The mortality status of the neonates born at other maternities compared to that at Tu Du Hospital in 2003 year

ABSTRACT

Study on 229 newborn babies transferred from lower-level hospital into Neonatology Department of Tu Du Hospital. The results showed that The main causes were respiratory distress, neonatal infection and asphyxia in premature infants, asphyxia and respiratory distress in the term infants. The more premature the newborn infants were, the earlier they were hospitalized. 157/229 infants were transferred into the hospital by rudimentary vehicles, the others were transferred by ambulance in which only 9.6% had oxygen supply. 163/229 patients (71.18%) were admitted in very serious status that required active intensive care and had high mortality rate