Impact of gestational age and birth weight on neonatal morbidity and mortality,
the Journal of Community Medicine • 1988
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Authors
Hosny Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, Shadia El-Salab, Nawal Mohamed Maimoun, Abdel-Rahim Saad Shoulah, Osama Mohamed Wassif and Nadia Montasser.
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Journal
the Journal of Community Medicine
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Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
61-76
publication.type
International
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Abstract
Mortality among preterms and post-terms were high (70.2% and 71%) respectively, while full terms showed the least mortality (37.9%). There was significant negative correlation between mortality and birth weight or gestational age when each was analysed alone. The most common cause of death in pre-term was Respiratory Distress (41.3%), while in full term and post-term cerebral insult was the first cause of death (30.8% and 40%) respectively. The results showed that in preterm the most fearfull morbidity was respiratory distress (51%) while in full term and post-term infection was the first cause of morbidity representing (43% and 50%) respectively.
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