ArticlePLOS global public health2023
Outborn newborns drive birth asphyxia mortality rates-An 8 year analysis at a rural level two nursery in Uganda.
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Abstract
Birth asphyxia is a leading cause of global neonatal mortality. Most cases occur in low- and middle- income countries and contribute to half of neonatal deaths in Uganda. Improved understanding of the risk factors associated with mortality among these patients is needed. We performed a retrospective cohort study of a clinical database and report maternal demographics, clinical characteristics and outcomes from neonates with birth asphyxia at a Ugandan level two unit from 2014 through 2021. "Inborn" patients were born at the hospital studied and "outborn" were born at another facility or home and then admitted to the hospital studied. Doctors assigned the patient's primary diagnosis at death or discharge. We performed a Poisson model regression of factors associated with mortality among patients with asphyxia. The study included 1,565 patients with birth asphyxia and the proportion who were outborn rose from 26% to 71% over eight years. Mortality in asphyxiated patients increased over the same period from 9% to 27%. Factors independently associated with increased death included outborn birth location (ARR 2.1, p<0.001), admission in the year 2020 (ARR 2.4, p<0.05) and admission respiratory rate below 30bpm (RR 3.9, p<0.001), oxygen saturation <90% (ARR 2.0, p<0.001) and blood sugar >8.3 mmol/L (RR 1.7, p<0.05). Conversely, a respiratory rate >60bpm was protective against death (ARR 0.6, p<0.05). Increased birth asphyxia mortality at this referral unit was associated with increasing admission of outborn patients. Patients born at another facility and transferred face unique challenges. Increased capacity building at lower-level birth facilities could include improved staffing, training and equipment for labor monitoring and newborn resuscitation as well as training on the timely identification of newborns with birth asphyxia and resources for transfer. These changes may reduce incidence of birth asphyxia, improve outcomes among birth asphyxia patients and help meet global targets for newborn mortality.
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