Hypothermia on admission to a neonatal intensive care unit in Oromia, western Ethiopia: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hypothermia is believed to affect more than half of Ethiopian neonates. The goal of this study is to determine risk factors for newborn hypothermia in neonates admitted to public hospitals in the east Wollega zone of western Ethiopia's neonatal intensive care unit.

Design

Unmatched case-control study using neonates admitted to the intensive care unit.

Setting

Neonatal intensive care units at public hospitals in western Ethiopia.

Patients

Neonates admitted to intensive care units.

Main outcomes

The cases were all neonates with hypothermia (less than 36.5°C) and the controls were all neonates with a body temperature of greater or equal to 36.5°C when admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for other reasons.

Results

The study involved

SUBMITTER: Girma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522663 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature