compared to Turkish mothers, Syrian mothers were significantly younger and adolescent pregnancy rate was significantly higher (p<0.01). The rates of multiple pregnancy, consanguineous marriage, and prolonged premature membrane rupture were also significantly higher in Syrian mothers (p<0.05). The incidence rates of congenital anomalies, respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of newborn pneumonia/bronchiolitis, sepsis, jaundice, and feeding problems were the same for infants born to Syrian and Turkish mothers (p>0.05). In addition, the two groups did not differ with respect to gestational week at birth, birth weight, sex, types of delivery, Apgar score, duration of hospital stay, and incidence of infant mortality (p>0.05). Conclusion: The immigrant status negatively affects perinatal and neonatal outcomes. However, the incidence rates of infant mortality and neonatal morbidity did not differ between infants born to Syrian and those born to Turkish mothers. This may be due to the recent improvements in the of overall health status of migrant women or of those migrants living in Turkey being able to have access to increased prenatal and postnatal period policies of mother-child health services which have been successfully implemented.
Chylothorax is defined as the accumulation of lymphatic fluid or chyle in the pleural space. Chylothorax treatment is composed of conservative; pleural drainage, termination of enteral feeding, total parenteral nutrition and supplementation with medium- chain triglycerides and surgical therapies; ductus thoracicus ligation, pleuroperitoneal shunts or pleuredesis. Nowadays, for cases among which conservative therapies fail, treatment with octreotide has been reported to be beneficial with promising results. A neonate who developed chylothorax after surgery performed for congenital heart disease was treated successfully with octreotide.
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