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| Title: | Impact of gestational age and birth weight on neonatal morbidity and mortality, |
| Authors: | Hosny Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, Shadia El-Salab, Nawal Mohamed Maimoun, Abdel-Rahim Saad Shoulah, Osama Mohamed Wassif and Nadia Montasser. |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Keywords: | Not Available |
| Journal: | the Journal of Community Medicine |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 61-76 |
| Publisher: | Not Available |
| Local/International: | International |
| Paper Link: | Not Available |
| Full paper | Not Available |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
| Abstract: |
Mortality among preterms and post-terms were high (70.2% and 71%) respectively, while full terms showed the least mortality (37.9%). There was significant negative correlation between mortality and birth weight or gestational age when each was analysed alone. The most common cause of death in pre-term was Respiratory Distress (41.3%), while in full term and post-term cerebral insult was the first cause of death (30.8% and 40%) respectively. The results showed that in preterm the most fearfull morbidity was respiratory distress (51%) while in full term and post-term infection was the first cause of morbidity representing (43% and 50%) respectively. |
