TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality and morbidity among preterm neonates in neonatal intensive care unit
AU - Pai, Mamatha Shivananda
AU - Lewis, Leslie Edward
AU - S, Yashoda
AU - Priyadarshini, Sangeetha
AU - Margaret, Binu
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - The aim of the study was to determine the mortality and morbidity among preterm neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a tertiary care hospital of Udupi District, Karnataka, South India. Material and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among preterm neonates born with gestational age less than 37 weeks. A total of 1194 preterm neonates admitted to NICU in the year 2014-2015 were included in the study. Result: Among 1194 preterm neonates, 54.3% were boys. Maximum of the preterm neonates (51.3%) were within the gestational age of 30-34 weeks. There were 10.4% of preterm neonates whose birth weight was less than 1000 gms. The survival rate of preterm neonates was 92.5%. Respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, hyperbilirubinemia and perinatal asphyxia were the major morbidities among the preterms admitted. Conclusion: Preterm births are one of the conditions that require maximum attention and care.
AB - The aim of the study was to determine the mortality and morbidity among preterm neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a tertiary care hospital of Udupi District, Karnataka, South India. Material and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among preterm neonates born with gestational age less than 37 weeks. A total of 1194 preterm neonates admitted to NICU in the year 2014-2015 were included in the study. Result: Among 1194 preterm neonates, 54.3% were boys. Maximum of the preterm neonates (51.3%) were within the gestational age of 30-34 weeks. There were 10.4% of preterm neonates whose birth weight was less than 1000 gms. The survival rate of preterm neonates was 92.5%. Respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, hyperbilirubinemia and perinatal asphyxia were the major morbidities among the preterms admitted. Conclusion: Preterm births are one of the conditions that require maximum attention and care.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056608550
SN - 0972-5997
VL - 17
JO - Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
JF - Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
IS - 3
M1 - 2
ER -