Mortality Rate among Low Birth Weight Infants in Al-Battool Teaching Hospital

Salman Hameed Alazzawi, Dawood

	Mortality Rate among Low Birth Weight Infants in Al-Battool Teaching Hospital
Diyala Journal For Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 28-35
Author
Dawood Salman Hameed Alazzawi
Abstract
Background: A comparative study about mortality rate among low birth weight infants who delivered in Al-Battool teaching hospital- Diyala governorate and admitted to neonatal nursery throughout the first six months of the year 2003 and 2009 respectively. Patients and methods: This study was done in Al-Battool teaching hospital investigating the records of 366 patients admitted during first six months of 2003 and compared with records of 558 patients admitted during the same period of 2009. Information has been studied extensively for gestational age, birth weight, predisposing factors and mortality. Results: The study reveals 1-Mortality rate increased to 30 % during 2009, while it was 12% during 2003 2-Increase percentage of low birth weight infants (32-36wks) during first 6months 2009 (22.7%) , as compared to first 6months 2003 ( 19.6% ) and (28-32wks) increased to (26.3%) during 2009 as compared to( 25.4%) during 2003 . 3-Increase congenital abnormality (ranging from cleft palate to congenital heart diseases) ( 42%) on 2009 as compared to (29%) on 2003. 4-Increase number of low birth weight infants to total deliveries at hospital (13.1%) during 2009 as compared to (11.7%) during 2003. Conclusions: High mortality rate, increase percentage of low birth weight infants and increase cases of congenital abnormalities during 2009 , need to be studied extensively and thoroughly regarding the environmental causes and health services availability.
Keywords
mortality rate; low birth weight infant; congenital abnormality

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