This was a retrospective observational study on risk factors for mortality among neonates admitted to the special care unit of the St. This study aimed to assess the risk factors for mortality among neonates admitted to a special care unit in a referral hospital in rural Ethiopia. lack of antenatal care, outborn infants, home delivery, cesarean section, multiple birth, low birth weight, inability at cry at birth, perinatal asphyxia, need for resuscitation at birth, and respiratory distress syndrome) across different areas of Ethiopia, thus requiring further investigation to expand the knowledge and support the identification of appropriate interventions to reduce neonatal mortality. Previous studies showed varying figures (neonatal mortality 5.7вЂ“16.5%) and heterogeneous risk factors for neonatal mortality (i.e. Knowledge of risk factors for mortality can be useful in identifying areas of intervention and planning appropriate strategies to improve neonatal prognosis. Many neonatal deaths can be prevented with feasible and low-cost interventions. Infant mortality is considered a standard indicator for the assessment of a country health status and warrants for continuous research on interventions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Дespite achieving notable progress in neonatal mortality during 1999вЂ“2018 (from 49.5 deaths to 28.1 deaths per 1000 live births), Ethiopia has still one of the highest neonatal mortality rates worldwide. The main causes of neonatal mortality are prematurity (35%), intrapartum-related events (24%) and infections (15%). The vast majority of neonatal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Worldwide, 2.4 million neonates die every year, a third of them within the first day of life. Education on neonatal resuscitation and postnatal management, and the introduction of an on-call doctor for high-risk deliveries might have contributed to the reduction in neonatal mortality over time.ДЄlthough under-5 mortality has decreased in the last two decades, neonatal mortality remains a global health challenge. The majority of neonatal deaths was associated with preventable and treatable conditions. 2014 (odds ratio 0.71, 95% confidence interval 0.52 to 0.97), and older age at admission (odds ratio 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.93 to 0.97) were associated with decreased likelihood of mortality. Neonates referred from other health facilities or home (odds ratio 1.52, 95% confidence interval 1.21 to 1.91), moderate hypothermia at admission (odds ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.09 to 2.15) and diagnosis of late-onset sepsis (odds ratio 1.63, 95% confidence interval 1.12 to 2.36), low birthweight (odds ratio 2.48, 95% confidence interval 2.00 to 3.09), very low birthweight (odds ratio 11.71, 95% confidence interval 8.63 to 15.94), extremely low birthweight (odds ratio 76.04, 95% confidence interval 28.54 to 263.82), intrapartum-related complications (odds ratio 4.69, 95% confidence interval 3.55 to 6.20), meconium aspiration syndrome (odds ratio 2.34, 95% confidence interval 1.15 to 4.43), respiratory distress (odds ratio 2.25, 95% confidence interval 1.72 to 2.95), other infections (odds ratio 1.92, 95% confidence interval 1.31 to 2.81) or malformations (odds ratio 2.32, 95% confidence interval 1.49 to 3.57) were associated with increased mortality. Proportion of deaths was 17% (709/4182 neonates). A logistic regression model was applied to identify predictors of mortality and effect sizes were expressed as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Data were retrieved from hospital charts and entered in an anonymized dataset. Luke Wolisso Hospital (Ethiopia) from January 2014 to December 2017. This was a retrospective observational study including all 4182 neonates admitted to the special care unit of the St. We aimed to assess the risk factors for mortality among neonates admitted to a special care unit in a referral hospital in rural Ethiopia. Despite achieving notable progress, Ethiopia has still one of the highest neonatal mortality rates worldwide. Although under-5 mortality has decreased in the last two decades, neonatal mortality remains a global health challenge.

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