1. Delivery outcomes and patterns of morbidity and mortality for neonatal admissions in five Kenyan hospitals
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Fred Were, Rachael Nyamai, Jalemba Aluvaala, Newton Isika, Mike English, Lordin Wanjala, Dorothy Okello, A. Wasunna, Leah Wafula, and Gatwiri Murithi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Birth weight ,Population ,Asphyxia ,Hospitals, Urban ,Pregnancy ,Cause of Death ,Infant Mortality ,Medicine ,Humans ,education ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,Retrospective Studies ,education.field_of_study ,Neonatal morbidity and mortality ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,maternal mortality ,Infant, Newborn ,Pregnancy Outcome ,still births ,Infant ,Odds ratio ,developing countries ,Stillbirth ,medicine.disease ,Delivery, Obstetric ,Original Papers ,Kenya ,Infant mortality ,3. Good health ,Hospitalization ,Low birth weight ,Infectious Diseases ,Standardized mortality ratio ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Morbidity ,business ,Live birth ,hospital care - Abstract
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in neonatal and maternity units of five Kenyan district public hospitals. Data for 1 year were obtained: 3999 maternal and 1836 neonatal records plus tallies of maternal deaths, deliveries and stillbirths. There were 40 maternal deaths [maternal mortality ratio: 276 per 100 000 live births, 95% confidence interval (CI): 197–376]. Fresh stillbirths ranged from 11 to 43 per 1000 births. A fifth (19%, 263 of 1384, 95% CI: 11–30%) of the admitted neonates died. Compared with normal birth weight, odds of death were significantly higher in all of the low birth weight (LBW
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- 2015