Open AccessCLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF NEONATES ADMITTED TO A SECONDARY-LEVEL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN NORTH INDIA
Author(s) -
Shagufta Yousuf,
Showkat Hussain Tali,
Iftikhar Hussaın
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i9.19799
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , tertiary level , asphyxia , tertiary care , perinatal asphyxia , intensive care unit , pediatrics , neonatal sepsis , emergency medicine , intensive care , sepsis , intensive care medicine , surgery , mathematics education , mathematics
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a secondary-level neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Methods: A total of 336 neonates were enrolled in the study. Their clinical profiles at admission and final outcomes were recorded in a predesigned pro forma.Results: Hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis, and perinatal asphyxia were the most common reasons for admission. Eighty-five percentage of the neonates could be managed in secondary-level newborn unit with comparable mortality and mortality to a tertiary-level newborn care unit.Conclusion: Strengthening of secondary newborn care units is a viable option that will help to decrease the burden of tertiary-level NICUs.