A CLINICAL STUDY OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY PATTERN OF LATE PRETERM INFANTS AT SNCU, WARANGAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 19
Abstract
OBJECTIVE A clinical study of morbidity and mortality pattern of late preterm infants in comparison with term infants. STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING SNCU, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Warangal. SUBJECTS Consecutive sample of late preterm infants and term infants referred to our hospital on or before fourth day of life. RESULTS 76 late preterm infants and 76 term infants with any of the pre-defined neonatal condition were included in the study. Late preterm infants were significantly at a higher risk for overall morbidity including hypothermia, sepsis, respiratory morbidity, jaundice, hypoglycemia, birth asphyxia. A trend towards higher mortality was also seen. CONCLUSION In an out born referral center, late preterm infants are more prone to suffer from morbidities than term infants. Hypothermia is the leading cause of morbidity in both term (61%) and late pre-term (85%) infants.
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Sudhakar , Surender , Boppidi Avinash, Banoth
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