Determinants of preterm survival in a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A ten-year review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prematurity (gestational age <37 completed weeks) accounts for the majority of neonatal deaths worldwide and most of these occur in the low-resource countries. Understanding factors that determine the best chances of preterm survival is imperative in order to enhance the care of neonates and reduce adverse outcomes in such complicated births.

Aim

This was to find out the proportions of preterm babies who survived at the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) and the factors which influenced their survival.

Method

This was a retrospective review of data on all the live preterm babies seen at the SCBU of CCTH from 2010 to 2019. Data on 2,254 babies that met the inclusion criteria were extracted. Descriptive statistics were ge

SUBMITTER: Agbeno EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822519 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature