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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the NICU pre- versus post- CUAMM interventions

From: Reduced neonatal mortality in a regional hospital in Mozambique linked to a Quality Improvement intervention

 

Pre-intervention

n = 2118

Post-intervention

n = 2158

p

Male gender, n (%)

1102 (52)

1187 (55)

0.05

Outborn babies, n (%)

635 (30)

715 (33)

0.02

Caesarean sections, n (%)

614 (29)

627 (29)

0.96

5-min Apgar score < 7, n (%)

911 (43)

801 (37)

<0.01

Birth weight 1,500–2,499 g, n (%)

349 (16)

357 (17)

0.95

Birth weight 1,000–1,499 g, n (%)

104 (5)

77 (4)

0.02