Table 2 Admission diagnosis and therapies received by study newborns in NICU, Hajjah Yemen 2017–2018
Clinical Indications | Total Admission (n = 976) | Neonatal mortality (n = 213) | Mortality OR (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Admission diagnosis ** | ||||
− Prematurity | 341 (34.9%) | 157 (73.7%) | 8.82 (6.23–12.49) | < 0.001 |
− Perinatal asphyxia | 336 (34.4%) | 46 (21.6%) | 0.45 (0.31–0.64) | < 0.001 |
− Neonatal jaundice | 183 (18.8%) | 26 (12.2%) | 0.54 (0.34–0.84) | 0.007 |
− Neonatal sepsis | 157 (16.1%) | 11 (5.2%) | 0.23 (0.12–0.43) | < 0.001 |
− Congenital anomalies | 34 (3.5%) | 7 (3.2%) | 0.93 (0.40–2.16) | 1.000 |
− Others | 32 (3.3%) | 1 (0.5%) | 0.11 (0.02–0.82) | 0.015 |
Therapies received ** | ||||
− Antibiotics | 965 (98.9%) | 212 (99.5%) | 2.82 (0.36–22.12) | 0.472 |
− Formal phototherapy | 187 (19.2%) | 36 (16.9%) | 0.82 (0.55–1.23) | 0.376 |
− Oxygen therapy | 284 (29.1%) | 53 (24.9%) | 0.76 (0.54–1.08) | 0.147 |
− Extra feeding support | 408 (41.8%) | 95 (44.6%) | 1.16 (0.85–1.57) | 0.388 |
− Stabilised and referred | 47 (4.8%) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Length of Stay (LoS) in NICU | ||||
− Median (IQR) in days | 4.00 (7.00) | 3.00 (6.00) | 1.00 (1.00–2.00) # | < 0.001 # |