Neonatal outcomes of Syrian refugees delivered in a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all Syrian immigrants from the TurkishSyrian border who delivered the Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity and Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Ankara, Turkey. Between January 2013 and December 2014 a total of 36,346 women gave birth...

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Published in:Conflict and health 2015-12, Vol.9 (36), p.38-38, Article 38
Main Authors: Büyüktiryaki, Mehmet, Canpolat, Fuat Emre, Alyamaç Dizdar, Evrim, Okur, Nilüfer, Kadıoğlu Şimşek, Gülsüm
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth weight
Childbirth
Health aspects
Infants (Newborn)
Intensive care
Letter to Editor
Mortality
Refugees
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Summary:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all Syrian immigrants from the TurkishSyrian border who delivered the Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity and Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Ankara, Turkey. Between January 2013 and December 2014 a total of 36,346 women gave birth at this center. Of these, 457 women were Syrian immigrants, comprising 1.2 % (457/36,346) of all deliveries. The number of births among Syrian refugees in Turkey appears to be increasing. Further research is needed to understand the relative morbidity of babies born to Syrian refugees compared to the local population, as well as the economic impact on facilities treating these cases.
ISSN:1752-1505
1752-1505
DOI:10.1186/s13031-015-0066-1