Determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: A case-control study

Determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: A case-control study

Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of death in low and middle-income countries and the prominent cause of neonatal mortality in Ethiopia. Early detection and managing its determinants would change the burden of birth asphyxia. Thus, this study identified determinants of birth asphyxia among...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2021-03, Vol.16 (3), p.e0248504-e0248504
Hauptverfasser: Kune, Guta, Oljira, Habtamu, Wakgari, Negash, Zerihun, Ebisa, Aboma, Mecha
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adult
Apgar Score
Asphyxia
Asphyxia neonatorum
Asphyxia Neonatorum - diagnosis
Asphyxia Neonatorum - epidemiology
Birth
Birth weight
Births
Breech Presentation - epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Cesarean Section - adverse effects
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Data collection
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Disability
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Extraction, Obstetrical - adverse effects
Extraction, Obstetrical - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health sciences
Hospitals
Hospitals, Public - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Male
Malnutrition
Maternal Age
Medicine
Middle Aged
Midwifery
Neonates
Newborn babies
Obstetrics
Physiological aspects
Pregnancy
Public health
Questionnaires
Respiration
Risk Factors
Suffocation
Womens health
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of death in low and middle-income countries and the prominent cause of neonatal mortality in Ethiopia. Early detection and managing its determinants would change the burden of birth asphyxia. Thus, this study identified determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, central Ethiopia. A hospital-based unmatched case-control study was conducted from May to July 2020. Cases were newborns with APGAR (appearance, pulse, grimaces, activity, and respiration) score of
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0248504