Open AccessSurvival and Predictors of Mortality Among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Bombe Primary Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: Institution-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Bizuayehu Berhanu,
Lemessa Oljira,
Melake Demana,
Belay Negash,
Galana Mamo Ayana,
Temam Beshir Raru,
Dereje Haile
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s303158
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , neonatal intensive care unit , pediatrics , breastfeeding , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , apgar score , birth weight , confidence interval , pregnancy , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Neonatal mortality includes all deaths of neonate occurring before the 28th day of life. Neonatal mortality has been declining over two decades in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. The foremost causes of death are preventable and treatable. Regardless, recognizing the predictors may be a crucial step in lowering neonatal mortality. However, evidences on the survival status of neonates and/or neonatal death predictors were limited in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area. Thus, this study aimed to answer these questions.