Table 1 Demographic and health related detail of neonates in ACSH, NICU, April 2019 (n = 122)
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 72 (59%) |
Female | 50 (41%) |
Residence | |
Rural | 49 (40.2%) |
Urban | 73 (59.8%) |
Gestational age at birth | |
Pre-Term | 45 (36.9%) |
Term | 69 (56.6%) |
Post Term | 8 (6.6%) |
Age category | |
≤ 7 days | 111 (91%) |
8–14 | 11 (9%) |
Median age | 1 day |
Weight (kg) | |
Mean ± SD | 2.54 ± 0.79 |
Hospital NICU stay(day) | |
≤ 7 | 95 (77.86%) |
8–14 | 14 (11.48%) |
≥ 15 | 13 (10.66%) |
Mean ± (SD) | 6.41 ± 5.98 days |
No. medicine per prescription | |
≤ 2 | 64 (52.5%) |
3–5 | 50 (41%) |
≥ 5 | 8 (6.5%) |
Admission Diagnosis | |
Early onset neonatal sepsis | 63 (51.6%) |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 13 (10.7%) |
Late onset neonatal sepsis | 6 (4.9%) |
Others | 40 (32.8%) |