TITLE:
Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality from 2010 to 2016 in the Neonatal Care Unit of the University Teaching Hospital of Parakou/Benin
AUTHORS:
Alphonse Noudamadjo, Gérard M. Kpanidja, Falilatou Agbeille Mohamed, Kolawolé Mavlison Zinvokpodo, Rodrigue Ahodegnon, Joseph Agossou, Julien Didier Adédémy, Blaise Ayivi
KEYWORDS:
Benin, Morbibidity, Mortality, Newborns, Parakou
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Neonatal mortality accounts for 44% of deaths among children. This study
aimed to investigate neonatal morbidity and mortality in the neonatal care unit
of the University Teaching Hospital of Parakou (CHU-P) from 2010 to 2016. Patients
and Methods: This research was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical
study that covered the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2016. It
focused on the medical records of newborns hospitalized in the said unit during
the period mentioned above. Study variables were sociodemographic, clinical,
paraclinical and outcome. Findings: During the time span of the study,
6204 newborns were registered. Sex ratio was 1.32. Mean age for newborns was
6.01 ± 5.39 days. Clinically obvious neonatal infection (54.1%), prematurity
and low birth weight (34.8%) and perinatal asphyxia (30%) were the main
diseases of newborns recorded
in the unit during the study period. Mortality rate was 16.8% including 77.9%
occurred in the first week of life and 62.1% in the first 24 hours of life. Conclusion: More than one in six newborns died and three out of five deaths occurred in the
first 24 hours of life. Therefore, it seems wise to carry out a case-control
study with multivariate analysis in order to identify the main risk factors for
that mortality.