Table 4 Medical diagnoses of neonates during admission among Neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 [n = 356]
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis during Admission | Respiratory distress | 116 | 32.6 |
Preterm | 202 | 56.7 | |
Jaundice | 55 | 15.4 | |
Sepsis | 83 | 23.3 | |
LBW | 173 | 48.6 | |
Perinatal asphyxia | 84 | 23.6 | |
Congenital anomaly | 35 | 9.8 | |
Meconium aspiration syndrome | 22 | 6.2 | |
Small for gestational age | 15 | 4.2 | |
hypoglycemia | 15 | 4.2 | |
Other | 16 | 4.5 | |
The total cumulative frequency for diagnosis is greater than 100% because the Neonate may have more than one clinical diagnosis during admission. | |||