Neonatal diarrhea at a maternity hospital in Rangoon

Between 1981 and 1986, 1,540 infants born at the Central Women's Hospital in Rangoon were transferred to the Sick Baby Unit because of diarrhea (15.4 per 1,000 live births). Rates among cesarean infants were five times as high as those of infants born vaginally (51.0 and 10.3 per 1000 live birt...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 1991-04, Vol.81 (4), p.480-481
Hauptverfasser:	Aye, D T, Bact, D, Sack, D A, Wachsmuth, I K, Kyi, D T, Thwe, S M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Babies Biological and medical sciences Birth weight Births Cesarean Section Cross Infection - epidemiology Diarrhea Diarrhea, Infantile - epidemiology Diarrhea, Infantile - mortality Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Health care Hospitals Hospitals, Maternity Humans Infant, Newborn Medical research Medical sciences Myanmar - epidemiology Other diseases. Semiology Public health Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Tropical medicine Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Between 1981 and 1986, 1,540 infants born at the Central Women's Hospital in Rangoon were transferred to the Sick Baby Unit because of diarrhea (15.4 per 1,000 live births). Rates among cesarean infants were five times as high as those of infants born vaginally (51.0 and 10.3 per 1000 live births, respectively). One hundred eighty-four of the infants with diarrhea died (case fatality rate = 12 percent). We conclude that neonatal diarrhea is endemic in this large maternity hospital in Burma, and that control efforts should be targeted especially to cesarean and low birthweight infants.
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.81.4.480