Open AccessNeonatal admission from emergency department
Author(s) -
Sitaram Shrestha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of patan academy of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-2757
pISSN - 2091-2749
DOI - 10.3126/jpahs.v7i1.28888
Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , emergency department , neonatal intensive care unit , emergency medicine , sepsis , intensive care , pneumonia , neonatal sepsis , pediatrics , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , nursing
Neonatal period is a vulnerable period of life. In Nepal, most common causes of newborn admission in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis. This study explores the diseases with which 131 neonates were admitted from emergency department. Sepsis was the main cause of admission, followed by pneumonia.