Nighat Aijaz, Nasrul Huda, Shaheen Kausar.
Disease burden of NICU, at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi.
J Dow Uni Health Sci Jan ;6(1):32-5.

Objective: To determine the number, disease pattern and outcome of the patients admitted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. Design: Descriptive study Place & Duration of the Study: NICU, Kharadar General Hospital, KHI; Jan.2006 till Dec. 2007. Methods: The data of all the admitted neonates was analyzed retrospectively for the cause of admission and their outcome. Results: During this study period, the total number of patients admitted were 1069.The highest number comprised of preterm, low birth weight (LBW) babies (24.6%) followed by sepsis (19.9%), Respiratory distress Syndrome (RDS) (18.9%), birth asphyxia (17.02), meconium aspiration syndrome (15.2%), neonatal jaundice (9.44%), pneumonias (3.46),hyaline membrane disease (3.4%), congenital malformations (2.8%) and (4.3%). Out of 1069 patients, 148 expired (13.8%). Most of the expiries were due to sepsis (31.75%).

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