Research Article
Neonates in Ahmedabad, India, during the 2010 Heat Wave: A Climate Change Adaptation Study
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of neonates admitted to NICU with heat diagnosis.
| | Neonates admitted to NICU with heat diagnosis | 2009, | 2010, | 2011, |
| | Gender, male | 100% (8) | 54% (13) | 50% (2) | | Gestational age, full term | 100% (8) | 100% (24) | 100% (4) | | Mode of delivery, cesarean | 37.5% (3) | 25% (6) | 0 | | Low birth weight, <2500 gm | 50% (4) | 37.5% (9) | 0 | | Age (in hours) at admission, mean | 80 | 67 | 140 | | Weight loss > 10% of BW | 25% (2) | 42% (10) | 75% (3) | | Transferred from within same hospital | 62.5% (5) | 83.3% (20) | 50% (2) |
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Counts are from the months April, May, and June of the corresponding year.
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