Characteristics of the immigrant newborns and analysis of short-term results: An example of Giresun

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With this study, it was aimed to evaluate the characteristics of the immigrant and Turkish newborns who were born in our hospital and monitored in the neonatal control unit and to analyze the results. The retrospective and descriptive study included Turkish and immigrant newborns who were born in the Department Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics of Giresun University Training and Research Hospital between January 2019 and December 2019 and were followed up in the neonatal monitoring unit. A total of 319 babies, 211 of whom were Turkish and 108 were immigrants, were included in the study. While 36% of Turkish newborns were born by a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery, this rate is 66.7% in the immigrant babies (p 0.05).No significant difference was found between birth weight, height, head circumference, gestational week and cord blood gas values of the Turkish and immigrant newborns (p>0.05).Antenatal follow-up rates in the immigrant mothers (51.9%) were significantly lower (p<0.05) than the Turkish mothers (70.6%).The rate of fetal anomaly was higher in the immigrant newborns than in the Turkish newborns. It was found that Turkish newborns mostly had mothers with gestational diabetes and were mostly diagnosed with hyperbilirubinemia (p<0.05). One baby was death among the immigrant newborns, whereas no dead baby was present among the Turkish newborns. The immigrant and Turkish newborns are born with anthropometrically similar characteristics. However, the immigrant newborns are more often diagnosed with fetal anomaly and more newborns need an intensive care. This may be related to the low antenatal follow-up rate of the immigrant mothers.