DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i05.057

Pages: 2082-2084

Preterm birth is one of the major problems with increased perinatal mortality and morbidity. The aim was to evaluate the outcome of preterm babies in a low resource hospital. A retrospective study was conducted over a period of 3 years from Jan 2012 to Dec 2014. The medical records of all preterm babies admitted to the NICU were reviewed. The results of 118 preterm babies studied, survival rate was 94.1% and death rate was 5.9%. Male to female ratio was 1.3; 1. Based on gestational age survival rate was 80% in less than 30 weeks, 95% in 30-<34 weeks and 98.3% in 34-37 weeks. Based on birth weight survival rate was 98.3% in LBW,95% in VLBW and 80% in ELBW group. Sepsis and pulmonary hemorrhage (28.5% each) were the primary causes of death. The conclusion was that survival rate increases significantly with increase in gestational age and birth weight. Sepsis, pulmonary hemorrhage were the leading causes of death.