OUTCOME OF PRETERM BABIES WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

Authors

  • Shaitan Singh Balai MD Pediatrics
  • Vivek Arora Department of Pediatrics, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur (Raj.)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2118

Keywords:

Preterm, Neonates, Birth weight.

Abstract

Background: To study outcome of preterm babies with RDS in babies admitted in NICU.

Methods: This study was hospital based prospective study of preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome admitted in NICU of MBGH RNT medical college Udaipur, from February 2017 to January 2018.

Results: Among 200 preterm neonates included in the study 31 neonates expired. Mortality was 15.5%. The mortality was 10.17% among the preterm neonates with RDS and hospitalized within 6 hrs. It was 31.81% among neonates hospitalized between 6-12 hrs and 62.5% and 66.66% among neonates hospitalized between 12-24 hrs and after 24 hrs of birth respectively.

Conclusion: Mortality rate is inversely related to birth weight and gestational age and directly related to age at admission and severity of respiratory distress (Silverman-Anderson score).

Keywords: Preterm, Neonates, Birth weight.

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Published

2021-08-19

How to Cite

Balai, S. S. ., & Arora, V. . (2021). OUTCOME OF PRETERM BABIES WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 5(8). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2118

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