Muhammad Rashid Ayub, Nabeela Rashid, Khalid Maqsood.
Causes of neonatal mortality in a tertiary care hospital.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(1):256-7.

In this study causes of neonatal mortality were studied in a tertiary care hospital. Out of 4238 neonates admitted in nursery of Fatima memorial hospital from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2009, 567 died in first 28 days of life. In this study prematurity and sepsis were found to be the major causes of death in neonates accounting for approximately 63% of cases .However birth asphyxia, meconium aspiration syndrome ,bronchopneumonia and multiple congenital defects are other causes of death.

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