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Table 2 Comparison of recovery diagnoses

From: Impact of the systematic introduction of low-cost bubble nasal CPAP in a NICU of a developing country: a prospective pre- and post-intervention study

Diagnoses

2006 (N)

2008(N)

2006 (%)

2008 (%)

Unknown

6

10

2.6

2.6

Apnoea

8

14

3.5

3.7

Asphyxia

13

19

5.7

5.0

Seizure

2

3

0.9

0.8

RDS

185

311

80.4

81.2

Sepsis and shock

15

26

6.5

6.8

Polycythaemia

1

0

0.4

0

Total

230

383

100

100

  1. RDS includes: pulmonary bleeding, congenital pneumonia, prematurity RDS, MAS, transient neonatal tachypnoea, pulmonary emphysema.
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