Table 2 Distribution of neonatal and clinical predictors of mortality with PNA admitted to NICU at FHCSH, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2021
Neonatal Predictors | Category | Outcome status of PNA | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Survived n (%) | Died n (%) | |||
Gestational Age | Term | 453 (84.4) | 151 (75.1) | 604 (81.8) |
Preterm | 58 (10.8) | 37 (18.4) | 95 (12.9) | |
Posterm | 26 (4.8) | 13 (6.5) | 39 (5.3) | |
Birth Weight(gram) | ≥ 2500 | 431 (80.3) | 136 (67.7) | 567 (76.8) |
< 2500 | 106 (19.7) | 65 (32.3) | 171 (23.2) | |
Age of Neonate | ≤ 6 h | 362 (67.4) | 131 (65.2) | 493 (66.8) |
> 6 h | 175 (32.6) | 70 (34.8) | 245 (33.2) | |
Sex of New born | Female | 199 (37.1) | 58 (28.9) | 257 (34.8) |
Male | 338 (62.9) | 143 (71.1) | 481 (65.2) | |
Clinical Predictors | ||||
 Heart Rate (bpm) | 100–160 | 433 (80.6) | 160 (79.6) | 593 (80.4) |
< 100 | 15 (2.8) | 11 (5.5) | 26 (3.5) | |
> 60 | 89 (16.6) | 30 (14.9) | 119 (16.1) | |
 Temperature(oc) | 35.5–37.5 | 298 (55.5) | 85 (42.3) | 383 (51.9) |
< 35.5 | 207 (38.5) | 108 (53.7) | 315 (42.7) | |
> 37.5 | 32 (6.0) | 8 (4.0) | 40 (5.4) | |
 Sepsis | No | 187 (34.8) | 69 (34.3) | 256 (34.7) |
Yes | 350 (65.2) | 132 (65.7) | 482 (65.3) | |
 Treatment Given | Yes | 527 (98.1) | 200 (99.5) | 727 (98.5) |
No | 10 (1.9) | 1 (0.5) | 11 (1.5) | |
 Didn’t cry immediately at birth | No | 444 (82.7) | 147 (73.1) | 591 (80.1) |
Yes | 93 (17.3) | 54 (26.9) | 147 (19.9) | |
 Failure to suck at Admission | No | 431 (80.3) | 139 (69.2) | 570 (77.2) |
Yes | 106 (19.7) | 62 (30.8) | 168 (22.8) | |
 Difficulty Breathing At presentation | No | 415 (77.3) | 140 (69.6) | 555 (75.2) |
Yes | 122 (22.7) | 61 (30.4) | 183 (24.8) | |