Prevalence of Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Factors among Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Selected Governmental Hospitals in Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2017

Table 4

Medical risk factors for neonatal sepsis among neonates admitted in Shashemenne referral hospital and Melka Oda district hospital in NICU wards, Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable		Frequency	Sepsis
			EONS	LONS	OTHER
Mechanical ventilation	Yes	98(40.2%)	57(23.4%)	13(5%)	28(11.4%)
	No	146(59.8%)	66(27%)	54(22%)	26(10.7%)
Oxygen via nasal catheter	Yes	143(58.6%)	66(27%)	40(16.4%)	37(15%)
	No	101(41.4%)	57(23.4%)	27(11%)	17(7%)
Oxygen via mask	Yes	47(19%)	16(6.6%)	10(4%)	21(8.6%)
	No	197(81%)	107(43.9%)	57(23.4%)	33(13.5%)
Suspected neonatal sepsis And other cases		190(77.9%)
		54(22.1%)

NB: P<0.05, CI-95% and had association.