TY - JOUR AU - Seyal, Tallat AU - Husnain, Fozia AU - Anwar, Asma PY - 2011/09/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Audit of Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality at Neonatal Unit of Sir Gangaram Hospital Lahore JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 17 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v17i1.261 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/261 SP - 9 AB - <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>To know the disease pattern and causes of mortality of patients admitted to the neonatal unit of Sir Gangaram Hospital Lahore and to compare it re-gionally.</p> <p><strong>Design and Duration of Study:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>It was a descriptive study conducted from 1<sup>st</sup> Jan 2007 to 31<sup>st</sup> Dec 2007.</p> <p><strong>Patients and Methods:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Data of all the patients admit-ted to the neonatal unit during study period was ana-lyzed for weight, age, sex, gestational age, place and mode of delivery and duration of stay and their out-come.</p> <p><strong>Results:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Total of 1391 patients were admitted during study period. 945 (67.9%) were admitted at the age of less than 24 hours. 595 (42.8%) were preterm babies. 686 (49.3%) were low birth weight. 1124 (80.8%) were delivered in Sir Gangaram Hospital. Main causes of admission were prematurity 327 (23.5%), sepsis 305 (21.9%), and birth asphyxia 250 (18%), JNN 157 (11.3%). Neonatal mortality was 430 (30.9%). The main causes of neonatal mortality were prematurity 159 (11.4%), birth asphyxia 97 (7%) and sepsis 58 (4.2%).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Key Words:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Neonates, morbidity, mortality, low birth weight.</p> ER -