Table 3: Description of the characteristics of newcomers associated with neonatal mortality.
|
Characteristics of the newborn |
Mortality |
GOLD [95% CI] |
p |
|
|
Yes |
No |
|||
|
Age in days |
|
|
|
|
|
0-6 |
80 (17.4) |
381 (82.6) |
1.47 [0.56-3.87] |
0.43 |
|
7-28 |
5 (12.5) |
35 (87.5) |
|
|
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
Feminine |
34 (16.6) |
171 (83.4) |
0.96 [0.59-1.54] |
0.85 |
|
Male |
51 (17.2) |
245 (82.8) |
|
|
|
Low birth weight |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
58 (35.2) |
107 (64.8) |
6.20 [3.74-10.30] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
No |
27 (8.0) |
309 (92.0) |
|
|
|
Macrosomia |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
4 (11.1) |
32 (88.9) |
0.59 [0.20-1.72] |
0.33 |
|
No |
81 (17.4) |
384 (82.6) |
|
|
|
Intake method |
|
|
|
|
|
Referred or brought by parents |
30 (25.9) |
86 (74.1) |
2.09 [1.26-3.47] |
0.004 |
|
Self-hospitalization |
55 (14.3) |
330 (85.7) |
|
|
|
APGAR score in the fifth minute |
|
|
|
|
|
˂ 7 |
40 (38.5) |
64 (61.5) |
4.89 [2.96-8.08] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
≥ 7 |
45 (11.3) |
352 (88.7) |
|
|
|
Presence of respiratory distress |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
70 (27.1) |
188 (72.9) |
5.66 [3.14-10.21] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
No |
15 (6.2) |
228 (93.8) |
|
|
|
Presence of pallor |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
2 (18.2) |
9 (81.8) |
1.09 [0.23-5.14] |
0.91 |
|
No |
83 (16.9) |
407 (83.1) |
|
|
|
Presentation of the fetus |
|
|
|
|
|
Seat or transverse |
18 (28.1) |
46 (71.9) |
2.16 [1.18-3.95] |
0.011 |
|
Cephalic |
67 (15.3) |
370 (84.7) |
|
|
|
Presence of jaundice |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
3 (16.7) |
15 (83.3) |
0.98 [0.28-3.46] |
0.97 |
|
No |
82 (17.0) |
401 (83.0) |
|
|
|
Presence of cyanosis |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
50 (47.6) |
55 (52.4) |
9.38 [5.59-15.72] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
No |
35 (8.8) |
361 (91.2) |
|
|
|
Presence of sepsis |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
0 (0.0) |
10 (100.0) |
|
0.15 |
|
No |
85 (17.3) |
406 (82.7) |
|
|
|
Presence of neonatal infection |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
41 (27.2) |
306 (87.4) |
|
≤ 0.0001 |
|
No |
44 (12.6) |
110 (72.8) |
|
|
|
Sucking-swallowing |
|
|
|
|
|
Absent |
24 (68.6) |
11 (31.4) |
14.49 [6.76-31.06] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
Present |
61 (13.1) |
405 (86.9) |
|
|
|
Reactivity |
|
|
|
|
|
Absent |
41 (83.7) |
8 (16.3) |
47.52 [20.95-107.78] |
≤ 0.0001 |
|
Present |
44 (9.7) |
408 (90.3) |
|
|
|
Type of pregnancy |
|
|
|
|
|
Monofetal |
6 (17.6) |
28 (82.4) |
1.05 [0.42-2.62] |
0.91 |
|
Multifetal |
79 (16.9) |
388 (83.1) |
|
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