ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2022
Risk Factors of Birth Asphyxia among Newborns at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study.
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- Predictors of birth asphyxia in Ethiopia: an updated systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Epidemiology of perinatal asphyxia among newborns in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence and risk factors.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Review
- The association of umbilical hyperlactatemia with short- and tong-term outcomes in extremely low birth weight neonates: a matched cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of birth asphyxia at Livingstone University teaching hospital.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of Birth Asphyxia Among Newborns at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Central Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study.BioMed research international · 2025Article
- Determinants of birth asphyxia in urban south Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Magnitude of neonatal asphyxia and its predictors among newborns at public hospitals of Wolaita Zone in Southern Ethiopia, 2023.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with birth asphyxia in hospitals of Tigray region, Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Time to death and predictors of mortality among asphyxiated neonates in southwest Ethiopia, 2022: prospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- A Retrospective Cohort Study onInfection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Incidence and predictors of mortality among neonates admitted with perinatal asphyxia at west Oromia tertiary hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Birth Asphyxia in Hospital-Delivered Newborns in Dodoma, Tanzania: A Case-Control Study.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
Background: Despite a global decline in under-five deaths, the neonatal mortality rate remains slow in developing countries and birth asphyxia remains the third cause of neonatal deaths. Globally, neonatal deaths accounts for 45% of under-five deaths, birth asphyxia causes 23-40% of neonatal deaths in Ethiopia. There is limited data on risk factors of asphyxia in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the risk factors of birth asphyxia among newborns. Methods: This research followed a hospital-based unmatched case-control study design at Debre Markos comprehensive specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, among 372 newborns (124 cases and 248 controls). Data were collected by interviewing index mothers and chart review using a pre-tested questionnaire. Then it was entered in Epi-data version 3.1 and transferred to STATA version 14.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multiple variable logistic regression were carried out to the possible risk factors. Finally, statistical significance was declared using adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI and p-value <0.05. Results: Prolonged labor >12, meconium-stained amniotic fluid, assisted vaginal delivery, gestational age < 37 weeks, noncephalic presentation, comorbidity, birthweight<2500grams were found to be significant factors of birth asphyxia. Conclusion: In this study, Prolonged labor >12 hours, meconium-stained amniotic fluid, assisted vaginal delivery, gestational age < 37 weeks, non-cephalic presentation comorbidity, fetal distress, birthweight<2500grams were found to be risk factors of birth asphyxia were risk factors of birth asphyxia. Therefore, to reduce neonatal mortality associated with birth asphyxia, attention should be given to holistic pregnancy, labor and delivery care, and post-natal care. Moreover, interventions aimed at reducing birth asphyxia should target the identified factors.
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