Neonatal Respiratory Support Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Registry-Based Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Newborns with hypoxemia often require life-saving respiratory support. In low-resource settings, it is unknown if respiratory support is delivered more frequently to term infants or preterm infants. We hypothesized that in a registry-based birth cohort in 105 geographic areas in seven low- and middle-income countries, more term newborns received respiratory support than preterm newborns.

Methods

This is a hypothesis-driven observational study based on prospectively collected data from the Maternal and Newborn Health Registry of the NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. Eligible infants enrolled in the registry were live-born between 22 and 44 weeks gestation with a birth weight ≥400 g and born from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018.

SUBMITTER: Switchenko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339912 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature