Table 2.
Discharge diagnosis assigned by clinician
| Discharge diagnosis* | No. (%) diagnosis assigned by clinician at discharge | |
| All admissions (N=4421) | Inpatient deaths (N=645) | |
| Neonatal sepsis | 2097 (47) | 201 (9.6) |
| Preterm complications | 889 (20) | 262 (29) |
| Birth asphyxia | 724 (16) | 201 (28) |
| Neonatal jaundice | 611 (14) | 56 (9.2) |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 486 (11) | 41 (8.4) |
| Respiratory distress syndrome | 263 (6.0) | 136 (52) |
| Congenital anomalies | 215 (4.9) | 55 (26) |
| Meningitis† | 112 (2.5) | 11 (9.8) |
| Anaemia | 78 (1.8) | 14 (18) |
| Malnutrition | 36 (0.8) | 1 (2.8) |
| None specified | 69 (1.6) | 4 (5.8) |
| Others | 266 (6.0)‡ | 13 (4.9) |
*Young infant could be assigned up to two diagnoses.
†Meningitis: positive CSF culture, or positive CSF microscopy, or positive CSF antigen test, or elevated CSF WBC count (≥0.02x10⁹/L in young infants aged 0–28 days OR, ≥0.01x10⁹/L in young infants aged 29–59 days) PLUS a positive blood culture for a known pathogen.
‡Accidents-3, acute abdominal obstruction-15, bronchiolitis-12, burns-1, candidiasis-1, cellulitis abscess-21, chickenpox-1, chromosomal abnormality-5, cerebral abscess-1, conjunctivitis-2, dehydration-2, dental problems-1, diabetes-1, elective surgery-5, encephalopathy-9, epilepsy-7, extra pulmonary tuberculosis-1, febrile convulsions-5, feeding difficulty-1, gastroenteritis-15, haemolytic uraemic syndrome-1, hydrocephalus-11, laryngotracheobronchitis/croup-1, immunosuppression-17, malaria-2, male genital problem-1, meconium aspiration-33, neonatal haemorrhage-14, neonatal tetanus-10, other skin disease-3, otitis media-1, poisoning (organophosphates)−1, pyogenic arthritis-1, rabies-1, rash-4, renal failure-6, trauma/fractures/road traffic accident-11, urinary tract infection-10, upper respiratory tract infection-24, viral hepatitis-2, viral infection-3.
CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WBC, white blood cell.