Abstract
Introduction: The proliferation of secondary and tertiary level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has led to dramatic improvement in median survival rates of 58% and 88% among extremely low birth weight (LBW) and very LBW newborns, respectively.
Materials and Method: It was an observational study done at Regional hospital Bilaspur catering rural area population of Bilaspur, study includes both inborn and out born babies admitted in SNCU between 2015 to 2018.
Results: Most of the patient got discharge 1456 (87.8%), 40 (2.4%) out of total admission of newbourns died. Most of the neonatal death was recorded within 1 day and between the periods of 1 - 3 days of admission 0.8%. 0.98% of new bourns died with 1 to 6 days of age.
Conclusion: Improve neonatal outcome, it is imperative to be vigilant especially during the first 24 hours of life.
Keywords: Special neonatal care unit.
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Corresponding Author
Sonia Kashyap MD
Internal Medicine (Medical Specialist), DDU, Shimla, HP
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.176
