Neonatal status in Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital.
The objective of this study was to know the state of newborns in Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital. This was a retrospective study of newborns delivered in Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital from mid April 2008 to mid April 2009. There were 793 births with male: female ratio being 1.08:1. Almost 90 % were term babies and 6.9% preterm. Low birth weight comprised of 9.1%. Seventy five babies were admitted in neonatal unit during that period. Neonatal sepsis (33.7%), neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (30.7%), prematurity (12.0%) were major cause of admission to neonatal unit. Mortality occurred in 3 of these babies and all of them were preterm babies with gestation 29-31 weeks. Therefore it is very important to upgrade our level II care neonatal unit to level III care to improve the neonatal care.
Department of Pediatrics, Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal. anyasharma@hotmail.com
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D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors