Table 4 The description of neonate related characteristics who admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit at Dilla University Referral Hospital in Gedeo Zone, Southern, Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | The outcome of the neonates | |
|---|---|---|
Case = 76(%) | Control = 228(%) | |
Weight of the neonates | ||
< 2500 g | 54(71.1) | 70 (30.7) |
≥ 2500 g | 22 (28.9) | 158 (69.3) |
Gestational weeks | ||
< 37 Wks | 48 (63.2) | 56 (24.6) |
≥ 37 Wks | 28 (36.8) | 172(75.4) |
Respiration rate of the neonates | ||
31–60 Breath/min | 37 (48.7) | 136 (59.6) |
≥ 61 Breath/min | 31 (40.8) | 77 (33.8) |
≤ 30 Breath/min | 8 (10.5) | 15 (6.6) |
Asphyxia | ||
Yes | 35 (61.5) | 67 (34.7) |
No | 22 (38.5) | 126 (65.3) |
Temperature | ||
< 35.5 °C | 17 (22.4) | 32 (14.1) |
35.5–37.5 °C | 48 (63.1) | 156 (68.4) |
≥ 37.6 °C | 11 (14.5) | 40 (17.5) |
Sepsis | ||
Yes | 42 (55.3) | 57 (25) |
No | 34(44.7) | 171(75) |
Breastfed within 1Sthr after birth | ||
Yes | 32 (42.1) | 156 (68.4) |
No | 44 (57.9) | 72 (31.6) |
Neonate fed colostrums | ||
Yes | 46 (60.5) | 164 (71.9) |
No | 30 (39.5) | 64 (28.1) |
Sex of neonate | ||
Male | 41(53.9) | 118 (51.8) |
Female | 35 (46.1) | 110 (48.2) |
APGAR at 1st min | ||
< 7 | 46 (80.7) | 153 (79.3) |
≥ 7 | 11 (19.3) | 40 (20.7) |
APGAR at 5th min | ||
< 7 | 18 (31.6) | 46 (23.8) |
≥ 7 | 39 (68.4) | 147 (76.2) |
Cry immediately at birth | ||
Yes | 28 (49.1) | 118 (61.1) |
No | 29 (50.9) | 75 (38.9) |