Objective The neonatal period is one of the most vulnerable periods of childhood. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the reasons for admission and follow-up characteristics of newborn babies admitted to the pediatric emergency department. Material and Methods Demographic and clinical characteristics of newborns applied to the pediatric emergency department of Istanbul Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital between 01.09.2018 and 01.09.2019 were taken from the hospital database and analyzed retrospectively. Age, gender, reason for admission, time of admission and clinical course of the patients were evaluated. Results The number of patients admitted to the pediatric emergency department during the 12-month period was 209.030. Newborns (0-28 days old) constituted 1.54% (3224) of the admission, 46.96% (1,514) were girls, 53.04% (1,710) were boys. The most of the cases (63.94%, n=2062) were between 7 and 28 days old. Jaundice (n=1,193, 37%) was the most common reason for admission. The highest number (n=428, 13.28%) of admissions was in August, 89.61% (2,890) of the patients were followed up outpatient and 10.39% (334) of them were hospitalized. We did not have any mortality cases during follow-up. Conclusion In our study, it was observed that the majority of newborn admissions consisted of normal healthy newborn babies. We think that providing education to families before and after delivery can reduce unnecessary admissions to the emergency department and provide early admissions of babies with severe symptoms.