Abstract
Neonatal mortality trends at tertiary care hospital, Kuppam
Highlights
The first 28 days of life, the neonatal period, is the most vulnerable period for a child’s survival
Study Population: Neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Systematically and retrospectively charts were reviewed using data recorded in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at PESIMSR, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh
Summary
The first 28 days of life, the neonatal period, is the most vulnerable period for a child’s survival. Neonatal mortality rate is the ratio of the number of deaths in first 28 days of life to the total number of live births occurring in the same population during the same period. Study Population: Neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Methodology: Systematically and retrospectively charts were reviewed using data recorded in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at PESIMSR, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh. Results: A total of 2089 neonates were admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) between January 2015 to December 2017. Conclusions: Implementing appropriate strategies to improve antenatal, perinatal and neonatal care helps in preventing perinatal asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity and its complications, which further helps in reduction of neonatal mortality, in-turn decreases the infant mortality and under 5 mortality rate
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