Discharge against Medical Advice at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Gujarat, India

Table 1

Distribution of diagnosis in the study group ().

Diagnosis	n	Percent
Small for gestational age	11	26.8
Disseminated intravascular coagulation	5	12.2
Respiratory distress syndrome	7	17.1
Sepsis	21	51.2
Anemia	2	4.9
Shock	5	12.2
Meconium aspiration syndrome	2	4.9
Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy	19	46.3
Acute kidney injury	7	17.1
Meningitis	2	4.9
Pulmonary hemorrhage	2	4.9
Hyperbilirubinemia	3	7.3
Necrotising enterocolitis	1	2.4
Persistent pulmonary hypertension	3	7.3
Intracranial haemorrhage	1	2.4
Congenital heart disease	6	14.6

Note: some patients can have more than one diagnosis.