Outborns or inborns: Clinical audit of the two intensive care units of Cairo University Hospital

To document and analyze mortality and morbidity of infants admitted to the inborn and outborn neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of Cairo University Hospital in Egypt. Admission data, mode of delivery, gestational age, birth weight, diagnosis, period of stay and outcome (discharge or mortality) were retrospectively collected from January to December 2014 for infants admitted to either one of the two NICUs of Cairo University Hospital. A total of 1725 babies were admitted, 600 (34.8%) were inborn and 1125 (65.2%) were outborn. The majority of inborns admitted (72.5%) were preterms, compared to a majority of full term admitted outborns (67.7%) (p