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Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study among Neonates Who Were Delivered by Caesarean Section at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba, Ghana
Joint Authors
Adatara, Peter
Afaya, Agani
Salia, Solomon Mohammed
Afaya, Richard Adongo
Kuug, Anthony K.
Agbinku, Ethel
Agyabeng-Fandoh, Eric
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for child health, which targets ending preventable deaths of neonates and children under five years of age by 2030, may not be met without substantial reduction of neonatal sepsis-specific mortality in developing countries.
This study aimed at assessing the prevalence and risk factors for neonatal sepsis among neonates who were delivered via caesarean section.
A retrospective case-control study was conducted among neonates who were delivered via caesarean section at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba, Ghana.
Data collection lasted for 4 weeks.
The extracted data were double-entered using Epidata software version 3.1 to address discrepancies of data entry.
Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages of neonatal characteristics were generated from the data.
Both univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to determine associations between neonatal sepsis and neonatal characteristics with odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals, and p values calculated using variables that showed significant association (p<0.05) in the chi-square analysis for the multivariate logistic regression.
A total of 383 neonates were recruited; 67 (17.5%) had sepsis (cases).
The neonatal risk factors associated with sepsis were birth weight (χ2=6.64, p=0.036), neonatal age (χ2=38.31, p<0.001), meconium passed (χ2=12.95, p<0.001), reason for CS (χ2=24.27, p<0.001), and the duration of stay on admission (χ2=36.69, p<0.001).
Neonatal sepsis poses a serious threat to the survival of the newborn as the current study uncovered 6.0% deaths among sepsis cases.
The findings of this study highlight the need for routine assessment of neonates in order to identify risk factors for neonatal sepsis and to curb the disease burden on neonatal mortality.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Adatara, Peter& Afaya, Agani& Salia, Solomon Mohammed& Afaya, Richard Adongo& Kuug, Anthony K.& Agbinku, Ethel…[et al.]. 2018. Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study among Neonates Who Were Delivered by Caesarean Section at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba, Ghana. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127729
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Adatara, Peter…[et al.]. Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study among Neonates Who Were Delivered by Caesarean Section at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba, Ghana. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127729
American Medical Association (AMA)
Adatara, Peter& Afaya, Agani& Salia, Solomon Mohammed& Afaya, Richard Adongo& Kuug, Anthony K.& Agbinku, Ethel…[et al.]. Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study among Neonates Who Were Delivered by Caesarean Section at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba, Ghana. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1127729