Neonatal Admission at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in National Heart Center, 2011

Abstract

The neonatal period is the first 28 days of life, it represented the most dangerous duration of life due to fragility and
suitability to many hazards in the world. The study aimed to identify the causes of admission, and to estimate the
admission duration of different causes in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at National Heart Center during 2011.
The study was descriptive cross sectional type, conducted at National Heart Centre, from 1-1-2011 till 31-12-2011,
was involved 195 babies, all were admitted at NICU. Data collected by reviewing the medical records of admitted
patients and analyzed by SPSS version 21.
Out of total 195 patients, 61% of admitted babies were males, mean age was 1.87 SD ± 3.15 days, 76% were in
first 24hrs of age, 88.7% of cases were full term babies and 66.2% of babies were delivered by normal vaginal.
Septicemia was responsible for 24.6% of admission followed by respiratory distress syndrome 16.9%. Mean birth
weight was 3238 ± 770 grams. Birth asphyxia patients had the highest duration of stay at hospital, with mean of 5.5
±3.6 days. Other causes of admission have almost same duration of hospital stay.
The most common causes of admission in neonatal ICU in National Heart Center during 2011 were septicemia and
Respiratory distress syndrome and most of them were male, term with normal birth weight. Normal vaginal was the
most common mode of delivery and majority of them admitted within 1st 24hrs of life. The mean length of hospital
stay was 4.47 ± 2.6 days