title: Influence of admission weight on neonatal mortality amongst hospitalised neonates in Calcutta.
abstract: The study was conducted on 785 neonates aged up to 28 days to evaluate the influence of admission weight on mortality. It was observed that there were 200 (25.5%) cases of septicaemia, 134(17.1%) of diarrhoea, 120(15.3%) each of prematurity related conditions and neonatal jaundice, 117(14.9%) of respiratory diseases and 94 (11.9%) cases of convulsion. There were total 182(23.18%) deaths comprising 70(38.5%) from prematurity related conditions, 40(22%) from diarrhoea, 35(19.2%) from respiratory diseases, 26(14.3%) from septicaemia, 8(4.4%) from neonatal jaundice and 3(1.6%) deaths from convulsion. The incidence of deaths among neonates weighing less than 2500 g on admission was 59.2% in diarrhoeal diseases, 53.4% in respiratory diseases and 44.6% in other conditions compared to those of 10%, 8.2% and 7.1% respectively in neonates having admission weight more than 2500 g. The findings are statistically significant. The results of the study indicate that low admission weight should be considered as a predictor of mortality among neonates.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahiri
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male