Table 1.
Frequency distribution of different variables of preterm neonates admitted to FHSH, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, from 1 August 2017 to 30 July 218.
| Variables | Category | Number of cases | Outcome |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved and discharged | Death | |||
| Age at admission | 0–1 day | 610 (88.9%) | 286 (46.9%) | 234 (38.3%) |
| 1.01–3 | 40 (5.8%) | 24 (60%) | 7 (17.5%) | |
| 3.01–7 | 24 (3.5%) | 18 (75%) | 4 (16.6%) | |
| 7.1–28 | 12 (1.7%) | 9 (75%) | 2 (16.7%) | |
| Gestational age | 26–27.9 | 15 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (100%) |
| 28–31.9 | 201 (29.3%) | 39 (19.4%) | 122 (60.7%) | |
| 32–33.9 | 199 (29%) | 93 (46.7%) | 65 (32.7%) | |
| 34–36.9 | 271 (39.5%) | 205 (75.6%) | 45 (16.6%) | |
| Admission temperature | >37.5 | 94 (13.7%) | 15 (75%) | 2 (10%) |
| 36.5–37.5 | 88 (12.8%) | 59 (62.7%) | 22 (23.4%) | |
| 36–36.4 | 476 (69.4%) | 49 (55.7%) | 22 (25%) | |
| 32–35.9 | 8 (1.2%) | 211 (44.3%) | 198 (41.6%) | |
| <32 | 20 (2.9%) | 3 (37.5%) | 3 (37.5%) | |
| Fifth-minute APGAR score | 0–3 | 3 (0.4%) | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) |
| 4–6 | 49 (7.1%) | 15 (30.6%) | 29 (59.2%) | |
| 7–10 | 388 (56.6%) | 213 (54.9%) | 122 (31.4%) | |
| Unknown | 246 (35.9%) | 108 (43.9%) | 94 (38.2%) | |
| Hypoglycemia | 77 (11.2%) | 43 (55.8%) | 27 (35.1%) | |
| Meningitis | 37 (5.4%) | 19 (51.4%) | 7 (18.9%) | |
| Anemia | 38 (5.5%) | 14 (36.8%) | 20 (52.6%) | |
| Polycythemia | 15 (2.2%) | 7 (46.7%) | 3 (20%) | |
| Total | 337 (49.1%) | 247 (36.1%) | ||
FHSH: Felege Hiwot specialized hospital.