Research Article
Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality among Newborns Admitted with Neonatal Sepsis at Public Hospitals in Ethiopia
Table 3
Neonatal characteristics of newborn admitted with neonatal sepsis at public hospitals in Ethiopia.
| | Variables | Category | Status at the end of the follow-up period | | Died (%) | Survived (%) |
| | First minute APGAR score () | <7 | 17 (68.0%) | 24 (9.1%) | | >7 | 8 (32.0%) | 172 (65.2%) | | Fifth minute APGAR score () | <7 | 14 (56.0%) | 25 (9.5%) | | >7 | 7 (28.0%) | 171 (64.8%) | | Cry immediately at birth | Yes | 17 (68.0%) | 197 (74.6%) | | No | 8 (32.0%) | 67 (25.4%) | | Resuscitated at birth | Yes | 3 (12.0%) | 18 (6.8%) | | No | 22 (88.0%) | 246 (93.2%) | | Kept in KMC within one hour | Yes | 19 (76.0%) | 210 (79.5%) | | No | 6 (24.0%) | 54 (20.5%) | | Birth weight (gram) | <2500 | 15 (60.0%) | 112 (42.4%) | | >2500 | 10 (40.0%) | 152 (57.6%) | | EBF initiated within one hour | Yes | 3 (12.0%) | 174 (65.9%) | | No | 22 (88.0%) | 90 (34.1%) |
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