Open AccessDerivation and Validation of a Risk Score to Predict Mortality of Early Neonates at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The END in NICU Score
Author(s) -
Yitayeh Belsti,
Zelalem Mehari Nigussie,
Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s336888
Subject(s) - medicine , early warning score , logistic regression , apgar score , neonatal intensive care unit , receiver operating characteristic , gestational age , pediatrics , respiratory distress , intensive care , asphyxia , birth weight , sepsis , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , biology , genetics , anesthesia
Early neonatal death is death of infants in the first week of life. And 34% to 92% of neonatal deaths happen within 7 days of postnatal period. Thus, the early neonatal period is the most critical time for an infant, requiring different strategies to prevent mortality. Among strategies, deriving and implementing early warning scores is crucial to predict early neonatal mortality earlier upon hospital admission.