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Outcome of Neonatal intensive care units in maternity wards /Baghdad hospitals | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-12 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Bushra A Al Sammaree; Jamal M Alkhudhairi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| : The neonatal period is the transitional time from intrauterine to independent existence, defined as approximately the first four weeks after delivery. The neonatal period is possibly the most tenuous in a human’s lifetime. Neonatal mortality is one of the world’s most neglected health problems. It is estimated that globally four million newborns die before they reach one month of age. Objective: To study the outcome of neonates admitted to the neonatal care units of maternity wards in Baghdad hospitals and identifying causes of admissions and causes of deaths. Methods: Across sectional study covering all neonatal intensive care units in Baghdad maternity wards. The study was carried out by hospital record review of 15 Neonatal care units for causes of admission and causes of death in neonatal care units during 2013(1/1/2013-31/12/2013.The study lasted from November 2013 till the end of March 2014. Results: Total admission was 13195. Main causes of admission were respiratory distress syndrome (43%), prematurity and low birth weight (19.4%), transient tachypnea (17.4%), birth asphyxia (4%), hypoglycemia (3.8%), congenital anomalies (3.7%), neonatal jaundice(3%),while meconium aspiration and septicemia were the lowest (1%).From all these admission 74%were discharged well, 6%were referred, while those discharged against medical advice were 4% and the rest 16% died. Main causes of death in neonatal intensive care units were respiratory distress syndrome (34%),prematurity and low birth weight (31%), congenital anomalies (12%),birth asphyxia (8%),septicemia (4%), meconium aspiration (1%), and 10%due to other causes. Highest case fatality rate was among congenital anomalies (54%) followed by septicemia (51%), birth asphyxia (32%),prematurity and low birth weight (26.2%), meconium aspiration (20%)while the lowest case fatality rate was for respiratory distress syndrome (12.7%). Conclusion: It can be concluded that respiratory distress syndrome and prematurity were the main neonatal health problems encountered in neonatal intensive care units in Baghdad. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Neonatal care units; Respiratory distress syndrome; Low birth weight | ||
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