Table 2 Admission diagnoses and clinical characteristics of neonates admitted to Kiwoko Hospital NICU (December 2005 through September 2008)
From: Demographics, clinical characteristics and neonatal outcomes in a rural Ugandan NICU
All neonates | Inborn | Outborn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (No.) | % | (No.) | % | (No.) | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 55.2 | (433) | 55.4 | (263) | 55.5 | (122) |
Female | 44.8 | (352) | 44.6 | (212) | 44.5 | (98) |
Birth weight (kg) | ||||||
<1 | 2.5 | (18) | 2.3 | (11) | 3.5 | (6) |
1-1.4 | 9.2 | (67) | 4.6 | (22) | 22.5 | (39) |
1.5-2.4 | 32.9 | (240) | 32.8 | (157) | 32.4 | (56) |
2.5-4 | 53.9 | (393) | 58.2 | (279) | 41.6 | (72) |
>4 | 1.5 | (11) | 2.1 | (10) | 0.0 | (0) |
Gestational age (weeks) | ||||||
<28 | 3.0 | (20) | 2.5 | (10) | 4.2 | (8) |
28-29 | 5.9 | (39) | 3.5 | (14) | 10.9 | (21) |
30-33 | 11.6 | (77) | 9.8 | (39) | 14.1 | (27) |
34-36 | 16.6 | (110) | 16.8) | 15.6 | (30) | |
37-42 | 60.0 | (398) | 64.8 | (259) | 51.6 | (99) |
>42 | 2.9 | (19) | 2.8 | (11) | 3.7 | (7) |
Admission diagnoses* | ||||||
Infection | 29.8 | (208) | 24.3 | (109) | 47.9 | (90) |
Prematurity | 29.5 | (206) | 26.8 | (120) | 32.5 | (61) |
Respiratory distress | 28.3 | (198) | 37.3 | (167) | 8.5 | (16) |
Asphyxia | 22.0 | (154) | 27.7 | (124) | 8.0 | (15) |
Jaundice | 3.0 | (21) | 2.5 | (11) | 5.3 | (10) |
Therapies received | ||||||
Formal phototherapy | 29.0 | (148) | 26.7 | (84) | 33.6 | (48) |
Oxygen therapy | 60.7 | (388) | 61.6 | (244) | 54.4 | (93) |
Surgery | 2.8 | (15) | 1.5 | (5) | 6.2 | (9) |
Age at admission/hospital course (days) | Median | (Range) | Median | (Range) | Median | (Range) |
Age at admission (n = 809) | 0 | (0–28) | 0 | (0–28) | 2 | (0–28) |
Duration of stay (n = 589) | 6 | (0–96) | 5 | (0–96) | 7 | (0–63) |