ArticleHeliyon2021
Impact of respiratory distress syndrome and birth asphyxia exposure on the survival of preterm neonates in East Africa continent: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Prevalence and Missed Cases of Respiratory Distress Syndrome Disease Amongst Neonatal Deaths Enrolled in the Kenya Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) Program Between 2017 and 2021.Global pediatric health · 2023Article
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- Effect of optimal antenatal care on maternal and perinatal health in Ethiopia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- The utilization of clinical decision support tools to identify neonatal hypothermia and its associated risk factors: A prospective observational study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Clinical outcome and associated factors of respiratory distress syndrome among preterm neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of Adama Hospital and Medical College.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- Neonatal Mortality in Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Southern Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cohort Study With Multilevel Analysis.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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- Retraction · 2025-02-04Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Objections by Author(s) · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
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Abstract
introductionSeveral kinds of researches are available on preterm mortality in the East Africa continent; however, it is inconsistent and inconclusive, which requires the pooled evidence to recognize the burden in general. PURPOSE: To collect and synthesis evidence on preterm mortality and identify factors in the East Africa continent.
methodsPubMed, Google Scholar, Hinary, Cochrane library, research gate, and institutional repositories were retrieved to identity eligible articles through Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The articles were selected if the publication period is between 2010-2021 G.C. Data were extracted by a standardized JBI data extraction format for mortality rate and stratified the associated factors. Then exported to STATA 14 for further analysis. I
resultThis meta-analysis included 32 articles with a total of 21,405 study participants. The pooled mortality rate among preterm in the East Africa continent was found to be 19.2% (95% CI (confidence interval (16.0-22.4)). Regarding the study design, the mortality rate was found to be 18.1%, 19.4%, and 19.7% concerning the prospective cohort, retrospective cohort, and cross-sectional studies. The pooled odds of mortality among preterm with respiratory distress syndrome decreased survival by nearly three folds [AOR (Adjusted odds ratio = 3.2; 95% CI: 22, 4.6)] as compared to their counterparts. Similarly, preterm neonates presented with birth asphyxia were nearly three times higher in death as compared with preterm without birth asphyxia [AOR = 2.6; 95% CI: 1.9, 3.4].
conclusionPreterm mortality was found to be unacceptably high in Eastern Africa continent.Fortunately, the main causes of death were found to be respiratory distress syndrome and birth asphyxia which are preventable and treatable hence early detection and timely management of this problem are highly recommended to improve preterm survival.
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