Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Department of Statistics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Predictors for the Death of Preterm neonates Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Felege Hiwot Teaching and Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia
  Author(s): Godada Keleb and Awoke Seyoum Tegegne*
  
  Objective: Preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby that occurs before 37 completed weeks of gestation. The main objective of current study was to identify predictors for the death of preterm neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit at Felege Hiwot Teaching and Specialized Hospital, North-West Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional retrospective secondary data was conducted on 300 neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit. Specific death rate and binary logistic regression models were used for data analysis. Results: The current investigation revealed that; the stay in hours in NICU (AOR= 0.960, p-value=0.028), preterm neonates delivered in hospitals (AOR=0.329, p-value=0.029), preterm birth delivered at health facility (HC, HP) (AOR=0.435), weight of preterm neonates (AOR=0.141, p-value=0.000), a.. Read More»
  

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