Neonatal mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit at benghazi pediatric Hospital– Libya
Other Title(s)
وفيات الأطفال حديثي الولادة في وحدة العناية المركزة لحديثي الولادة بمستشفى بنغازي للأطفال-ليبيا
Joint Authors
al-haram, Zahrah Mansur
al-Saiti, Isaadah Ali Abd Allah
al-Farjani, Muhammad Masud
Source
Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences
Issue
Vol. 35, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.284-293, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Libya
No. of Pages
10
Abstract EN
This research aims to study mortality rates and identify the direct causes of neonatal deaths among newborns at Benghazi Pediatric Hospital.
A descriptive case series study was con-ducted during 2015.
Data included; birth weight, gender, residency, duration of hospital stay, age of neonates at death, and causes of death.
Out of 1610 neonatal admissions reviewed, the total number of deaths was 122 during 2015.
The data focused on death certificates of neonates and showed that the male gender was predominant (62.3 %).
Most of them had a birth weight ranged between 2-2.9 Kg.
Approximately 52 % of neonatal deaths in one day were of newborns <1 week old, and 54% were full-term newborns.
The most frequent direct single cause of death in neonates was prema-turity, then neonatal sepsis and congenital heart disease respectively.
The study concluded that the most frequent causes of infant mortality related deaths were prematurity then neonatal sepsis.
Fur-thermore, future research is recommended, and the calculation of early and late neonatal mortality rate with the availability of total live births.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-haram, Zahrah Mansur& al-Saiti, Isaadah Ali Abd Allah& al-Farjani, Muhammad Masud. 2020. Neonatal mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit at benghazi pediatric Hospital– Libya. Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences،Vol. 35, no. 4, pp.284-293.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1329936
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-haram, Zahrah Mansur…[et al.]. Neonatal mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit at benghazi pediatric Hospital– Libya. Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences Vol. 35, no. 4 (2020), pp.284-293.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1329936
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-haram, Zahrah Mansur& al-Saiti, Isaadah Ali Abd Allah& al-Farjani, Muhammad Masud. Neonatal mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit at benghazi pediatric Hospital– Libya. Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences. 2020. Vol. 35, no. 4, pp.284-293.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1329936
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 290-292
Record ID
BIM-1329936