AUDIT OF NEONATAL DISEASES IN CHRISTIAN MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITALSIALKOT IN THE LAST 06 MONTHS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60127/z8h6qk52Keywords:
Neonates, Meconium Aspiration, Low Birth Weight, Neonatal Jaundice, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, PrematurityAbstract
Objectives: To assess the disease pattern and occurrence among patients of 1 day to 28th days of age.
Methodology; Our study was conducted in June 2023 in Christian Memorial Mission Hospital Sialkot. Data collected from the record book to see the pattern of diseases among neonates in last six months from December 2022 to May 2023. Frequency of diseases was noted from age of 1 day to 28th day in each month.
Results: Out of collected data of 2123 patients in last six months from December 2022 to May 2023, there were total 1494 patients (70%) of Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), only 164 cases of meconium aspiration (7.7%), 154 cases of sepsis (7.2%), 140 cases of nuchal cord asphyxia (6.59%), 88 cases of prematurity (4.14%), 58 cases of oligohydramnios (2.73%), 18 cases of cephalopelvic disproportion (0.8%), 8 cases of neonatal jaundice (0.3%) and 6 cases of obstructed cholestasis (0.28%), , ,.
Conclusion: Study concluded the Prematurity, Low Birth Weight (LBW), birth asphyxia and Neonatal Jaundice (NNJ) were the major causes of neonatal admissions in this study.
