Impact of respiratory distress syndrome and birth asphyxia exposure on the survival of preterm neonates in East Africa continent: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several kinds of researches are available on preterm mortality in the East Africa continent; however, it is inconsistent and inconclusive, which requires the pooled evidence to recognize the burden in general.

Purpose

To collect and synthesis evidence on preterm mortality and identify factors in the East Africa continent.

Methods

PubMed, Google Scholar, Hinary, Cochrane library, research gate, and institutional repositories were retrieved to identity eligible articles through Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The articles were selected if the publication period is between 2010-2021 G.C. Data were extracted by a standardized JBI data extraction format for mortality rate and stratified the associated fact

SUBMITTER: Chanie ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215220 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature